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 ...

In its simplest (and perhaps least effective) form, lockout/tagout (LOTO) consists of three steps: Identify the breaker (or fuse) that supplies power to your equipment. Open the breaker. Hang your ...

Since the publication of OSHA's Control of Hazardous Energy Sources final rule in 1989, the implementation of lockout/tagout has vexed the private sector. Lockout/tagout often is complex, and it can ...

Lockout/tagout was one of the first requirements OSHA mandated, starting in 1990. The electrical lockout/tagout regulation became effective in 1990, as well as part of Subpart S. Lockout/tagout ...

In the safety world, one tends to think of lockout/tagout as an electrical problem. People dealing with energized equipment spend significant amounts of time working through the de-energization ...

OSHA estimates there are approximately 187 electrical-related fatalities a year. While electrical hazards are not the leading cause of on-the-job injuries and fatalities, they are disproportionately ...

A comprehensive lockout/tagout (LOTO) program not only helps to keep power generating plants compliant with OSHA regulations, but also increases productivity and contributes to the safety of employees ...

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 ...

The purpose of this program is to ensure that all WMU employees are protected from unintended machine motion or unintended release of energy which could cause injury when they set up, adjust, repair, ...