With machines more and more automated, complex and costly, availability time of equipment must be maximised and maintenance is becoming more than ever a strategic issue.
However, the risks of accidents associated with maintenance are often minimised with outdated or cumbersome LOTO procedures.
Accidents happening because of poor compliance with LOTO procedures to carry out maintenance operations, for example, are numerous and can sometimes be dramatic.
15 to 20% of all recorded occupational accidents are indeed associated with maintenance operations.
And yet victims feel safe most of the time, thinking that because the equipment is stationary, there is no risk...
For HSE managers, maintenance managers or site managers, the stakes are immense, so is the task to be accomplished. Even in big companies, the management of LOTO operations are indeed very often poorly though out, is really unwieldy and discourages technician in the field. So how to do otherwise?
The difficulty to give importance to maintenance and to Lockout Tagout within a company
The maintenance personnel is subject to strong pressures as much technical, material as organisational.
Short time is allowed to them to do maintenance operations, and even less to do preventive ones. Lockout Tagout appears to be an extra time-consuming element which sometimes leads to underestimate its repercussions...
“LOTO does not necessarily have a good image. Machine operators tends to think they will waste their time with procedures which seems pointless to them. Therefore, there is a real need for support for change, we must succeed to prove them that LOTO is in their best interest, that we do this for them." Anthony C. maintenance manager in a industrial group.
LOTO procedures are in fact sometimes a little unclear or not respected and the company needs to proceed to a real organisational change to solve this and to ensure its employees' safety.
Start again with a clean slate thanks to an external analysis
Within a company, it is sometimes difficult to know where to start as soon as we must change complex processes and to numerous ramifications. Should we rethink the all LOTO management? Should we work only on LOTO instructions? Buy equipment to ensure machine operators' safety? How to involve the employees? Who must reorganise the LOTO procedures? So many questions that can be a real difficulty and leads to the immobility of the company or to little inadequate changes.
This is where CAPIOTEC comes in! As external service providers, our teams have a fresh perspective on your organisation. Benefiting from ten years of experience in the field with industrialists, our teams deeply analyse the procedures in place in your company, the already established operation and investigate the reasons of this organisation and trails for optimisation.
Our experts work together with a project team defined within your company.
The idea is to involve several departments in the decision and change process. After making an inventory of fixtures and listing the good LOTO practices, we draw up a report with concrete proposals for reaorganisation by also providing a table which allows you to establish a decision statement.
Our proposals are always adapted to every company and we assist the different representatives at every step: from thought to concrete implementation of the procedures. Because every entity is unique and possesses its own own particularity, we never offer the same solution twice.
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Purchasing the right tools to make the technicians' job easier
At CAPIOTEC, we are at the same time trainers, consultants and material suppliers.
From our experience in the field and clients' needs gathered over the years, we have developed ranges of LOTO products which are simple, useful and custom for every company.
Our keywords are agility and adaptation. It matters to us to provide equipment which really fits the desired needs. Especially as it is in part thanks to a suitable LOTO equipment that machine operators will be able to carry out their maintenance operations safely.
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Equip yourself with a dedicated software to gain in precision and efficiency
Apart from the redefinition of Lockout Tagout procedures at an organisational level, the training of maintenance operators and the fitting of suitable LOTO equipment, of other tools could help the management of LOTO.
A software for managing LOTO procedures is indeed a real time and efficiency saver for companies. In a few clicks, all modifications made on an equipment or a procedure are reflected on all impacted elements. No more need to manually update each Lockout Tagout instruction, the software will bring you a quick and simple update, will show you all related procedures so you do not forget any, and therefore reinforces the participants' safety.
A software also allows you to have a more global vision of equipment and procedures and to increase the precision of LOTO procedures. It is for all these reasons that we have created our own software: CapLock. A tool for LOTO procedures management, customised according to your machines, equipment and teams. To demonstrate always more agility, we constantly listen to customer feedback and we do not hesitate to develop new features or to make regular updates to CapLock so the tool is the most simple, useful and intuitive possible.
Too many companies have a reactive posture and tackle the LOTO issue head on once a serious accident occurs. At CAPIOTEC, we raise awareness among clients and trainees on being proactive. It allows the project of process redesign and digitalisation to be carried out much more calmly. With a 360-degree LOTO expertise, we assist the industrialists at every level.
Would you like to redefine our organisation on Lockout Tagout? Are you looking for a training for your teams? Do you need suitable equipment for your LOTO procedures? Are you interested in our software CapLock?
Talk with our experts! We will be happy to talk to you about your concerns and needs. We could also offer you a demonstration of our CapLock software.
Do not hesitate, be proactive, contact us!
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