After you go through the headache of establishing lockout tagout procedures, it is important to have a procedure or plan of some kind in place to maintain those procedures. OSHA very heavily regulates lockout tagout procedures, and they can, and … Continue reading
Anyone who has ever had to write procedures for lockout tagout can attest to their difficulty. Lockout tagout procedures are difficult to create because they are based upon a difficult OSHA standard to comply with, Standard 1910.147. This standard is … Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 12 citations to the American Plant Food Corp. following an investigation of their Bartlett facility. These citations carried a $181,000 fine. The inspection came as a result of an … Continue reading
In the world of occupational health and safety, there is not much that is more difficult to uderstand and implement than lockout tagout procedures. OSHA created Standard 1910.147, which sets basic guidelines and rules relating to lockout tagout, which should … Continue reading
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspected the Somerset, NJ facility of Rasi Laboratories, Inc. in August of 2012. In October of 2013, OSHA came back to review the progress of the required changes from the initial … Continue reading
Creating lockout tagout procedures is never an easy task; it can be difficult to understand OSHA Standard 1910.147, confusing to maintain the procedures, and time consuming to update lockout tagout procedures. But something you can do to save some time … Continue reading
One of the biggest complaints in the lockout tagout industry is cost. For most, it is monetary cost, as it can grow expensive to create and maintain lockout tagout procedures if you employ a third party lockout tagout specialty firm. … Continue reading
Something we have been running into a lot lately is companies which need to change their lockout tagout procedures. These requests are coming in for a number of reasons – new facilities, new machinery, outdated procedures, new personnel, etc. – … Continue reading
When thinking about creating lockout tagout procedures, efficiency is often not a consideration. Instead, most safety personnel and business owners focus on getting done as quickly as possible while staying within the complicated requirements of OSHA Standard 1910.147. But inefficient … Continue reading
Pressed Paperboard Technologies, LLC has been cited by the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for nine safety and health violations. These violations consist of two willful violations, five serious safety violations, and two serious health violations. … Continue reading