In this episode of “EC&M Tech Talks,” Randy Barnett, a journeyman electrician, inspector, author, trainer, and electrical safety expert, discusses the importance, background information, and steps ...

The work of servicing and maintaining a fleet of trucks presents a wide assortment of potential dangers to technicians, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s “lockout-tagout” ...

Lockout PRO 3.0, the newest version of the company’s graphical procedure writing software, allows users to easily create and implement a complete OSHA 1910.0147-compliant hazardous energy control ...

Good engineering and advancing technology continue to make construction equipment safer for those who work in and around it. Sometimes, however, the smartest way to prevent an equipment-related ...

It may be one of the more simple safety processes, but lockout/tagout safety steps are also among the most effective. OSHA estimates the procedure saves 100 lives and prevents more than 60,000 ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- No excuse can undo an accident. We all know what's done is done. There is always a cause and effect in life, no matter how much we wish otherwise. Sometimes, we make ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- When it comes to controlling hazardous energy, we tend to focus on the mechanic, technician or the authorized employee’s responsibilities. These individuals perform the ...

Most affected employers understand their obligations to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s control of hazardous energy (commonly called “lockout/tagout”) rules found at 29 ...

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 ...

Despite preventing an estimated 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each year, lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures account for one of the most-cited OSHA violations each year. In 2019, the LOTO Standard ...

It's 5:10 a.m. and Glenwood (“Woody” as he is known around the shop) was wrapping up his third-shift work on a case packer. His task that night was to replace the main drive motor and gear reducer.