Lockout / Tagout - Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation

LOCKOUT STANDARD CHRONOLOGY
February 191-3 - American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee on Lockout convenes with
Frank Rapp of UAW as chairperson.
February 1976 - UAW Skilled Trades Conference in Detroit targeted fatality prevention and lockout.
March 1978 - ANSI began formal adoption of its lockout standard.
May 1 7. 191'9 - UAW petitioned OSHA for an Emergency Temporary Standard for lockout, citing 22
reported fatalities since 1973.
June 17, 1980- OSHA published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking.
March 8. 1982 - ANSI lockout/tagout standard issued: this industry-dominated standard covers all
sectors, but didn't include "one worker, one key, one lock," and permitted tags as equivalent to
locks.
July 1983 - OSHA issued a preproposal draft of lockout standard, based on the ANSI standard: Unions
criticized standard but called for hearings to resolve issues.
April 18-20, 1988 - Senate Labor Committee OSHA oversight hearings, lead by Senators Kennedy and
Metzenbaum, highlighted absence of progress on lockout standard; UAW testimony cited 68
fatalities, including 46 reported since the original petition.
April 29, 1988 - Under public pressure, OSHA issued a proposed lockout standard; the proposal was a
step back from the ANSI standard and the 1 982 preproposal draft.
September 22-23, 1988 - OSHA lockout hearings in Houston; UAW Vice-President Marc Stepp keynoted
UAW presentation involving 10 witnesses.
February 6, 1989 - Record closed; joint labor brief drafted by UAW and AFL-CIO Health and Safety
Department summarized overwhelming evidence for protective standard.
August 28, 1989 - Lockout Standard, 29 CFR 1910.147, issued.
September 8, 1989 - UAW filed lawsuit with D.C. Court of Appeals, challenging loopholes in protections.
October 31, 1989 - Original effective date for all provisions; requirements for written procedures, training
and communication are stayed by OMB.
November 6, 1989 - OSHA extended effective date from October 31, 1989 to January 2, 1990.
January 2, 1990 - Effective date for all requirements of standards. No final compliance instruction issued
because of objections to a circulated draft.
September 11, 1990 - OSHA issued Compliance Instruction STD 1-7.3 Inspection Procedures and
Interpretive Guidance document to all OSHA offices. Compliance Instruction generates additional
UAW concerns.
October 9, 1990 - UAW filed final brief petitioning court to review standard. National Association of
Manufacturers (NAM) and Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (MVMA) challenge standard as too strict,
American Petroleum Institute (API) and Dow Chemical support OSHNs position.
July 12, 1991 - D.C. Court of Appeals affirms lockout standard as written, but requires OSHA to conduct
additional economic analyses.
September 16, 1991 - D.C. Court of Appeals directs OSHA to submit status reports at 60-day intervals.
February 4, 1992- OSHA filed first status report; could not specify when it would complete the analyses.
April 6, 1992- OSHA filed second status report; still no completion date specified.
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