{"id":356,"date":"2011-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compliance-signs.local\/niosh-publication-defines-best-lockout-tagout-procedures\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T16:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T20:03:01","slug":"niosh-publication-defines-best-lockout-tagout-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compliancesigns.com\/blog\/niosh-publication-defines-best-lockout-tagout-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"NIOSH Publication Defines Best Lockout \/ Tagout Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\nWorkers are at risk of severe injury and death during machine maintenance and servicing if proper lockout and tagout procedures are not followed. 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At ComplianceSigns.com, you can customize your safety tags to suit the needs of your machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lockout-tagout-procedure-resources\">Lockout \/ Tagout Procedure Resources:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/docs\/wp-solutions\/2011-156\">Download the publication here<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/oshaweb\/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&amp;p_id=9804\">Review OSHA Lockout \/ Tagout specifications in OSHA Standard 190.147<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/oshaweb\/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&amp;p_id=9794\">Learn about Accident Prevention signs and tags in OSHA Standard 1910.145<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compliancesigns.com\/c\/safety-tags\">View the new Safety Tags page at ComplianceSigns.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers are at risk of severe injury and death during machine maintenance and servicing if proper lockout and tagout procedures are not followed. 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