"Wallace, if we lock out this machine every time we have a pill jam, we will never make any product!" This was the testy response I received from a production manager while performing a lockout audit ...

NFPA 70E provides a terse directive on employee involvement. It says, “Each person who could be exposed directly or indirectly to a source of electrical energy shall be involved in the lockout/tagout ...

A comprehensive lockout/tagout (LOTO) program not only helps to keep power generating plants compliant with OSHA regulations, but also increases productivity and contributes to the safety of employees ...

It is a common practice to lockout and/or tagout control devices. In a nuclear power plant’s control room with its many analog controls, you might (for example) see red covers over specific switches.

Most, if not all, of lockout/tagout incidents are preventable with proper compliance with OSHA's regulations, right? Wrong! It takes more than having a program in place that is compliant with OSHA's ...

The revised LO/TO standard addresses the use of key-controlled locks and identifying tags that are used to shut down and lockout sources of hazardous energy that could otherwise result in personal ...

The lockout / tagout standard, 29 CFR 1910.147, is arguably the best Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard ever written. For the price of a lock and tag, an employee can be ...

The recent European Norm 17975 addresses ‘grey zone’ energy-related risks during machine and pipeline interventions and proposes a task based framework for safe and efficient work. The norm can furthe ...

RIT employees, students, visitors and/or contractors can be injured as a result of the failure to identify and isolate energy sources prior to servicing/maintaining equipment or machinery. An example ...