What are the benefits of a Lockout Board?

Lockout Boards are an ideal way of storing lockout tagout equipment easily and in a visible location. Our lockout boards hold anything from work permits, cable lockouts, safety lockout hasps, valves and padlocks. Determining the best placement for the lockout station is crucial to ensuring an efficient lockout-tagout program.

There are many benefits associated with using a lockout boards. Firstly, having a central location point for all lockout tagout equipment is sure to reduce time spent by workers trying to find a correct device for a machine. This time can be better exercised completing the task set out to do, improving productivity and promoting efficient operations.

Space is also better utilized when storing equipment on a lockout board. Generally, without a lockout board, equipment such as padlocks, hasps, tags etc. will be stored in various locations within the workplace which can cause disorder, especially in smaller facilities. However, storing equipment on a board in one place can help to prevent workplace clutter.

Organisation should also be improved when using a lockout board as equipment is arranged in an orderly format. With marked spaces on the lockout boards for each tool or device, this visual display can allow workers to easily notice when any equipment is in use or even lost.

In summary, lockout boards promote a safer workplace and facilities are able to operate more efficiently as they help improve the overall lockout-tagout program.

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