Fleets are using a variety of lockout-tagout methods to prevent injuries and achieve compliance with the standard. Standard "battery off" switch on a Volvo VNL 760. (Volvo Trucks North America) ...

Those standards include Scaffolding (1926.451), Hazard Communication (1910.1200), Fall Protection (1926.501), Respiratory Protection (1910.134), Lockout/Tagout (1910.147), Powered Industrial Trucks ...

Scaffolding safety plays a key role in preventing ... hand or arm injuries Employers should train workers on proper lockout/tagout practices and procedures. Equipment and machinery should be ...

Disregard for established lockout/tagout procedures is not only risky ... later), he decided to check on the victim, whom he found unconscious and nonresponsive on a scaffold platform. He immediately ...

Like the two violations above it, scaffolding citations have decreased (6%) compared to 2014. The positive news is that citations are decreasing. In fact, machine guarding and lockout/tagout were ...

The machine is under active service or maintenance and in a Lockout/Tagout status. This means this machine must not be, or attempted to be, operated. The employee cannot effectively work without ...

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 ...

The OSHA standard for the control of hazardous energy (Lockout/Tagout) addresses the practices and procedures necessary to disable machinery or equipment, thereby preventing the release of hazardous ...

Part 2 of our three-part series about lockout/tagout compliance examines the challenge of shift changes to safety. (Read part 1 here) It's 5:10 a.m. and Glenwood (“Woody” as he is known around the ...

One of the areas we should never ignore is with the Control of Hazardous Energy, commonly referred to as lockout/tagout. Employees servicing or maintaining machines and equipment may be exposed to ...

A recent study by Grace Technologies reveals a 29 percent increase in lockout/tagout (LOTO) violations nationwide from 2022 to 2023, particularly in manufacturing. According to the report ...