Lockout/ Tagout Training
Last Updated: June 29, 2021 11:30:59 AM PDT
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Learn how to access required lockout/ tagout training.
Lockout/ tagout (LOTO) practices ensure that all energy sources are disengaged or blocked, and that electrical sources are de-energized and locked in the "off" position during work or repair.
Training requirements
Employees who directly operate, repair, or maintain equipment or machinery where unexpected energization could cause injury or death must receive LOTO training before beginning work.
Equipment or machinery affected includes, but is not limited to, those with any of the following energy sources:
- Electrical
- Gravity
- Hydraulic
- Natural gas
- Pneumatic
- Positional
- Springs
- Steam
- Stored energy
- Thermal (heat)
- Other
How to get training:
Training is available as needed. Instruction time is 1 hour.
- Contact EH&S General Safety, (858) 534-7513.
Topics include:
- Regulating agencies and current regulations
- LOTO policy
- Where and when LOTO must be used
- Specific written Energy Control Plan
- Sample LOTO tracking forms
- Record-keeping requirements
Related policies
- Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout, California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3314
For more information, contact EH&S General Safety, (858) 534-7513.