Field ID, a leader in safety compliance and inspection applications, today announces a new patent pending lockout/tagout (LOTO) module designed to help safeguard workers with digital lockout/tagout procedures. Safety managers can now use Field ID on the web, smartphones and tablets to control lockout/tagout procedures and ensure equipment, machinery and energy sources are properly locked out prior to any required servicing or maintenance.
Lockout/tagout consistently ranks among the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's annual list of the top 10 most frequently cited violations. Failure to follow lockout/tagout procedures for controlling hazardous energy accounts for nearly one out of every ten serious accidents recorded, according to OSHA. Compliance with lockout/tagout standards, however, can prevent up to 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each year in the United States alone.