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Lockout tagout (LOTO) steps poster
Lockout tagout (LOTO) is the procedure for making a machine safe before anyone services, cleans or clears it: every energy source is isolated, locked and tagged, stored energy is released, and zero energy is verified before work starts. This poster shows the eight steps in order, from preparing to restoring, and the rule that matters most: each person applies their own lock and removes only their own lock.
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Lockout tagout: 8 steps
Before you clean, clear, adjust or repair any machine.
- Prepare Find every energy source: electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, thermal, chemical, gravity.
- Notify Tell the operators and everyone affected that the machine is being locked out.
- Shut down Stop the machine the normal way, with its normal controls.
- Isolate Open or close every isolation point: disconnects, breakers, valves.
- Lock and tag Each person puts their own lock and tag on every isolation point.
- Release stored energy Bleed pressure, block raised parts, discharge, let hot parts cool.
- Verify Everyone clear, then try to start it. Test for zero energy. Controls back to off.
- Restore Tools out, guards on, people clear and told. Each person removes only their own lock.
- One person, one lock, one key. Never remove someone else's lock.
Sequence based on OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147. Always follow your site's written procedure for the machine.
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How to use it
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Post it at maintenance benches, lock stations and machines that are often cleared or cleaned.
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Use it in LOTO training next to the machine-specific procedure, step by step.
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Refer to it in a toolbox talk after any near miss involving stored energy.
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It is a reminder of the general sequence. Each machine still needs its own written procedure.
Which size to print
- 24 x 36 in or A2: a main wall or team board, read from a few metres away.
- 18 x 24 in or A3: a station or notice board. The A3 file also fits 11 x 17 in paper.
- Letter or A4: a clipboard, binder or handout, on any office printer.
Every PDF is vector, so it stays sharp at full size. Nothing runs to the edge of the page, so no bleed is needed.
Templates, decks and guides to go with it
- Autonomous maintenance training presentation: the 7 stepsFree training deck: The 7 steps of jishu hozen, who does what and how step audits work, in 19 slides with notes and a quiz.
- Lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedure templateA machine-specific LOTO procedure: energy sources and isolation points, the steps from shutdown to restart, and the annual review.
- Job safety analysis (JSA) templateJob steps, hazards, risk scored before and after the controls, the hierarchy of controls, PPE and sign-off.
- Toolbox talk templateA record of a short safety talk: topic, key points, questions raised, actions and an attendee sign-in sheet.
- Topic: Safety managementEvery guide we have on the subject, sorted.
- Topic: TPM and maintenanceEvery guide we have on the subject, sorted.
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