Common Accidents Without Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO)
According to OSHA standards, LOTO or lockout/tagout regulations not only protect machinery, but these can also prevent fatalities and serious injuries. However, despite a decrease in the number of accidents in the workplace, debilitating injuries and deaths are still frequent, especially in industrial workplaces.
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Using appropriate LOTO devices is essential to ensure a safe working environment. For that to be possible, they need to be trained to follow established lockout procedures that can otherwise maim them or worse. Most accidents due to lockout/tagout inconsistencies occur because of 3 things:- Maintenance procedures
- Cleaning machinery
- Removing items stuck in machinery
- Crushed under moving parts which should have been shut off beforehand
- Suffocation under heavy machinery which starts moving or re-energizes during maintenance or examinations
- Electrocution because power supply was not cut off beforehand
- Loss of limb, suffocation, and fractures due to moving parts
- Life-threatening or fatal burns due to burners, hot liquids or hazardous materials that were not blocked during machine maintenance
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