I’m finding clients who have excellent lockout/tagout programs but who have not taken the necessary step of identifying tasks where LOTO isn’t feasible. When you ask the right questions, you will typically find some number of service and maintenance …
I’m finding clients who have excellent lockout/tagout programs but who have not taken the necessary step of identifying tasks where LOTO is not feasible. When you ask the right questions, you will typically find some number of service and maintenance …
In past years I’ve written about the value of the ANSI B11 standards and risk assessment. Those blogs were focused on describing the “what” and “why.” After recently concluding a class with a couple of safety pros and larger group …
In a significant decision, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has ruled that OSHA’s lockout/tagout standard cannot be applied where unexpected energization cannot occur.
A new series of ANSI standards is now available to assist employers in assessing how to comply with OSHA standards, determine feasible safeguards or harmonize with ISO and U.S. standards.
Safety professionals should have the concepts of “acceptable risk” and “feasibility” top of mind, especially when it comes to lockout/tagout or guarding.
Recently I’ve done dozens of Task Based Risk Assessments (TaBRA) for clients and the experience always reinforces for me the importance of worker input and the relative speed in which an assessment can be performed.
Simply put, risk assessment prioritizes the safety hazards in a workplace according to their severity and likelihood of occurrence.
When assessing the safety risks of a work task, the devil is in the details, and who knows the details better than the employees who perform the task.
All of a sudden, OSHA is spending an inordinate amount of time inspecting the machines and equipment in plant maintenance areas.