Digitized lockout tagout systems ensure every step is accurately completed. For example, a worker might forget to tag a locked-out machine, but with a digital system, this step cannot be skipped.

The OSHA Lockout/Tagout Standard (1910.147) provides clear lockout safety requirements. Despite this, lockout/tagout (LOTO) continues to be found in OSHA's top 10 most frequently cited standards.

With lockout/tagout, you essentially tell other workers that a piece of equipment, in its current state, is too dangerous to operate. Tagout is the practice of leaving a label on a machine, warning ...

Disregard for established lockout/tagout procedures is not only risky, but it can also be fatal, as was evidenced by the death of an electrician at a California newspaper recycling factory. The ...