The iPad QR Code Real-Time Lockout-Tagout Auditing from ESC Services Inc. uses customized QR codes that are placed on all pieces of equipment for use with the application. Using this system ...

Digitized lockout tagout systems ensure every step is accurately completed. For example, a worker might forget to tag a locked-out machine, but with a digital system, this step cannot be skipped.

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 ...

What you need to know about Lockout/Tagout By Rob Cunningham, ANAD Safety Office May 28, 2020 ...

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” ...

Picture yourself working inside a huge machine, tending to its maintenance. Suddenly the machine springs to life, powerful metal gears grinding around you, placing you in mortal danger. That is ...

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) first published its rules for control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) in 1989. However, those rules, as found in OSHA 1910.147, do not ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard for the Control of Hazardous Energy (29 CFR 1910.147 – Lockout/Tagout). Standard provides the mandatory guidelines for protecting ...

SHIFT CHANGE SITUATIONS 1910.147 (f) (4) states: “Specific procedures shall be utilized during shift or personnel changes to ensure the continuity of lockout or tagout protection…” When Woody removed ...

April 21, 2011; “Lockout/Tagout Mistakes Lead to Injury, Death,” May 19, 2011). But even when a company has LO/TO programs in place, workers may skip LO/TO procedures that seem too burdensome ...

A largely unnoticed development occurred in the practice of lockout/tagout in 2008 with the publication of OSHA's revised Enforcement Policy and Inspection Procedures for the Control of Hazardous ...

Employees servicing or maintaining equipment may be exposed to serious physical harm or death if the hazardous energy is not properly controlled. FM Directive 781 has established procedures regarding ...