Safety Padlock

The safety padlock is made of rugged, durable materials that are corrosion and UV resistant, ensuring that your equipment is always effectively locked and protected.

What is LOTO? (Lock out / Tag out = LOTO)

When the equipment or tool is being repaired, maintained or cleaned, the power source related to the equipment need to be cut off, so that the equipment cannot be started, and all energy sources (power supply, hydraulic source, air source, etc. ) are turned off.

Lock out: Lockout is using the safety and other equipment to lock the machine to isolate from unauthorized operations and ensuring each worker's safety until the work is finished.
Tag out: Tagout is using for warning the people that the energy source or equipment is locked that can not be operated optionally.
Disconnecting means: One piece or one group equipment can disconnect the energy source or the power supply circuit.
LOTO: It is to ensure that the energy of the equipment is absolutely turned off and the equipment remains in a safe state. It can prevent accidental injuries to workers or related personnel working inside or next to the equipment due to inadvertent operation of the equipment.
When is LOTO required?

Daily maintenance, adjustment, cleaning, inspection and commissioning for equipment. Enter into the limited space, hot work, dismantling work and so on in the tower, tank, electrified body, kettle, heat exchanger, pumps and other facilities.
Operation involving high voltage. (including the operation under the high-tension cable)
Operation require closing the safety system temporary.
Operation during maintenance and commissioning of non-processing.

what is the purpose of LOTO?

LOTO is in order to prevent the workers from the danger that caused by the machine start accidentally, the equipment launch abnormal, the energy source release when the worker want to repair or maintain it. So that it can keep the workers personal security. The Key of LOTO is to cut off the connection between machine and power source, lock on the source, release residual power.

How many steps in loto (LOCKOUT/TAGOUT)?

STEP 1: PREPARE

Prepare to close the source of energy. The type of energy is electric energy, mechanical energy, air energy and so on. Besides the accident this energy cause. Prepare the lockout and tagout.

STEP 2: NOTICE

Notice the person who effect on isolating and protecting the machine and the manager who is working with the machine.

STEP 3: CLOSE

Close the machine or equipment.

STEP 4: LOCK

Lock the closed equipment or machine after make sure that nobody turn on the valve and the switch. Then you can affix on the warning label or lock wittag to avoid operate miss.

STEP 5: TEST

Test all equipment and circuit make certain all of them have been locked out.

STEP 6: MAINTAIN

Maintain the machine according to the applied situation of the equipment.

STEP 7: RECOVER

Recover the equipment and circuit while remove the lockout and tagout. And inform all workers after provide the energy.

STEP 8:Unlock and tag out

When the job is complete, make sure no one is in the danger zone around the device, and notify all concerned that you will be restarting the device before unlocking and tagging out. Only authorized human rights can unlock and tag out, and this work must not be delegated to others.

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