Manufacturing: lockout/tagout awareness for operators and everyone on the floor (US OSHA)
For production operators, line leads, material handlers, cleaners, quality staff, supervisors and anyone else who works where machines are serviced in a US manufacturing plant. No prerequisites. This is awareness training under the US OSHA lockout/tagout standard (29 CFR 1910.147) for 'affected' and 'other' employees: what lockout and tagout devices look like and mean, why you never remove, bypass or try to restart locked- or tagged-out equipment, when cleaning or clearing a jam during production still needs lockout, and what you're told before and after a lockout. It complements 'Lockout/tagout principles' and 'Energy-control programs', which go further for people who service equipment. This course covers US federal OSHA requirements only. It does not make you an authorized employee, does not qualify you to lock out or service any machine, and is not legal advice: your plant's energy control program and machine-specific procedures always govern.
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- About 60 minutes
- Contents
- 4 lessons · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 10 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Identify whether you are an authorized, affected or other employee under OSHA's lockout/tagout standard and what each must know
- Recognise lockout and tagout devices and explain why locked- or tagged-out equipment must never be restarted, bypassed or unlocked by anyone else
- Identify when cleaning, unjamming or adjusting during production is covered by lockout/tagout
- Describe what affected employees are told before and after a lockout, and what happens at restart, shift changes and when a lock's owner is absent
Course outline
- 1.Authorized, affected or other employee: which are you and what must you know?Lesson · 13 min
- 2.Recognising lockout and tagout devices, and why you never restart, bypass or remove themLesson · 15 min
- 3.When cleaning, unjamming or adjusting during production is covered by lockout/tagoutLesson · 15 min
- 4.What you're told before and after a lockout, and how restart, shift changes and absent lock owners workLesson · 12 min
- 5.Manufacturing: lockout/tagout awareness for operators and everyone on the floor (US OSHA): knowledge checkKnowledge check · 13 questions
- 6.Manufacturing: lockout/tagout awareness for operators and everyone on the floor (US OSHA): practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
- 7.Final exam8 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147, The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout)
- OSHA Safety and Health Topics: Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout), overview
- OSHA Fact Sheet: Lockout/Tagout (DEP FS-3529, 12/2022)
- OSHA Lockout/Tagout eTool: Employee Training and Communication
- OSHA Lockout/Tagout eTool: Scope and Application
- OSHA Lockout/Tagout eTool: Release from Lockout/Tagout
- OSHA Lockout/Tagout eTool: Shift and Personnel Changes
- OSHA Lockout/Tagout eTool: Case Study 1, Printing Press Roll Cleaning
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