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Safety lockout systems and methods

  • US 9,501,046 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2013
  • Issued: 11/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lockout-tagout system comprising:

  • a plurality of lockout-tagout devices; and

    a lockout-tagout electronics device comprising processing electronics configured to;

    receive information regarding a lockout-tagout procedure for a location or device in response to reading a location tag via optical or RFID recognition;

    recall the lockout-tagout procedure for the location or device corresponding with the location tag based on the information received in response to reading the location tag;

    present feedback instructions to a user regarding at least one of placing and removing one or more of the plurality of lockout-tagout devices according to the lockout-tagout procedure;

    read identifying information from the one or more of the plurality of lockout-tagout devices that are placed or removed as a part of the lockout-tagout procedure; and

    cause the one or more of the plurality of lockout-tagout devices that are placed or removed to be associated with the location or device in a memory when the one or more of the plurality of lockout-tagout devices are determined to comply with the lockout-tagout procedure, wherein the association is made in accordance with the lockout-tagout procedure.

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