title: Performing the lockout/tagout risk assessment.
abstract: Lockout/tagout provides the greatest level routine, repetitive, and integral to the production process, a risk assessment should be performed. If the task performed poses an unacceptable risk, acceptable risk reduction methods should be implemented to reduce the risk to acceptable levels.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel, Hill, USA. jwallace@workplacegroup.net
authors.forename: W Jon
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control; D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D012449:Safety / Q000592:standards*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis