Toolbox talk, Procedures, about 8 minutes
Lockout tagout basics
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Why this one
Machines don't have to be running to hurt someone. Stored energy, a restart by someone who didn't know you were inside, a valve opened by mistake. Lockout and tagout is how a crew makes sure a machine stays off while hands are in it.
Say this
- 1.Lockout tagout is four ideas. Isolate the energy. Lock it. Tag it. Verify it's dead before anyone puts a hand in.
- 2.Energy isn't just electric. Think air, hydraulic, steam, gravity, springs and anything that can still move after the power is off.
- 3.Only authorized, trained people apply locks and work under the procedure. If that's not you, you don't touch the machine.
- 4.Follow the written procedure for that machine. Don't work from memory and don't skip a step because it's a quick job.
- 5.Your lock, your key, your name on the tag. Nobody removes someone else's lock. Ever.
- 6.Verify means try to start it, or test it the way the procedure says. A switch in the off position isn't proof.
- 7.A shift change or a break doesn't end the lockout. The person who put the lock on takes it off.
Ask the crew
- – Which machines on this job have more than one energy source, and where do you find all of them?
- – Has anyone ever started to work on something before it was fully locked out? What stopped you?
- – Who here is authorized to lock out, and who isn't? How do the rest of us stay clear?
Watch for today
- Tags hanging on a machine with no lock, or a lock with no name on it.
- Anyone reaching into a guarded area to clear a jam without stopping to ask about lockout.
- Hoses, lines or stored-energy parts left charged after the power was shut off.
Close with: Lock it, tag it, test it. My lock, my key, my call.
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