Lockout Tagout Tryout (LOTOTO)
What Is Lockout Tagout Tryout?
Lockout Tagout Tryout is a safety procedure to ensure all hazardous energy is controlled or depleted before any work commences.
- Lockout is the device used to prevent employees from using the equipment while maintenance or repair work is in progress.
- Tagout is a second layer of safety to inform employees that the machine should not be used.
- Tryout is a new term adopted following a major accident where lives were lost due to faulty controls. Tryout was introduced so that once Lockout is fitted, staff conduct a final 'tryout' to ensure machinery is safe to operate on.
How Does Lockout Tagout Tryout Keep Staff Safe?
Lockout Tagout Tryout prevents the machine or equipment from being turned on or re-energised by someone other than the person working on it. This means every individual can guarantee their own safety and help prevent maintenance accidents as a result.
Why Do We Need Lockout Tagout Tryout?
138 workers were killed in work-related accidents in 2023/24. With Lockout Tagout Tryout, there is no ambiguity about why an energy source has been switched off. Should someone wish to turn the machine back on, they will be unable to do so unless they have the correct key, which is only held by the worker who placed the padlock in the first place. This puts the worker's safety in their own hands, eliminating the chance of injury or fatality.
Lockout Tagout products from Spectrum Industrial
At Spectrum Industrial, we supply lockout tagout products to resellers across the country. We have over 250 different lockout tagout products ranging from padlocks and hasps to ladder lockout and safety stations. For customers looking for extra lockout tagout support, we have a team of experts who can conduct training sessions and site surveys for you or your customers.
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What Lockout Tagout products do we offer?
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Cable Lockout
Our cable lockout is ergonomically designed to fit the hand, making placement and use fast and simple.
Route the cable where necessary to lockout the device then feed the cable down the centre of the open lockout. When the cable is tight and the source is locked out, squeeze the handle closed and apply padlock
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Electrical Lockout
We have a range of lockout devices designed to be used to lockout modern workplace equipment. These are usually fixed to the power control switch of the electrical equipment, and when used with the appropriate tag and padlock are an effective way to ensure the equipment cannot be activated until safe to do so
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Hasps
When more than one person is working on a machine, multiple padlocks must be applied.
When more than one padlock needs to be fitted to an isolation point, a hasp can be fitted to expand the number of lockout points available
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Kits and Stations
A lockout station provides a storage solution for your lockout equipment when not in use. They should be located wherever is deemed appropriate – this could be next to the equipment which is regularly locked out, or a maintenance department. The absence of any equipment is immediately apparent and the missing items can be traced or replenished
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Ladder Lockout
Ladder Lockouts can prevent the use of unsafe or unchecked ladders and prevent their operation by unauthorised persons, they can also be used as an additional safeguard to prevent access to dangerous locations.
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Lockout General
A range of lockout tagout equipment such as belts, bags, and pouches to assist with your processes
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Lockout Signs
Specific lockout related safety signs like 'electrical danger' and 'locked out' compliment and strengthen any LOTOTO programme.
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Lockout Tags
These highly visible warning tags should be applied alongside a lockout device to provide the name of the engineer/s and details of lockout procedure
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Padlocks
Compact, high security padlocks are individually keyed with a 6-pin lock mechanism which will not release the key until the shackle is closed
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Steering Wheel Covers
These highly visible covers can be used to encapsulate a steering wheel preventing unauthorised use
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Valve Lockout
A simple solution for isolating gate valves. The different sizes cover the most commonly used valve diameters.
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