Program Overview
Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) is the safety procedure that prevents the unexpected energization, startup, or release of stored energy during maintenance and servicing activities. Every year, failure to properly isolate hazardous energy results in worker deaths and amputations from machinery that suddenly activates during maintenance. ICLM's Lockout/Tagout Procedures Training is an essential, regulatory-required program that saves lives.
Hazardous energy takes many forms: electrical circuits, hydraulic pressure, pneumatic systems, mechanical gravity (suspended loads), thermal energy (steam, heat), and chemical pressure. During maintenance, repair, or cleaning activities, each of these energy sources must be properly identified, isolated, and verified as zero-energy before work begins. LOTO is the internationally recognized system for achieving this.
Pre-Use Checks
Daily inspection discipline and hazard spotting basics.
Control Principles
Safe methods, sequencing, and decision making in operations.
Emergency Response
Incident communication and immediate response actions.