Graphic Products, Inc. issues lockout/tagout guide
An estimated 120 lives are saved and 50,000 injuries prevented each year by complying with OSHAlockout/tagout standards, according to the OSHA Fact Sheet on Lockout/Tagout, from the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 2002. Lockout/tagout, or LO/TO, is a procedure in which repairs are not made to machines until power sources are removed, locked out, tagged out and isolated. In response to this course of action, Graphic Products, Inc., has released the Safety Lockout/Tagout Best Practices Guide.
“A large percentage of workplace accidents, as well as OSHA citations, are related to not using LO/TO or not following LO/TO procedures. The Best Practices Guide was developed to help reduce accidents by providing foundational information about LO/TO. We've produced this free best practices guide for our customers and are happy to make copies available to anyone who needs to learn the basics of LO/TO,” said Steve Stephenson, Chief Marketing Officer, Graphic Products.