I don’t want to include a link to the story, but I just read about a worker’s dying back in May while performing maintenance inside a large ice machine that suddenly powered up. The details are disturbing: OSHA found that the company had done nothing to protect workers as it relates to maintaining this machine: no safety measures or training. The person killed may not even have understood there was danger.

It’s a sad reminder that lockout/tagout helps prevent death and injury and that it’s vital for companies to meet their responsibilities to worker safety.

By Keith

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