Pennsylvania employers are required to ensure that their workplaces are as safe as possible for their employees. One of the methods many employers are using in this regard is a lockout program. This seeks to ensure that the power source to heavy equipment or machinery is cut off before the employee begins to provide service for that piece of equipment or machinery.
Lockout programs can keep employees safe
Workplace fatalities increase 2 percent in 2014
According to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries that is conducted annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4,679 U.S. workers died in 2014 from work-related injuries and illnesses, a 2 percent increase over the 4,585 worker fatalities recorded in 2013. Pennsylvania workers might want to be aware that trips, slips and falls accounted for a 10 percent increase in 2014 deaths, from 724 to 793. This was mainly because of a large increase in falls to lower levels from 595 to 647.
