Do you need a lockout/tagout program at your company? In 2013, a lumber mill had $1.6 million worth of reasons to say "yes." The company had repeatedly ignored OSHA citations for serious safety ...

There’s no way to write a policy that covers every possible lockout/tagout scenario. In the third and final installment in our lockout/tagout series, discover how to create a balance between a program ...

To improve overall employee safety across plants and facilities, leaders at Southern Company Generation decided to switch from a tagout-based safety program to a lockout-tagout (LOTO) program. After ...

"Lockout / tagout” (LOTO) refers to specific practices and procedures followed to safeguard employees from the unexpected energization or startup of equipment, or the release of hazardous energy ...

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 ...

Failing to follow lockout/tagout rules can get you in trouble with OSHA, but it can also be fatal. When OSHA compliance officers inspect a facility, they examine its lockout/tagout program, and last ...

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” ...

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 ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- No excuse can undo an accident. We all know what's done is done. There is always a cause and effect in life, no matter how much we wish otherwise. Sometimes, we make ...

Thanks to safety compliance management software, vital workplace safety information immediately is accessible on mobile devices. Safety compliance software helps provide consistent and timely ...

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, ...