Proper LOTO or a serious problem? (POLL)

In the past few years, I have encountered these lockout devices for light switches.  I even witnessed an OSHA Outreach Trainer using a picture of a similar device in a 10-hr OSHA course during his LOTO presentation.  Now I know that a light switch can be wired in a special way that could make it an isolation device, but I would bet that 99.99% of light switches are NOT wired such that when they are in the OFF position, they are a POSITIVE MEANS of energy isolation.  Light Switches are CONTROL DEVICES, and OSHA’s definition of an “Energy Isolating Device” states it is…

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