Machine Guarding and Lockout / Tagout

  • Machine Guarding and Lockout / Tagout generated $14 million in OSHA fines in recent years. What are the requirements? How do I get started with my program? These questions and others will be answered through the course's review of the OSHA standards. Participants will learn how to apply the standards to their workplace.

  • Course Coverage:
  • Adopting program goals
  • Assigning program responsibilities
  • Identifying and accessing machine safeguarding
  • Solving guarding problems
  • Documenting the Program
  • Lockout / Tagout training will prepare participants to evaluate their workplace for energy hazards and apply the OSHA standards to minimize these hazards. The following elements are reviewed:
  • Written energy control program
  • Program elements
  • Lockout vs Tagout
  • Multi employer job sites
  • Employee training
  • Multiple lockout situations
  • Periodic Program Evaluations

  • Who Should Attend:
  • Safety Personnel
  • Safety Committe Members
  • Line / Staff Supervisors
  • Line / Staff Managers
  • Risk Managers
  • Accident Investigation Committee Members
  • Engineers / Developers of Work Procedures
We offer this course as one of our on-site "Private Seminars". Please contact us for details.