Equipment trap key system - photo

[FEM2008]

Way back, I worked in safety consulting. Too many companies ignored proper lockout. Two accident investigations stand out in my memory. In the first, a young guy lost two hands in an instant setting up a metal press. In the second, two guys literally lost their heads in a crane accident

The other striking thing I learned during that time. If you ever read the preamble and correspondence behind OSHA rules, you'll find typically one of two reasons a certain rule was created: The first is because a number of people have died. The second, is a company might have an edge versus other companies, or have a monopoly on selling required goods or services if certain rules were implemented