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Each year, an average of 1,000 work accidents occur in Quebec. Of those accidents, there have been 4 deaths caused by inadvertent releases of hazardous energy during installation, maintenance, repairs or unblocking work. Most of these accidents could have been avoided by the application of proper prevention measures such as the implementation of a lockout program.
In today's industrial and manufacturing environments, ensuring the safety of employees during equipment maintenance and repairs is paramount. One essential safety procedure that has repeatedly proven worthy is lockout-tagout (LOTO).
The purpose of lockout is to control hazardous energies associated with equipment and machines to prevent any release of uncontrolled energy, and therefore any subsequent injury during maintenance or repair work. Lockout is a working method that drastically improves the safety level of workers.
The 2014 statistics of The Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada established that a total of 2.5 fatal accidents occur in Canadian workplaces each day. In addition to these deaths, 239,643 accident reports or work-related illnesses are added daily to that number. Severe accidents are often caused when a body part makes contact with live or mechanical parts of moving equipment, hazardous chemical products or pressurized fluids that are suddenly released.
Lockout is an essential component to eliminate accident risks by cutting out all hazardous energy sources from the equipment. You also need a lockout procedure, a reference document indicating a series of vital information such as the lockout work sequence and the unlocking procedure.
