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[-] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What's LOTO in this context?

I only know it as the abbreviation for "Leader of the Opposition" which obviously doesn't make sense here.

[-] HeyGreg@hexbear.net 83 points 1 week ago

You’re about to crawl inside a big dangerous machine to fix it, so you put a lock and tag on the power switch so that nobody can turn it on while you’re in there.

[-] oddlyqueer@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 week ago
[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

A big zoo near me has a raceway between different animal enclosures. Most of the animals are monkeys and they're not that dangerous but for the dangerous animal they have a specific LOTO system that says "JAGUAR HAS ACCESS."

For anyone who might have a hard time conceptualizing its use in an industrial setting, this is basically a one-for-one comparison.

[-] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 week ago

"jaguar has access" sounds so ominous (rightfully so)

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 62 points 1 week ago

It's literally a lock on a switch to physically prevent it from being opened, because the equipment it's connected to is being worked on and energizing is dangerous

This is one of the most maliciously stupid things I've ever seen and that's saying something

[-] ByteFoolish@hexbear.net 53 points 1 week ago

Lock Out Tag Out. It's an OSHA safety procedure

[-] SupFBI@hexbear.net 45 points 1 week ago

Lock out/tag out

For when machinery is not to be turned on/energized because it's being maintained or is malfunctioning.

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