Safety Talk

What’s at Stake? To immobilize the machine with the proper lockout/tagout procedure, or be immobilized yourself. That’s the bottom line when it comes to your safety around machinery. What’s the Danger? Lockout procedures eliminate the chance a machine could become energized whenever it is being cleaned, repaired, maintained, or unjammed. A lockout procedure requires you to shut off and lock out all types of energy that can feed a machine including:

• electric energy
• compressed air
• chemical reactions
• hydraulic power
• mechanical power
• and simple gravity

Any of these examples can injure or kill you, but if you know what to do in an emergency you […]