ASSP has submitted a technical comment and a letter of support in response to OSHA’s request for information on the control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout).
Drafted by the ANSI/ASSP Z244 Committee, the comment calls on OSHA to reopen the current federal regulation so it can be revised to better reflect the modern technology used in lockout/tagout. The original regulation was written in 1982, and it does not address alternative methods of lockout/tagout that have developed since the regulation’s inception.
For more information on ASSP’s work on Z244, please contact the External Affairs staff.