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Lockout/tagout training that keeps stored energy stored.

A machine that restarts with someone inside it does not offer a second chance. PS&M delivers lockout/tagout training on your site, built to 29 CFR 1910.147 and around your actual equipment — electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and thermal energy sources, isolation procedures, device application, group lockout, and the annual inspection discipline the standard demands. For authorized employees, affected employees, and the supervisors who answer for both.

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Delivery
On-site at your facility or jobsite
Audience
Maintenance and servicing crews (authorized employees) · Machine operators and production staff (affected employees) · Maintenance supervisors and plant managers · Manufacturing, construction, and general industry employers
Standards
29 CFR 1910.147

What the training covers

PS&M trains your team on the full energy control sequence, mapped point by point to 29 CFR 1910.147:

  • Purpose and scope of LOTO programs — why the energy control program exists, where it applies, and where employers most often get cited
  • Hazardous energy sources — electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and thermal, including the stored energy that outlives the off switch
  • Energy isolation procedures — shutdown, isolation, stored-energy release, and verification before anyone puts a hand on the machine
  • Lockout device application — locks, tags, and the one-employee-one-lock discipline that makes the program enforceable
  • Group lockout — coordinating multiple workers on a single machine under 1910.147(f)(3), each with protection of their own
  • Annual inspection requirements — the periodic procedure inspections 1910.147(c)(6) demands, and the certification records that prove you ran them

Who needs lockout/tagout training?

Three groups, and OSHA names each one. Authorized employees — anyone who applies locks or tags to service equipment — need training in hazardous energy recognition, energy types and magnitudes, and isolation methods. Affected employees — the operators and production staff who work on or around that equipment — must understand the procedure’s purpose and the absolute prohibition on restarting locked-out machinery. Other employees in the area must know what a lock and tag mean and why they are never touched. All three duties come straight from 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7).

The stakes justify the rule. Unexpected energization and the release of stored energy during servicing and maintenance are a leading cause of serious workplace injuries and fatalities, and lockout/tagout sits near the top of OSHA’s most-cited standards year after year. An untrained crew on a live-energy machine is an amputation case, a citation, and a lawsuit sharing one root cause.

Built around your machines, delivered on your site

Generic LOTO slides do not isolate your equipment. PS&M customizes every class to your specific machinery and processes — never from boilerplate — and delivers it at your facility or jobsite, for manufacturing, construction, and general industry operations alike. California employers train against Cal/OSHA’s own energy control rules under 8 CCR 3314. Maintenance crews entering tanks, pits, or vessels should pair this course with confined space training — energy isolation is a required element of safe entry, and the hazards arrive together.

A program that holds up under inspection

Training is only half of 1910.147. The standard also requires written, machine-specific energy control procedures, annual inspections, and certification records — documented, dated, and defensible. If your written program is thin, outdated, or missing, our OSHA compliance consulting builds it machine by machine before an inspector reads it first.

Request a quote or call 213.290.3013. Tell us the equipment, the energy sources, and the headcount — we will build the class around them.

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FAQ

Questions we hear

Does OSHA require lockout/tagout training?

Yes. 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7) requires employers to train authorized employees in recognizing hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy present, and the methods for isolating and controlling it. Affected employees must be trained in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure, and all other employees in the area must know that locked-out equipment is never to be restarted. The employer must certify that this training is current.

What is the difference between authorized and affected employees?

An authorized employee applies the locks — they perform the servicing and maintenance and carry out the energy control procedure. An affected employee operates the equipment being serviced or works in the area where servicing happens. The training requirements differ, and 1910.147 holds the employer responsible for getting both right. An affected employee who reaches for a locked-out switch is exactly the failure the standard exists to prevent.

How often must lockout/tagout procedures be inspected?

At least annually. 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6) requires a periodic inspection of each energy control procedure, conducted by an authorized employee other than the one using the procedure under review. Deviations must be corrected, and the inspection must be certified — machine, date, employees included, and inspector. PS&M trains your team to run these inspections and builds the documentation habit that survives an OSHA visit.

When is lockout/tagout retraining required?

Under 1910.147(c)(7)(iii), retraining is required when job assignments change, when machines, equipment, or processes change in a way that presents a new hazard, when your energy control procedures change, or when a periodic inspection reveals deviations or gaps in an employee's knowledge. Retraining must restore full proficiency — not just re-issue a card.

What is group lockout?

When a crew services one machine together, 1910.147(f)(3) requires a procedure that gives each worker protection equivalent to a personal lockout device — typically a group lockbox or multi-lock hasp where every employee attaches and removes their own lock. No one's protection depends on someone else's memory. We train crews to run group lockout cleanly, including shift and personnel changes.

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