Lockout Tagout: Lockout Tagout for Employees
5 min! Run Time
Employees
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Skills covered in this course
Description
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration, or OSHA, created certain guidelines pertaining to the service and maintenance of machinery and equipment powered by hazardous energy. These procedures are commonly referred to as lockout tagout. These guidelines establish clear, actionable steps for disabling the flow of hazardous energy to machinery before service work and instruct employees on the safest way to restart equipment after repairs have been completed.
Keep in mind, lockout tagout procedures will vary, depending on the machinery found at your worksite and the energy source that is used to power equipment. Regardless of the individual workplace, here are a few considerations of the lockout tagout process that you, as an employee, should be aware of. This content complies with OSHA regulation 1910.147.
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Frequently Asked Questions
It establishes clear, actionable steps for disabling the flow of hazardous energy to machinery before service work begins.
The course instructs employees on the safest way to restart equipment after repairs have been completed, closing out the process safely.
No, procedures vary depending on the machinery found at your worksite and the specific energy source used to power that equipment.
They were created for the service and maintenance of machinery and equipment powered by hazardous energy, to protect employees performing that work.
Because employees are the ones directly exposed to hazardous energy during servicing, this course gives them clear, actionable steps distinct from an employer's program design.
