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Lockout/Tagout Interactive Training Program. OSHA eTool. Interactive tool to provide the user with an in-depth understanding of the LOTO standard, with three components: Tutorial, Hot Topics, and Case Studies.
Construction
. OSHA eTool. Helps workers identify and control the hazards, including electrical hazards, that commonly cause the most serious construction injuries.
Electrical Incidents
. Landing page for Electrical Incidents subpage of the Construction eTool, which identifies electrical hazards and recommends preventive measures.
Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution. OSHA eTool, (2010, January). Assists workers in identifying and controlling workplace hazards.


Related Topics
Related Topics
Concrete and Concrete Products - Manufacturing and Construction

Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Industry

Electrical

Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills

Other Resources

Training

  • Lockout/Tagout Interactive Training Program. OSHA eTool. Interactive tool to provide the user with an in-depth understanding of the LOTO standard, with three components: Tutorial, Hot Topics, and Case Studies.
    • Case Studies. Presents a series of case studies for review, followed by related questions. Each of the case studies is based on descriptions of LOTO inspections derived from compliance interpretations, court decisions, Review Commission decisions, and inspection files.

  • Small Business Handbook. OSHA Publication 2209-02R, (2005). Also available as a 260 KB PDF, 56 pages. Handbook is provided to owners, proprietors and managers of small businesses to assure the safety and health of workers.
  • Lockout/Tagout. National Ag Safety Database (NASD). Provides an index to several training videos available through NASD.

  • Lockout/Tagout. National Ag Safety Database (NASD) Research Publications-11, (2002, April). Also available as a 49 KB PDF, 2 pages. Brief publication providing an overview of lockout/tagout, California laws and regulations, and training materials.

Additional Information

  • Fatality and Catastrophe Investigation Summaries. OSHA. Enables the user to search the text of Accident Investigation Summaries (OSHA-170 form) for words that may be contained in the text of the abstract or accident description.

  • Z244 Committee Information. American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE).

  • Safety Alert: Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (LO/TO) Procedures in Shipyard Employment [173 KB PDF*, 2 pages]. Also available as a 153 KB PDF* (Spanish version). OSHA and Shipbuilders Council of America, National Shipbuilding Research Program, and American Shipbuilding Association Alliances (now the Shipbuilding Group Alliance) and the American Industrial Hygiene Association and American Society of Safety Engineers Alliances, (2009, February). Safety Alert Fact Sheet that provides information on how to protect employees from hazardous energy.

  • Safety Alert: Electrocution and Shock Hazards in Shipyard Employment [162 KB PDF*, 2 pages]. Also available as a 201 KB PDF* (Spanish version). OSHA and Shipbuilders Council of America, National Shipbuilding Research Program, and American Shipbuilding Association Alliances (now the Shipbuilding Group Alliance) and the American Industrial Hygiene Association and American Society of Safety Engineers Alliances, (2008, February). Safety Alert Fact Sheet that provides information on how to protect employees from electrocution and shock hazards.


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