To ensure compliance under 1910.147, hazardous energy sources, such as electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, chemical and thermal energy, need to be properly isolated to a zero-energy state through a ...

It is a common practice to lockout and/or tagout control devices. In a nuclear power plant’s control room with its many analog controls, you might (for example) see red covers over specific switches.

In this episode of “EC&M Tech Talks,” Randy Barnett, a journeyman electrician, inspector, author, trainer, and electrical safety expert, discusses the importance, background information, and steps ...

Lockout/Tagout is the OSHA standard for the control of hazardous energy. It addresses the practices and procedures necessary to disable machinery or equipment, thereby preventing the release of ...

The device is almost similar to typical electrical key-locks but with the use of only one input of microcontroller to read more keys. In the design, an analog to digital converter is to detect ...

PATIALA: Fed up with the fear of thefts and duplication of keys, a professor at IIT Ropar has come up with a unique reprogrammable electrical lock. The professor said that the lock was affordable and ...