An OSHA bulletin on lockout/tagout (LOTO) explains the responsibility of employers and staffing agencies to ensure that temporary employees are protected from the release of stored energy during service or maintenance activities. Manufacturing companies commonly hire temporary workers for a short-term increase in production, which can result in risk to those employees if they do not receive LOTO training. The bulletin describes what both the employer and staffing agency can do to determine the conditions of the temporary worker's job to be compliant with LOTO standards.Prior to beginning work, employers must develop, implement and enforce a LOTO program with written procedures; ensure that LOTO procedures are used; establish and enforce a work rule that permits only the employee who applied a LOTO device to remove it; inspect procedures and implement revisions; and provide LOTO training to employees.
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