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Toolbox talk: lockout/tagout (superseded).

CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training

Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2014 Mar; :1-2

20044201

Lockout/Tagout means protecting employees from equipment startup or energy release while they are working on or servicing machinery. The person working on the equipment disconnects it and locks it off until they are done. No one else has access to the lock. That way, no one else can turn it on and accidently injure someone. Dozens of construction workers are killed every year because they did not turn off equipment or lock it out before working on it. Most were electrocuted, but some workers were crushed or lost limbs.

Construction; Construction industry; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Safety education; Safety programs; Injury prevention; Accident prevention; Work environment; Worker health; Training; Education; Safety measures; Equipment operators; Machine operation; Machine operators; Electrical safety; Electrical equipment; Electrocutions; Safety monitoring; Body protection; Repair shops

CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910

20140313

Other

Construction; Cooperative Agreement

2014

Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U60-OH-009762; M042014

Construction

Toolbox talk: lockout/tagout

MD

CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland