Lockout Procedure

Lockout Procedure / Forklifts, trucks and lifts

Forklift lockout procedure

A forklift holds electrical, hydraulic and gravity energy. Here is where it hurts people, and the procedure for yours: the placard for the machine and the written procedure for the binder.

E1H1G13 energy sources on a typical forklift

Where a forklift hurts people

  • Never work under raised forks held only by hydraulics. Lower them, or block and chain the mast.
  • Pull the battery connector and lock it, or remove the key and keep it, before servicing.
  • Set the parking brake and chock the wheels before anyone works under or beside it.

Write the procedure for your forklift

List every source of energy that can move, power or hurt. The placard builds as you go, and the checks run on every change.

Who works on it

Energy sources

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    Other vehicles machines

    Every machine · What makes a procedure machine-specific

    A lockout station board with rows of red safety padlocks, danger tags and breaker lockouts

    For the forklift'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.
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    • TRADESAFE "Danger: Do not operate" tags, 30 packVinyl tags with ties, a line for the name, one on every lock.
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    • Master Lock 421 group lockout haspSix locks on one isolation point, for a crew working on the same machine.
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    • Master Lock 1457E410KA lockout tagout kitA personal kit for one authorized employee: padlocks, hasps, tags and electrical lockouts in a pouch.
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