Many companies face significant challenges in achieving an effective and compliant lockout/tagout program in place—especially as it pertains to lockout. OSHA has specific regulations for protecting ...

The first word in lockout/tagout is “lock” but correct application of locks often remains a mystery to those conducting a lockout/tagout. First, you can't lock out a device unless it is a lockable ...

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, ...

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 ...

Coordinating procedures reduces confusion/omissions and improves efficiency. It also forces procedure writers to put the information in chunks that fit preset categories. This makes for leaner ...

In the safety world, one tends to think of lockout/tagout as an electrical problem. People dealing with energized equipment spend significant amounts of time working through the de-energization ...