1. Conducting a Periodic Inspection for Each Procedure in a Hazardous Energy Control (Lockout/Tagout) Program (NIOSH)
2. The horrors of improper LOTO
3. LOTO Fatality (Interlocked Protected Area)
4. Line Break gone bad (boric acid and zinc oxide)
5. Hazardous Energy - visual display of PSIA supervisor's LO lock and a roster do NOT meet 1910.147
6. Cracking a flange with stored steam energy kills two maintenance techs (OSHRC)
7. Fatality inside mulch coloring machine (LOTO)
8. Clarification on Group LOTO requirements
9. Energy isolation requirements for pneumatically powered control valves
10. Rotary Valve/Airlock and Lock-Out/Tag-Out Hazards (OSHA SHIB 2021)
11. Don't say it is "locked out" when the isolation devices on the energy sources are NOT locked in their safe positions
12. Stored energy fatality (Air compressor/dryer)
13. Stored energy fatality (NG compressor)
14. Does Double Block and Bleed require INDEPENDENT isolation points?
15. OSHA issues Serious and Willfuls for LOTO @ supermarket chain ($339K)Should we apply our Line Break and Equipment Opening safe work practice to utilities such as steam?
16. LOTO on large complex machinery - LOTO specific procedures (OSHRCS)
17. Does your facility include steam in its Line Break/Equipment Opening Safe Work Practice?
18. Does your LOTO training include some basic ESRWP training?
19. Partial amputation of an arm in an auger during cleaning results in REPEAT citations and $136K in citations
20. Improper isolation of a 1/4 turn ball valve leads to a reportable release of Chlorine
21. Machines with multiple powers sources and I'm exposed to only 1
22. Do I have to isolate all the energy sources or can I pick and choose?
23. The Eleventh Circuit reinstates OSHA's LOTO Citation regarding a contractor death
24. LOTO is NEVER based on how "slow it moves", even when it is 1 revolution/10 minutes
25. My Group Lockout – Lockbox method
26. What it means to have EXCLUSIVE CONTROL and case in point what happens when we share a lockout/tagout
27. The tale of two LOTOs - worlds apart (Compressed Air)
28. Warped Wednesday... safety is "just common sense" excuse #121 - Lockout
29. Verification of Zero Energy State (ZES) and Specific Procedures Unpublished
30. Lockout with cable/shark leader and identifying the isolation device is under LOTO control
31. Isolating pneumatic energy sources and verifying a ZES
32. OSHA cites employer for LOTO issues (Magnitudes, Means to verify ZES)
33. Does magnitude matter in LOTO? (Blinds and Blanks with PRCS)
34. Does a manufacturer's maintenance instruction over-ride OSHA's "minor servicing" exception?
35. Energy Isolation in a chemical process is a "complex LOTO" Unpublished
36. There is no "I" in LOTO, but there should be!
37. Trust me... famous last words of a safety professional (LOTO application discussion)
38. International methods of Energy Isolation (RISK BASED - SG253)
39. Palletizer LOTO Fatality
40. Failure to LOTO NH3 liquid isolation valve(s) leads to cleaning contractor fatality
41. Robots cage, Door interlock, LOTO and cleaning contractor
42. More background on OSHA's consideration of Control Circuit Devices in lieu of LOTO
43. And so the LOTO journey continues... OSHA Requests Information on Possible Updates to the Lockout/Tagout Standard
44. Proposed Revisions Not Being Finalized - Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) in 29 CFR 1910.147
45. Line Break Gone Bad (Hot Water)
46. OSHA's view on "troubleshooting" with open guards
47. Lockout Alert! Disconnect on Doors
48. Can I do Servicing and/or Maintenance tasks without the aid of LOTO?
49. How a machine safe guarding device is for production and not for maintenance
50. The basics of Lockout/Tagout starts with Machine Guarding
51. OSHA's official position on LOTO-AFFECTED PERSONNEL
52. LOTO Affected Personnel Training (.ppt)
53. OSHRC LOTO decision on "unexpected start-up"
54. Do you call this Tagout or is it a Lockout Exception
55. Does your LOTO program define/quantify "hazardous energy"?
56. OSHA submits RFI regarding computer-based controls of hazardous energy vs. traditional LOTO
57. LOCK IT OUT!
58. Lockout Tagout Articles INDEX (91 postings as of 6/8/2018)
59. UPDATE on OSHRC and Court Decision on LOTO Fatality involving a counter weight
60. OSHA puts the LOTO standard on the UPDATE schedule (2018)
61. LOTO and "under the control of and within line-of-sight of the person performing the activity"
62. COLOR is NOT the only prescribed factor for the standardization of lockout and tagout (LOTO) devices
63. Contractors and Lockout/Tagout
64. Are you ready for a new LOTO standard, one that would allow interlocks to be used in lieu of LOTO?
65. Conveyor Accident w/ Pics (LOTO Story)
66. LOTO failure of enormous proportions!
67. Results of OSHA's look back review of the LOTO standard docket S-012-B
68. Using the "energy isolation plan" worksheet to meet specific LOTO procedures
69. Documenting the "isolation" of a Permit-Required Confined Space
70. Is a "Lockout device" more than a Lockout Lock?
71. Chemical Processes, LOTO, and three (3) program buckets (Simple, Traditional, Complex)
72. LOTO, “Clam Shells”, OSHA, and “substantial”
73. Do "clam shells" comply with OSHA's definition of "Lockout Device" 
74. NC-OSHA's acceptable "Lockout Lock" identification method... would you accept this?
75. LOTO Fatality (TN-OSHA Inspection #1119869)
76. What is OSHA's LOTO documentation requirements?
77. Did you see the "tagout" in CSB's latest Bulletin
78. Did the OSHRC just say that 1910.147 Appendix A without any revisions is an acceptable "machine specific" LOTO procedure?
