Lockout/tagout is the control standing between a technician and a stored-energy injury. Programs decay quietly: labels come off, a line is modified without updating the procedure, and new hires learn the shortcut instead of the procedure.
The steps ChatterFix schedules for this PM. Every step is a checkable item on the work order — a technician can speak their way through it without touching a keyboard.
Lockout/tagout is the control standing between a technician and a stored-energy injury. Programs decay quietly: labels come off, a line is modified without updating the procedure, and new hires learn the shortcut instead of the procedure.
An out-of-date energy control procedure is the finding OSHA writes up most often — and the gap that turns a routine intervention into a serious injury.
Monthly spot verification, with a full periodic inspection of each procedure at least annually as required by 29 CFR 1910.147.
This procedure — and every other PM for your industry — is already built into ChatterFix. Pick your industry and it lands on the right equipment, on the right interval, in about three minutes.