Robotic Systems Compel OSHA to Consider Revising Lockout/Tagout Standard

Manufacturers’ increasingly advanced robotic systems have made the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) standard for the control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) impractical, even obsolete, in many workplaces. The new technology is forcing a change in a standard that appears among the top 10 cited by OSHA each year.
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