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 ...

NFPA 70E requires each lockout/tagout device to “be unique and readily identifiable as a lockout/tagout device” [120.2(F)]. How can a lockout/tagout device be “unique”? In this context, the intention ...

Procedures, devices, and personnel must be set in place to prevent a serious injury when a worker thinks a machine is safely off. Do you need a lockout/tagout program at your company? In 2013, a ...

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 ...

Good engineering and advancing technology continue to make construction equipment safer for those who work in and around it. Sometimes, however, the smartest way to prevent an equipment-related ...

In order to establish the safest possible working environment, it is essential to first build a company culture that promotes and values electrical safety, both in words and actions. This isn’t always ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The work of servicing and maintaining a fleet of trucks presents a wide assortment of potential dangers to technicians, but the ...

Lockout/tagout refers to the practice of properly shutting down equipment and applying locks in such a way to prevent unexpected re-energization while employees are servicing it. Over the last 5 years ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- When it comes to controlling hazardous energy, we tend to focus on the mechanic, technician or the authorized employee’s responsibilities. These individuals perform the ...

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 ...

Many of the annual 3.3 million workplace injuries result from broken OSHA rules. And of the top 10 OSHA rules most frequently broken, two directly concern machine design: lockout/tagout procedures (LO ...

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.