Video: Lockout/Tagout Is Not a Choice

It is safer to de-energize the equipment, even if it is just for a moment, you never know if the machine will be activated by mistake while working on it.

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Asbestos from a vermiculite mine owned by W.R. Grace polluted the area until 1990.
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DoL Issues Guidance for Enforcing Silica Standards
The new directive provides OSHA compliance safety and health officers with guidance on how to enforce the silica standards’ requirements.
Jun 29th, 2020
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Top 5 Workers Comp Claims in Manufacturing
The top five injury causes accounted for more than $5.18 billion in claims.
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Ex-Employee Kills 2 in Walmart DC Shooting
Louis Wesley Lane was fired from the distribution center in February 2019.
Jun 28th, 2020
This Dec. 21, 2019 file photo photo provided by the Washington County, Md., shows a freight line train in the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, W.Va. A report from the Federal Railroad Administration says an engineer error caused a CSX freight train to derail as it crossed the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The derailment in December sent two cars into the water and damaged a footbridge that is part of the Appalachian Trail
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Jun 25th, 2020
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Toyota Recalls Hybrids
The recall covers about 267,000 vehicles in the U.S.
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Monsanto to Pay $95M for PCB Pollution
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