--- title: goSafe Industrial Safety Blog | Lockout/Tagout description: Lockout/Tagout | Your safety is a serious topic. To us, it's everything. This blog is packed full of some serious topics. It's the culmination of knowledge and expertise we have gathered over the past 40+ years, and experience we continue to gain as we work with your local projects and national accounts! 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His experiments not only proved that lightning was electricity, but his lightning rods protected homes and saved lives by safely grounding the electricity. Just as our use of electricity has increased ... [Read More](https://blog.gosafe.com/the-5-levels-of-arc-flash-protection) 2 Comments [Click to read/write comments](https://blog.gosafe.com/the-5-levels-of-arc-flash-protection#comments-listing) Topics: [PPE](https://blog.gosafe.com/topic/ppe), [Lockout/Tagout](https://blog.gosafe.com/topic/lockout-tagout), [Arc Flash](https://blog.gosafe.com/topic/arc-flash) ## [What's in your LOTO Kit?](https://blog.gosafe.com/whats-in-your-loto-kit) Posted by [goSafe](https://blog.gosafe.com/author/gosafe) on Apr 10, 2017, 8:30:00 AM Imagine working on a jammed conveyor belt that starts up while being fixed, or getting caught while trying to clean a fan blade. Issues like these are among the most commonly cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Roughly 10% of serious accidents in many industries are due to the ... [Read More](https://blog.gosafe.com/whats-in-your-loto-kit) 0 Comments [Click to read/write comments](https://blog.gosafe.com/whats-in-your-loto-kit#comments-listing) Topics: [Lockout/Tagout](https://blog.gosafe.com/topic/lockout-tagout) ## [Why And When: The Rules Of Lockout - Tagout](https://blog.gosafe.com/why-and-when-the-rules-of-lock-out-tag-out) Posted by [goSafe](https://blog.gosafe.com/author/gosafe) on Mar 30, 2017, 8:10:00 AM For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind." - Eleanor Everet While the above quote is spot on about safety being a state of mind, sometimes gadgets are necessary. This is especially true in sectors that work with dangerous machinery. When maintenance and upkeep need to be completed on such high-risk machines, ... [Read More](https://blog.gosafe.com/why-and-when-the-rules-of-lock-out-tag-out) 0 Comments [Click to read/write comments](https://blog.gosafe.com/why-and-when-the-rules-of-lock-out-tag-out#comments-listing) Topics: [Facility Safety](https://blog.gosafe.com/topic/facility-safety), [Lockout/Tagout](https://blog.gosafe.com/topic/lockout-tagout) ## [10 Things You Need to Know about LOTO Compliance](https://blog.gosafe.com/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-loto-compliance) Posted by [goSafe](https://blog.gosafe.com/author/gosafe) on Feb 6, 2017, 9:10:00 AM Let’s just start with the basics. First of all, we’re talking about Lockout/Tagout safety procedures when we use the term “LOTO”. It’s not to be confused with LOTTO - as in lottery - where you spend dollar after dollar for a chance to win millions so you never have to think about LOTO compliance ever again. 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