In this last part of 2018, I have been on a LOTO crusade; I have been to 12 different facilities since August to help them understand LOTO. Some projects were complete new builds, some were to help with implementing Group LOTO, and a few were to training company safety professionals on the OSHA requirements so they can better understand the minimum requirements. But not just over these past several months, but instead over my entire career, I have seen the same situation managed differently and for me it is SIMPLE…
LOCKOUT is the REQUIREMENT, except when the isolation device will not accept a lock.
We can argue about Tagout vs. Lockout later, but for this article, I want to challenge a practice that I feel does NOT meet the minimum OSHA requirements.