A comprehensive lockout/tagout (LOTO) program not only helps to keep power generating plants compliant with OSHA regulations, but also increases productivity and contributes to the safety of employees. Plant accidents involving machinery can be devastating to personnel and the company's bottom line. The power generating industry as a whole has been successful in implementing a tags-only program. Its success can be attributed, in part, to extensive operations personnel training and their specific plant equipment access limitations. However, even with the proven successful safety history, the power generating industry still finds its LOTO violations on OSHA's top 10 most frequently cited list. This has caused many plant operations managers to re-evaluate their existing methods and investigate better ways of implementing their LOTO programs. They find that there have been significant advancements in locking and tagging support devices and methods as well as enhanced interpretive provisions to the regulations. These factors have an impact on reducing implementation costs.
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