Energy Isolation – Lockout & Tagout
What is Energy?
Energy is basically what drives this planet on more than one front but the energy we are concerned with today varies from that. We will be covering a few types of that energy. We will talk about pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical types of energy.
Real Life Scenario
An 18-year-old worker died after becoming entangled in a portable mortar mixer at a residential construction site. The victim was cleaning the mixer at the end of his shift to prepare it for the following day. A painter working near the victim heard yells for help and saw the victim’s arm stuck in the machine and his body being pulled into the rotating mixer paddles. Emergency medical services were called and responded within minutes. Rescue workers dismantled the drive mechanism to reverse the mixing paddles and extricate the worker. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
(Source: OSHA)
The video in this article
What you’re about to see is a live broadcast on Instagram which was held a while back on my Instagram account. The video covered all the above types of energies and gave some examples from real-life situations and personal experiences. ‘
Why use energy Isolation?
There are many reasons why we must use it. While the most important one is to save lives, it is also a legal requirement required by many insurance agencies that end up paying the civil suit’s settlements when an employer loses a civil claim in a court of law.
