How Does Lockout Hasp Prevent You From Accidents?
Lockout hasps are designed to prevent you from accidents. Before we go into the details of how safety lockout products work to prevent accidents, let us understand the term.
When more than one employee is involved in a lockout:tagout operation, a lockout hasp plays an important role. As employees work in a group on the same energy source, the hasps allow multiple padlocks to be utilised when isolating one energy source. The lockout hasp is placed through a latch on the machinery. Each employee who is carrying out service or maintenance work attaches his padlock through any one of the six openings within the lockout hasp. All of the padlocks are then locked.
Lockout hasp has a zinc plated steel jaw so that they can pull at least 50 pounds. Sometimes, strong and spark resistant aluminium is also used in Jaws if required. Some are available with a nonconductive, red vinyl handle coating to improve the grip. It also protects the tool from scratching.
To maximise their use, Lockout Hasp also has the sign of “Danger” and “Do not Operate”. This can make them available to be used as a lockout device as well as a tag in one central unit. This ensures that each worker is working safely during the lockout operation. Various colour options in lockout hasps make them ideal for group lockout. Some lockout hasps are dual sided to lock out more than one of the equipment together.
How Lockout/Tagout Safety Can Prevent Accidents?
Working with machines requires great safety. Lockout Hasps can prevent accidents in the following way:
- Lockout Hasp does not let machines or equipment start unexpectedly. Machines may release stored energy or start by mistake which can cause harmful injuries. Safety lockout tagout products are of great use to prevent these situations.
- These lockout hasps provide efficient multi-person lockout. This means that Multiple padlocks can be applied to Loto Hasp, allowing an energy source to be isolated by more than one worker. This will ensure complete lockout and the machine can’t be operated until each worker unlocks their padlock from the hasp.
Although safety lockout products are mostly used in manufacturing companies, they can be also used in office buildings, healthcare facilities, construction sites, projects, hotels, ships, offshore installations, etc.
The good news is – it’s not an expensive proposition. Implementing an effective lockout/tagout program doesn’t require a heavy investment of time or money.
Safety House Is an ISO Certified company which manufactures products for Energy Isolation and you can trust their products for best safety.
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