Lock and Tag: Lockout Tagout: It Would Have Saved His Life

Teach your workers the proper Lockout Tagout Procedures. This course uses dramatizations to convey the importance of using proper lockout procedures. This course features a true story where a worker was killed by the accidental release of hazardous energy. If proper Lockout Procedures were followed, his life could have been saved. This comprehensive course teaches the purpose of lockout tagout, terminology, lockout procedures, employee responsibilities, and the elements of an Energy Control Plan.

Training for all workers who operate, repair, or work near machinery and equipment.

• Overview of Lockout/Tagout
  • Lives saved by Lockout/Tagout
  • Purpose of Lockout/Tagout
  • Types of energy controlled by Lockout/Tagout
• Terminology
  • Authorized Employee
  • Affected Employee
  • Energy Control Plan
  • Energy Isolating Device
• Lockout/Tagout Procedures
  • Preparing for equipment shutdown
  • Notifying Affected Employees
  • Shutting down equipment
  • Multiple energy sources
  • Attaching a lockout device
  • Lockout devices for different energy sources
  • The lock used for lockout
  • The tag attached to the lock
  • Group lockout
  • Lockout during shift changes
  • Types of stored energy
  • Releasing stored energy

• Describe the purpose of Lockout or Tagout.
  • State the number of lives saved by Lockout or Tagout.
  • Explain the purpose of Lockout or Tagout.
  • List energy sources which apply to Lockout or Tagout.
• Explain key Lockout or Tagout terms.
  • Recognize roles of Authorized and Affected employees.
  • State information contained in the Energy Control Plan.
  • Explain the purpose of an energy isolating device.
  • Identify examples of energy isolating devices.
• Properly prepare for Lockout or Tagout.
  • Identify persons allowed to perform Lockout.
  • Prepare for equipment shutdown and energy isolation
  • Describe equipment shutdown procedures.
  • Explain the meaning of multiple energy sources.
• Correctly connect a lockout device and a lock to an energy isolating device.
  • Recognize the proper way to attach a lockout device to an energy isolating device.
  • Agree that each lockout device is designed and approved to lock out a specific type of energy.
  • List the requirements of a lock.
  • List the requirements of the tag attached to a lock.
  • Describe group lockout procedures.
  • Describe shift change procedures.
• Safely release sources of stored energy.
  • Recognize that stored energy may remain after equipment is de-energized.
  • Identify various kinds of stored energy.
  • Describe procedures for releasing stored energy.
  • Select the documents containing information about equipment's stored energy sources.
• Verify that a lockout is effective.
  • Describe the need to verify that energy has been isolated isolated before working on equipment.
  • Describe how to properly test the machine.
  • Agree to never bypass lockout.
• Use proper startup procedures after equipment repair.
  • List steps to take before equipment is re-started.