Lockout is the preferred method of isolating machines or equipment from energy sources. To assist supervisors in developing a procedure which meets the requirements of OSHA standard 1910.147 and ...

In order to prevent the unexpected energizing or startup of machinery or equipment during servicing or maintenance, a lockout/tagout plan must be custom-tailored to each facility. The lockout/tagout ...

On June 22, 2023, a worker at a rubber hose manufacturing plant suffered severe crushing injuries when powered belts that were still energized and unguarded pulled him into a machine. OSHA later ...

Cindy Pauley, COSS, COHCEditor - EHSJ. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. Cindy Pauley joined J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. in June of 2022 as an Editor on the Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Content ...

Responding is Steven Stogner, head systems engineer, TradeSafe, Las Vegas. Your brand-new facility is ready to start producing world-famous widgets. Contractors are being vetted to enter and work ...

Despite preventing an estimated 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each year, lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures account for one of the most-cited OSHA violations each year. In 2019, the LOTO Standard ...

The purpose of this program is to ensure that all WMU employees are protected from unintended machine motion or unintended release of energy which could cause injury when they set up, adjust, repair, ...

When Wayne Rothering went to work at a large Wisconsin furniture factory in December 2020, he probably thought he’d perform the same routines he did for a while now and go home safe after a day at ...

How does OSHA recommend managing lockout/tagout activities during shift changeovers? Responding is Tom Campbell, senior marketing manager focused on safety and regulatory compliance solutions, Brady ...

Traditionally, lockout/tagout is treated as a one-off encounter each time. Even if six maintenance electricians have each performed lockout/tagout on the same machine several times, the “new guy” ...

Each year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) releases a list of the top 10 most-cited safety violations, with lockout/tagout (also known as LOTO) ranking year after year, along ...

DIN EN 17975 mandates systematic energy isolation and group lockout procedures for industrial maintenance, covering electrical, pneumatic, and mechanical hazards. When a team of engineers descends on ...