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15 May, 2018

Five reasons you should attend our Free Safety Talks

in Events, Free Talks, Functional Safety, Hazardous Energy Control Procedures, Interlocks, Interlocks, ISO 13849, Lockout, News, Ontario, Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews, Standards /

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Reason #1 – Free Safety Talks You can’t argue with Free Stuff! Last week we partnered with Schmersal Canada and Franklin Empire to put on three days of Free Safety Talks. We had full houses in all three locations, Windsor, London and Cambridge, with nearly 60 people participating. We had two great presenters who helped…

15 May, 2018

Q & A: Can Safety PLCs be used for Lockout?

by Doug Nix

in Functional Safety, Hazardous Energy Control Procedures, ISO 13849, Lockout, Ontario, Q & A /

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This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Q&A

The question of lockout and the use of safety PLCs as a means to meet the lockout requirements comes up more and more frequently these days. Can Safety PLCs be used for lockout? Safety professionals don’t always agree on this controversial topic! During the Free Safety Talks that we did with Schmersal Canada and Franklin Empire, this…

29 November, 2010

Using E‑Stops in Lockout Procedures

by Doug Nix

in Canada, Control Functions, Emergency Stop, EU European Union, Hazardous Energy Control Procedures, Lockout, USA /

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This entry is part 6 of 16 in the series Emergency Stop

Emergency stop devices are sometimes, incorrectly, used as part of a lockout procedure for machinery. Learn more about how to correctly used these devices as part of Hazardous Energy Control Procedures for industrial machinery.