79. OSHA issues REPEAT LOTO & Guarding Citations ($503,380)
80. LOTO in 2017 has got to be better!
81. OSHA issues LOTO citations regarding a ribbon blender fatality
82. Here's a LOTO scenario many don't think about (Lock removal & $17K)
83. LOTO Fatality - 38-year old welder was fatally injured while doing maintenance on a large chip conveyor (WA-OSHA Video)
84. The classic LOTO fatality still occurs!
85. Guide for the Control of Hazardous Energy in the Process Industries (MIRM)
86. Why does OSHA consider a "blank flange" and "bolted slip blind" as a Lockout device?
87. When is an "energy isolation device" "capable of being locked out"
88. BSEE Releases Investigation Report into Platform Explosion (LOTO error)
89. Crushed by and caught-in between machinery (TN-OSHA Inspection #1041324)
90. Caught in Auger Fatality (TN-OSHA Inspection #1040935)
91. Did you know... almost every single energy isolation REQUIRES a WRITTEN ENERGY ISOLATION PLAN
92. For goodness sake - LOCK IT OUT people! (Willful w/ $70K)
93. Even in "complex energy isolations" we MUST include specific procedures to VERIFY ZERO ENERGY of EACH isolation point (OSHRC)
94. OSHA grants permanent LOTO variance
95. Workers hurt when pressurized fluid escapes (LOTO Incident @ Mine)
96. Documentation needed for your LOTO Compliance
97. OR-OSHA publishes "Oregon OSHA’s guide to controlling hazardous energy"
98. ZERO energy state (ZES) means ZERO energy state
99. LOTO Accident Data from OSHA's Preamble
100. More LOTO Adventures (photo)
101. LOTO and Contractors 
102. Lockout is the RULE, “minor servicing” is the exception 
103. It is Lockout OR tagout... NOT BOTH
104. LOCKOUT/TAGOUT Methods and Sample Procedures (CAL-OSHA)
105. Why does OSHA permit the LOTO exception ONLY on electrical cord and plug equipment?
106. OSHA's requirement for "machine specific" LOTO procedures and the "exception"
107. LOTO fatality while cleaning (NY FACE)
108. From a recent OSHA citation for LOTO, yes we still have problems!
109. LOTO Fatality - Caught in conveyor system (TN-OSHA II #28 - 2010)
110. A traditional LOTO fatality - worker started equipment on another worker (TN-OSHA #23)
111. Clearing up a couple of LOTO myths
112. Palletizer kills temporary worker, 21, on his FIRST DAY of work (LOTO)
113. OSHA takes issue with EVERY Authorized Employee having a key to the lockbox
114. Have you ever seen/heard of this LOTO practice before?
115. LOTO Periodic Inspections and their significance
116. LOTO Program Suggestions from a reliable source!
117. OSHA cites manufacturing plant for exposing workers to hazardous energy sources during machine servicing
118. LOCK IT OUT!!! WARNING - Image may be upsetting to some
119. Is tagging a blind flange or slip blind "tagout"?
120. De-enerizing Stored Energies
121. Verifying the content of lockout programs
122. Supervision in Manufacturing - Guards & Lockout (Video)
123. Defining Exclusive Control under LOTO activities
124. Minor Servicing Alternative Safety Measures
125. OSHA, LOTO and the unexpected movement of trucks
126. Proper LOTO or a serious problem? (POLL)
127. Verifying ZES is DIFFERENT for electrical workers!
128. My TOP 12 Life Saving LOTO Principles
129. Group LOTO Verification of ZES Requirements
130. Periodic Inspections
131. LOTO Training Requirements
132. Shift or Personnel Changes
133. Verification of ZERO ENERGY STATE (ZES)
134. Tagout and Full Employee Protection (e.g. Tag Plus)
135. Can ALL your LOTO Training needs be met by On-Line Training?
136. LOTO on Chemical Process and Piping Systems
137. Does your LOTO program contain "enforcement" procedures?
138. GREAT LOTO Cartoon (VIDEO) 
139. Lock out. It takes just seconds to lose a limb (VIDEO) 
140. One of my favorite LOTO videos (VIDEO)
141. FALSE Sense of Safety...using interlocks in Lieu of LOTO!!!
142. We have THREE Choices to Identify our Lockout Locks
143. Tagout vs. Lockout 
144. Company argues before the OSHRC that LOTO does not apply to their die changing activities - an analysis of a OSHRC 2009 decision 
145. Cord and Plug Equipment and "Line of Sight"
146. Tagout vs. Lockout #2
147. 911 Call - What REAL TRAGEDY sounds like (911 audio)
148. Grouping equipment for purposes of conducting periodic LOTO inspections
149. LOTO Machine Specific Procedures
150. MIOSHA Guidance: Minor Tool Changes and Adjustments, and Other Minor Servicing Activities

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