Lockout Tagout Training

Safeguard Employees from the Unexpected . . .

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Lockout Tagout (LOTO) refers to specific practices and procedures to safeguard employees from the unexpected energization or startup of machinery and equipment, or the release of hazardous energy during service or maintenance activities.

It might appear that lockout tagout is an easy safety measure to enforce. Lock Out refers to locking access to a hazardous machine and/or space. Tag Out uses a sign, which provides a specific directive that a certain area or machine is dangerous and should be avoided without authorization. Sometimes the two are needed separately and other times they are used together.

Proper Lockout Tagout Procedures Prevent Injuries & Fatalities

Approximately 3 million workers service equipment and face the greatest risk of injury if lockout tagout is not properly implemented. Compliance with the lockout tagout standard (29 CFR 1910.147) prevents an estimated 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each year.

Workers injured on the job from exposure to hazardous energy lose an average of 24 workdays for recuperation. In a study conducted by the United Auto Workers (UAW), 20% of the fatalities (83 of 414) that occurred among their members between 1973 and 1995 were attributed to inadequate hazardous energy control procedures specifically, lockout tagout procedures.

Who is Authorized & Who is Affected?

Let Bailey Environmental & Safety Training Consultants provide your employees lockout tagout training and identify practices and procedures necessary to shut down, lockout tagout machines and equipment. Adherence to these lockout tagout procedures can eliminate nearly 2% of workplace deaths; prevent 28,400 lost workday injuries, and 32,000 non-lost workday injuries each year in the United States.