Finding the right lockout/tagout (LOTO) solution for your worksite’s safety is more than just providing a strong durable lock. The goal is for your facility to meet or surpass OSHA’s LOTO regulations. In addition to satisfying these requirements, preventing accidents and protecting your employees is especially critical.
The one important consideration in safety lockout is having confidence that the keying system used provides a large number of key choices and is not susceptible to key interchange. Key interchange happens when one person’s key can accidently open another individual’s lock, thus compromising the lock’s integrity.
A key chart is a complete record of the key codes assigned and manufactured into each and every safety padlock for a facility. To fully benefit from the change key ranges of the same manufacturer, look for those who provide a free key charting service. This helps guarantee that keys ordered for a specific facility are indeed unique and no duplicates exist, thus preventing key interchange.