What is LOTO Procedure?

Injuries, Illness and possibly death, these are the effects of not complying with the LOTO Procedure. This slide is about the Lockout/Tagout standard and how it keeps workers safe from the hazardous energy or accidents in hazard workplaces.

1. What is LOTO Procedure ? By OSHACAMPUS.COM

2. Hazardous energy from the maintenance and service of equipment may cause illness and even death to workers. In order to reduce and eliminate these hazards, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/ Tagout ) standard ( 29 CFR 1910.147 ) as a measure for controlling the various types of hazardous energy .

3. Under the LOTO standard, employers are responsible for protecting workers and training them to guarantee their knowledge and understanding of the relevant requirements of the hazardous energy control procedures : 1. Employees may be trained under programs such as OSHA 30 Hour construction outreach program. They must also be trained on the entire employer’s energy control program, energy control procedures appropriate to the worker’s job responsibilities and all requirements of the OSHA LOTO standard. Retraining may be done to maintain expertise or to introduce changes in the program.

4. 2. Employers will develop a hazardous energy control program. 3. Be able to use lockout devices for equipment that can be locked out. Lockout devices are any locking device that may be able to secure the energy-isolating device in a safe way. Equipment that may be locked out according to OSHA are:

5. Designed with a hasp or other part to which you can attach a lock such as a lockable electric disconnect switch; Has a locking mechanism built into it; or Can be locked without dismantling, rebuilding, or replacing the energy-isolating device or permanently altering its energy-control capability, such as a lockable valve cover or circuit breaker blockout .

6. 4. Tagout devices are used only in place of lockout deveices . They must be able to provide the same amount of protection as a lockout device. “The tag alerts employees to the hazard of reenergization and states that employees may not operate the machinery to which it is attached until the tag is removed in accordance with an established procedure,” states OSHA. 5. Make sure that new or overhauled equipment may be locked out.

7. 6. Make sure that tagout procedures are effective when lockout procedures are not applicable. Tags must be readable and understandable by all employees. They will contain warnings to employees about the hazards if the machine is energized. They usually state instructions such as “Do Not Start” or “Do Not Operate ”. 7. Develop, document, implement and enforce energy control procedures. Exceptions to the documentation requirements are in 29 CFR 1910.147 (c)(4)( i ) .

8. 8. Utilize LOTO procedures specific to the equipment and machinery. The LOTO devices must be durable, standardized and substantial. 9. LOTO devices must be able to state the identification of the individual users. 10. Set up a policy that only the person who applied the LOTO device will be able to remove it. 11. Inspect energy procedures at least once a year.

9. 12. Employers must meet the provisions of the standard when it comes to outside contractors work, group lockout situations and during changes in worker’s shifts.

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