Monitoring and updating lockout tagout procedures can become a nightmare for even the most seasoned safety teams. These procedures are cumbersome to create, hard to maintain, and can be confusing when changes happen within a facility. OSHA attempted to make the job of creating lockout tagout procedures a little easier by created Standard 1910.147. Due to the complexity of lockout tagout, however, the procedure has become largely enigmatic to many readers.

So for this reason, most companies are left to either hope their original plan will suffice after changes are made, hope they can tweak their plans just enough to compensate for change, or hire a qualified third party lockout tagout specialty firm to assist in monitoring and updating the lockout tagout procedures as needed. Unfortunately, none of these options are usually particularly appealing to a company’s ownership. They are left to either “guess” and “hope,” which does not make most business owners comfortable, or they must leave their fate in the hands of a third party, and pay for the services, as well.

Fortunately, we have created a web based program which allows you to create your lockout tagout procedures for your facility within an environment which will guarantee the procedures are compliant with all applicable laws and standards. In addition, the software, called Factor Solutions, is fully scalable, fully customizable, monitors your lockout tagout procedures for changes in your facility or regulatory changes, and allows you to modify your procedures at any time. You get the backing of a leading lockout tagout specialty firm with the control to handle the changes in-house.If you have any questions about our Factory Solutions Software, or lockout tagout in general, please contact us. If you have anything else to add about monitoring and updating lockout tagout procedures, please leave a comment.