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What to Do When LOTO is Not Feasible

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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. During my career in engineering and safety, I have observed thousands of machine setups and other tasks where LOTO is simply not possible.

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Feasibility For Machine Guarding Is A Big Deal For Employers and Employees

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Finding safeguards for a specific task is challenging because a physical guard may not be feasible. This article is intended to introduce you to a long-accepted concept recognized in OSHA and ANSI standards but is not well known or understood. A feasibility assessment usually takes less than an hour.

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Assessing Feasibility

FDR Safety

This blog complements past blogs and my most recent blog about the OSHRC overturning OSHA citations regarding LOTO on Matsu presses. The answers can be determined but only after documented due diligence using Task Based Risk Assessment (past blogs) and assessing feasibility of hazard controls.

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Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

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OSHA sees great opportunity because your industry does realize finger injuries and amputations that are not realized in other companies where operators have automation and/or engineered safeguards to protect the point of operation. Many, if not most safety courses, are designed for administrative issues of compliance. We can help.

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OSHA citing maintenance equipment violations despite low risk

FDR Safety

Many of you may be wondering why, all of a sudden, OSHA is spending an inordinate amount of time inspecting the machines and equipment in plant maintenance areas. However, if you recently experienced OSHA’s increased focus in this area, you may wish you had read this sooner. Enforcement OSHA' We are not.

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Finding safeguards for a specific task is challenging because a physical guard may not be feasible. This article is intended to introduce you to a long-accepted concept recognized in OSHA and ANSI standards but is not well known or understood. A feasibility assessment usually takes less than an hour.

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Early Collaboration: The Key to Commercial Construction Risk Mitigation

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Early Engagement for Improved Decision-Making Engaging GCs early provides Directors with critical insights that enhance the project’s overall design and feasibility. Collaborative Safety Planning and Compliance Safety and regulatory compliance are critical elements of risk mitigation in construction.

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