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Tell everyone in the zone: "Shutting down Line 4 for repair. Do not restore power."

Turn the machine off using the normal procedure.

A conveyor belt doesn't hate you. A press brake isn't malicious. But gravity is gravity, and stored energy doesn't take a coffee break. use loto

Just because the motor burned out doesn't mean the capacitor is dead. Capacitors can hold lethal voltage for months. Always treat broken equipment as fully energized.

Do not remove your lock at the end of your shift unless the next guy puts his lock on first. The machine is never "naked." When "Just This Once" Costs Everything Let’s be blunt. You will get away with skipping LOTO 999 times out of 1,000. Tell everyone in the zone: "Shutting down Line 4 for repair

We’ve all heard the excuse. Usually, it’s muttered by a seasoned technician who is rushing to meet a production quota.

That 1,000th time, however, the janitor will bump the start switch while mopping. The electrician will flip the wrong breaker. The programmable logic controller (PLC) will reset itself during a storm. A press brake isn't malicious

If they can't answer immediately, your training failed. No maintenance job is so urgent that it requires losing a finger. No production quota is so high that it’s worth losing a life.

On that 1,000th time, your hand will be inside the pinch point. You will scream. Your coworkers will run to the panel, fumbling for the switch that isn't locked out. But because you skipped LOTO, the switch is live .