If you are looking to create new lockout tagout policies and procedures or to update your existing plan, it is important to first review OSHA Standard 1910.147. This standard, created by OSHA, sets the minimum guidelines for lockout tagout policies … Continue reading →

Evaluating Your Lockout Tagout Procedures It is critically important to constantly evaluate all of your occupational safety and health policies and procedures. At least annually, you want to audit your facility for new hazards and ensure your existing hazards are … Continue reading →

Many company owners handle lockout tagout procedures in house. They create their plans themselves, monitor them, update them, and stay abreast of regulatory changes. They assign this as an ancillary function of the safety or operations team, and expect that … Continue reading →

Creating lockout tagout procedures is never an easy task; it can be difficult to understand OSHA Standard 1910.147, confusing to maintain the procedures, and time consuming to update lockout tagout procedures. But something you can do to save some time … Continue reading →

In the world of occupational health and safety, there is not much that is more difficult to understand and implement than lockout tagout procedures. OSHA created Standard 1910.147, which sets basic guidelines and rules relating to lockout tagout, which should … Continue reading →

After you go through the headache of establishing lockout tagout procedures, it is important to have a procedure or plan of some kind in place to maintain those procedures. OSHA very heavily regulates lockout tagout procedures, and they can, and … Continue reading →