To The Point About: Lockout/Tagout Programs - APTP05E (14 mins)

Our workplace is full of hazards, hazards that can hurt us or kill us. Controlling these hazards and preventing injuries is the point of our safety and health program. One such hazard is the unexpected starting of machines or other unplanned releases of hazardous energy. Controlling hazardous energy can prevent injuries and save lives. That is the point of our facility’s “Energy Control” or “Lockout/Tagout” program. And that is the point of this program. Topics the energy control plan, situations requiring lockout/tagout, lockout/tagout devices, energy control procedures and returning equipment to service.