#Lockout / Tagout
The LOTO (Lockout/Tagout) system — blocking hazardous energies. The gold standard for preventing the accidental release of electricity, steam, or pneumatics during equipment repair. This section accumulates practices for implementing LOTO regulations, isolation matrices, padlock distribution, and preventing typical mistakes when applying locking devices.
Lockout/Tagout Systems: A Practical Tool to Prevent Severe Accidents
Equipment repair and maintenance involve high risks due to the possible sudden release of hazardous energies. The Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) system allows isolating energy sources and physically preventing accidental startup of machinery during work. The article examines key operating principles of the LOTO system, the role of personal responsibility of personnel, and conditions for its successful implementation in manufacturing.
ALROSA Safety Improvement Projects
The article is dedicated to ALROSA's projects on digitalization and improving occupational health and safety at the company's production sites. The material examines the implementation of digital work permit issuance, remote production control, the transition to PPE outsourcing, the LOTO system, as well as the installation of onboard vehicle monitoring kits. The described solutions make it possible to speed up documentation processing, eliminate injuries when working with equipment, and reduce r...
Key Safety Rules Save Lives
Most workplace accidents can be avoided by complying with safety rules created to prevent hazards. The article explains the fundamental principles of worker protection — from risk assessment and equipment lockout to the use of PPE and a conscious attitude toward danger. The material shows how compliance with these rules helps eliminate chance occurrences and preserve life and health while performing work.
ESG Assessment of SUE Mosgortrans in the Field of Ecology
Step-by-step implementation and restart of the hazardous energy lockout (LOTO) system at a production facility. The practice includes developing visualized LOTO cards, station zoning, practical workplace training, and integrating the procedure into the internship process.
From Risk to Safety Culture: The LOTO Implementation Journey
Phased implementation of the Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) system from scratch, including the development of regulations, creation of LOTO maps, and practical staff training on real equipment. The practice covers the visualization of lockout points, organization of local stands, and joint audits with the technical service.
Safety as a Standard: How Implementing the LOTO System Shapes a New Production Culture
The article is devoted to the implementation of a pilot project for the introduction of the Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) system in 2024 for safe equipment maintenance. It describes the five main stages of implementing a standardized protocol for the physical lockout of energy sources — from hazard identification and purchasing lockout devices to personnel training. The material shows how successful experience in applying LOTO transforms production culture and why this practice is currently being scaled...
Safety School – Key Elements in Reducing Injury Rates
Creation of an internal practice-oriented "Safety School" to train employees on production risks. The training includes a theoretical part on the 10 golden safety rules and practical exercises on specialized training stands (electrical safety, LOTO, forklift blind spots, PPE, ergonomics, working with chemicals).
SIMOPS: Safety Management During Commissioning and Startup
Safety management during simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) at the commissioning stage. Includes the use of readiness checklists, LOTO systems, notification matrices, and visualization to minimize risks when builder and commissioning tasks overlap.
Hazardous Zone Marking: From Design to Implementation
The article is dedicated to the preparation and practical implementation of a project for marking hazardous production areas, using the experience of the Moscow branch of JSC NPO Poisk as an example. The author provides a step-by-step algorithm of actions covering information collection, conducting an audit, developing graphical 2D diagrams, and selecting materials in accordance with GOST 12.4.026. The material helps to understand how to overcome typical problems when implementing marking, justi...
The Role of Methodology and a Systematic Approach in Technical Training
Methodology for adult technical training with HSE modules integrated into professional programs. Includes problematization, skill practice, reflection, outdoor training grounds, and post-training monitoring.
LOTO System Will Make Your Work Safe
During equipment servicing and repair, there is a risk of unauthorized energy supply, which the LOCKOUT TAGOUT (LOTO) lockout system helps to prevent. The article examines practical experience in implementing an energy source isolation standard at the enterprise AO "Pavlik", including the development of isolation cards and personnel training. The author shares a concise and accessible document compiled taking into account real practical experience, trial and error when working with the LOTO syst...
AKKERMANN CEMENT ESG Agenda
Integration of industrial safety into the ESG strategy using cement production as an example. Implementation of an employee motivation system via a mobile app for risk identification, holding HSE competitions among contractors with targeted funding for working condition improvements, as well as the execution of environmental initiatives and online emission monitoring.