Lockout Procedure / Plant and process equipment
Industrial mixer lockout procedure
A industrial mixer holds electrical, mechanical and chemical energy. Here is where it hurts people, and the procedure for yours: the placard for the machine and the written procedure for the binder.
E1M1C13 energy sources on a typical industrial mixer
Where a industrial mixer hurts people
- Cleaning inside the bowl is servicing. Lock the motor disconnect before anyone reaches in.
- Close and drain feed lines so nothing is pumped in while someone is inside.
Other plant machines

For the industrial mixer's lockout station
The devices the placards call for. One lock per person, a tag on every lock.
- SAFBY safety padlocks, keyed differently, 10 packOne lock per person, numbered, each opened only by its own key.Check the current price
- TRADESAFE "Danger: Do not operate" tags, 30 packVinyl tags with ties, a line for the name, one on every lock.Check the current price
- TRADESAFE adjustable ball valve lockout, 2 packCloses over a ball valve handle from 1/2 to 4-1/4 in pipe, for air, water and gas lines.Check the current price
- Master Lock 421 group lockout haspSix locks on one isolation point, for a crew working on the same machine.Check the current price
- Master Lock 1457E410KA lockout tagout kitA personal kit for one authorized employee: padlocks, hasps, tags and electrical lockouts in a pouch.Check the current price
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