Lockout/tagout - Articles - Page 15

Safety Today: History, focus and market presence

January 4, 2013

Safety Today, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is one of the largest full service safety equipment distributors in North America

An approach to LOTO instructions and training

Todd Morrison

November 1, 2012

Keeping it simple is a good rule to follow most of the time, and it certainly applies to safety padlocks and keys, as well as lockout steps for equipment maintenance.

Lockout tag kit

November 1, 2012

New monitor well safety lockout tag kit. Use with or without padlocks for well security.

At the NSC Congress: Top 10 OSHA violations unveiled

ISHN Editor Dave Johnson reporting from NSC Congress & Expo

October 23, 2012

The Top 10 for FY 2012 are, in order from one to ten: Fall protection – general requirements; Hazard communication; Scaffolding

Ga. Worker loses four fingers at recycling company

Co. had LO/TO program but it was not implemented

October 17, 2012

Marglen Industries Inc. in Rome, Ga. has been cited by OSHA for one willful and one serious safety violation after a worker had four fingers amputated while servicing a dust collector's airlock system at the company's facility in Rome.

5 steps for OSHA-compliant lockout-tagout

Danielle Gallo

October 5, 2012

A successful lockout-tagout program goes beyond purchasing padlocks, tags and lockout devices.

Stock up on warehouse safety signs and markers

Tricia S. Hodkiewicz

October 5, 2012

Is your warehouse operation hazard-free? Potential forklift turnovers, chemical burns, fire and falling loads are just some of the hazards warehouse workers face every day.

Workers could have been shredded; no LO/TO on 7,000 hp shredder

September 28, 2012

OSHA has cited Miller Compressing Co. in Milwaukee with two willful safety violations for allowing employees to perform maintenance on a shredder without first isolating the machine's energy source.

Learn about electrical hazards from actual OSHA citations

Daryn Lewellyn

September 6, 2012

The following list of citations for electrical hazards is real.

Compliance made clear

The value of visual lockout-tagout procedures

Todd Morrison

August 1, 2012

Four words — variable conditions for shutdown — relating to compliance in OSHA safety regulation 1910.147 regarding the control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), have enormous meaning for virtually any facility and anyone responsible for worker safety.