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LOTO Procedures

This Lockout Tagout procedure is a planned safety maintenance that disables the energy supply of industrial machinery and equipment whilst servicing, maintenance work or repairs are in progress. The aim of this system is to effectively protect workers from the dangers created by live machinery or electricity, therefore lowering the overall level of risk when working with this equipment.
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07/26/2022

LOTO Procedures

This Lockout Tagout procedure is a planned safety maintenance that disables the energy supply of industrial machinery and equipment whilst servicing, maintenance work or repairs are in progress. The aim of this system is to effectively protect workers from the dangers created by live machinery or electricity, therefore lowering the overall level of risk when working with this equipment.

    Lock out/Tag Out procedures are to be completed before any service or maintenance work on equipment or machinery, and/or before entry into any grain bin or other area where operating equipment poses a hazard to the entrant.

    General Lockout Steps and Instructions:

    Notify Employees

    Review Procedures

    Shutdown Equipment

    Disconnect & Isolate the Energy Source

    Lockout Controls

    Release Energy

    Try out

    Lockout Release Steps

    Inspect Equipment

    Check Area

    Check Controls

    Re-energize

    Notify Employees

    Startup Equipment

    SPECIFIC LOTO INSTRUCTIONS

    Company Name:

    Equipment ID:

    Description:

    Facility:

    Location:

    Date Created:

    Person:

    Date Revised:

    Person:

    Lockout Points (Picture of lockout points goes here)

    Add or drag pictures

    Identify where the lock out points are located. (Picture of lockout points goes here)

    Add or drag pictures

    Any machine modifications must be shown in this procedure. Contact facility manager to update this procedure. Always perform a machine stop before locking out disconnects

    Energy Source:

    Device used to De-energize:

    Location:

    Method:

    Try Out Check to Verify Equipment is De-energized:

Source: MaintainX (Community Member)

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