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Why is this in the news? The worker didn't LOTO or wasn't given provisions to, fucked up, and the inevitable happened. I guess it's kind of noteworthy that this

• gpvos 3y ago
  LOTO = lock out, tag out = turn off the machine's power supply and make sure the person in the dangerous area holds the key to turn it back on
  • weaksauce 3y ago
    technically LOTO is to lock the switch with a padlock in the off position and tag the lock with an identifier so the plant knows who is doing the work but overall generally right.
    • gpvos 3y ago
      Thanks. I just summarized the first few lines of what I found on Wikipedia and moved on.