SafetyFluent
General Industry

Lockout/Tagout
& Machine Guarding

Awareness training for employees who operate equipment or work nearby: recognize hazardous energy and moving-machine hazards, respect locks, tags, and guards, and know when to stop and report.

~171 minutes 7 modules Awareness course
Enroll for $35.99 Course Outline
Training basis
OSHA 1910.147 + Subpart O

Recognize the protection. Do not defeat it.

This awareness course does not authorize a learner to apply or remove lockout/tagout devices, service equipment, bypass guards, or perform equipment-specific energy isolation.

Read the OSHA LOTO standard
Training time~2.25 training contact hours
Learning contentOSHA-aligned · 1910.147 + Subpart O
Final assessment10 randomized questions
Passing attempts3 attempts
LanguagesEnglish and Spanish available · Russian in preparation
CompletionSafetyFluent completion record
Course outline

7 modules for safer decisions around equipment.

171 estimated minutes · awareness assessment

01

1. Hazardous energy and machine motion

~20 minutes

  • Hazardous energy is more than electricity
  • Stored and residual energy
02

2. Roles, boundaries, and communication

~20 minutes

  • Authorized, affected, and other employees
  • Notification, shift changes, and contractors
03

3. Recognize a lockout/tagout condition

~20 minutes

  • Locks, tags, and isolation
  • When equipment is unavailable
04

4. Machine guarding awareness

~20 minutes

  • Points of operation and machine motion
  • Respect guards and safeguarding devices
05

5. Practical workplace scenarios

~25 minutes

  • Jams, guards, and shared work
  • Stop-work and reporting decisions
06

6. Knowledge check and completion

~15 minutes

  • Key awareness decisions
  • Assessment and completion boundary
07

Applied decisions, handoffs and verification

~36 minutes

  • Recognize every energy path before relying on a stop
  • Understand personal protection in a group lockout
  • Maintain protection across shift changes
  • Separate test positioning from ordinary servicing
  • Address absent employees and contractor interfaces
  • Use periodic inspections to improve the procedure
Estimated course time, not an OSHA minimum

Plan about 171 minutes: 156 minutes for lessons, picture review and practice, plus 15 minutes for the final assessment. These are learning estimates, not OSHA minimum hours or mandatory seat time. OSHA 1910.147 requires effective, role-appropriate training; it does not prescribe a fixed course duration.

Energy-control procedures must be inspected at least annually. Retraining is required when assignments, hazards or procedures change, or knowledge or use is inadequate. An online refresher does not replace the workplace inspection.

OSHA timing requirements
Awareness is not authorization

Authorized employees require employer-provided, equipment-specific training on energy sources, magnitude, isolation and control methods, and verification. Affected and other employees must understand the purpose of energy control and never attempt to restart or use locked or tagged equipment.

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Recognize hazardous energy before work begins.

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