Maintaining lockout tagout procedures is of instrumental importance when trying to
provide a safe workplace for your employees. Lockout tagout injuries are uniquely
dangerous, usually resulting in death. As such, OSHA takes your lockout tagout
procedures very seriously, expecting them to fully comply with OSHA Standard
1910.147. Unfortunately, Standard 1910.147 is an extremely complicated standard which
gives even seasoned occupational health and safety professionals a hard time.
For this reason, many business owners hire third party lockout tagout auditing firms to
manage their lockout tagout needs. Unfortunately, this option can be expensive and takes
all control of the procedures away from the company. These owners are left to hope
the firm is properly maintaining the procedures, and are left to hope the fees won’t be
astronomical if they want to make any changes to the facility, including the machinery,
equipment, or personnel.
Fortunately, there is another option for business owners. It is to use software that helps to
establish lockout tagout procedures and continually maintain them. Unfortunately, most
software needs to be updated every time OSHA updates its procedures, meaning you
need to keep up with regulatory changes to ensure you properly download the updates.
But now we have a perfect hybrid product. It is called Factory Solutions Software,
and it allows you to establish and maintain your procedures under our oversight,
but it is constantly monitored and maintained by us. And if there are any changes to
regulations, we make sure to notify you and help you correct your procedures. It is fully
customizable, fully scalable, and can be used to create and maintain procedures for
literally any company.
If you have any questions about our Factory Solutions Software, please contact us. If
you have anything to add about the importance of continual lockout tagout procedure
maintenance, please leave a comment.
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