Lockout/tagout: prevent 15-20 per cent of workplace accidents
Posted to News on 1st Mar 2016, 14:49

Lockout/tagout: prevent 15-20 per cent of workplace accidents

Lockout/Tagout can save lives during machine maintenance and interventions in production facilities. Some 15-20 per cent of workplace accidents can be avoided with Lockout/Tagout, which is why the procedure should be part of any ambitious go-for-zero programme that bans accidents from the workplace.

Lockout/tagout: prevent 15-20 per cent of workplace accidents

In principle, Lockout/Tagout isolates machines from their energy supply during interventions, which prevents them from being reactivated prematurely. To implement Lockout/Tagout in the workplace, machine-specific procedures need to list the necessary steps to isolate every machine. Writing these specific procedures requires some expertise and a thorough knowledge of Lockout/Tagout principles. Brady Corporation supports companies in creating and writing safe machine specific procedures based on worldwide best practices.

Machine-specific procedures need to be evaluated by several stakeholders, often spread out over various sites. Brady proposes the LINK360 software to easily introduce, approve or edit, scale and communicate machine-specific procedures for Lockout/Tagout. Once approved, LINK360 enables users to upload on-site pictures of the machinery and its energy isolation points. Once finished, the cloud-based software can print the machine-specific procedure for communication near its machine.

To actively isolate a machine in line with the company-approved procedures, a number of lockout devices and padlocks are needed. For every energy isolation point, including handles, buttons, valves, levers and others, a Lockout/Tagout device exists that blocks them in the off-position. A padlock will lock the device itself in place so that machinery that is being serviced, cannot be re-energised accidentally.

With best practice machine-specific procedures, software to easily create and evaluate them, and the tools to isolate any machine from its energy sources, companies can avoid accidents during machine interventions and push a go-for-zero programme to the next level.

Request the Lockout/Tagout guide book Safer machine interventions for more information about Lockout/Tagout via [email protected], or visit www.bradycorp.com for further information.


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