Lockout / Tagout - Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation

Training records such as attendance sheets, will be filled out by the instructor. Employees shall not be
required to sign documentation of training.
1. Initial Training,
Initial training will use: [Identify the training course. materials. source, vendor]
Class size will be ____________________________________[Fill in number of employees.]
Class length will be _____________________________________[Fill in target class length.]
Off the plant floor instruction will be carried out in _____________________________[Fill-in
identity of rooms].
Names/identification of instructors are shown at the end of this document. (page 11)
2. Repeat Training.
A first round of refresher training will be given within one year of the initial training. This first
round will include the contents of the OSHA lockout standard, the facility lockout program,
the specific procedures applicable to employees job assignment. Refresher training will also
inform employees of results of facility inspections.
Refresher training will be the means of compliance with the program review requirements of
the inspections described below.
Class length will be _____________________________________________(hours).
Names/Identification of instructors are shown at the end of this document. (page 11)
11. . Facility Self-Inspection.
***COMMENT: The facility self-inspection requirements of the Lockout Standard are the first safety
procedure audit requirements of an OSHA standard. The following language meets the objectives of
Identifying problems, through a representative sampling scheme, without requiring an observation of each
employee doing each procedure on each piece of equipment each year. This section requires extensive
discussion locally.
A. General
(1) Inspections will be conducted by plant safety department staff or by a
knowledgeable management employee such as a lockout training discussion leader,
or a management person involved in lockout program development.
Direct supervisors of exposed and authorized employees will not be inspectors,
since the performance of supervisors is one of the elements to be evaluated.
The currently authorized inspectors are listed at the end of this document. (page 11)
(2) Designated union representatives will be notified of inspections, and will be able to
be present during inspections and receive reports. These representatives will be the
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