LOTO Procedures Machines can be a great advantage to employee productivity, allowing one employee to complete as much work as many employees could without it.  For all their benefits, though, machines cannot differentiate between humans and manufacturing materials and can severely injure [...]

The EU Guidelines 89/655 specify the minimum requirements concerning safety and health while using equipment. Paragraph 2.14 lays down that “every piece of equipment must be fitted with clearly visible devices with which it can be separated from every energy source”.

OSHA requires a formal Lockout/Tagout program. An effective lockout/tagout program should include the following eight steps.

Whatever lockout or tagout devices are used, they must be the only devices the employer uses for energy-isolating devices to control hazardous energy.