Lockout/Tagout Safety: Hazard Alert

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• Corporate Authors:
  Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Description:
  Dozens of construction workers are killed and more are injured every year because they did not de-energize and lock out equipment before working on it. Most of the deaths are electrocutions, but workers sometimes are crushed or have amputations or other injuries. These types of energy need to be controlled: electric, hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, heat, and pressurized liquids, vapors, and gases. Protect Yourself: Lockout/tagout is a way to make sure electricity or other energy is not turned on (or released) while someone is working on machinery. Turning off a power switch is not enough. You must de-energize (prevent equipment from starting or moving), lock it out, release stored energy (for instance, bleed air from a pneumatic hose), and test to make sure the energy is off. Your employer should: Set up a written lockout/tagout program; Train you to use the program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Construction Industry Construction Materials Electric Injuries Electricity Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Power Plants Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Control-equipment Control-systems Control-valves Electrical-equipment Electrical-hazards Electrical-safety Electrical-workers Electrocutions Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention Manual-controls Power-generation Protective-equipment Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-valves Training Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health

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• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039469
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, 2002 Jan; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Building and Construction Trades Dept., AFL-CIO: CPWR, Suite 1000, 8484 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 2091
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Lockout/tagout safety: hazard alert
• End Date:
  20050630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c052b067a354797d52656e20beb9d1eb97aa11b9a703e61455da0dd7b97e210cd4e2c87aa682759d95fe36108060d217142b5f4dbfd8a0354e64e7d1ddf507bc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213087/cdc_213087_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 44.80 KB ]