We help many workers who get seriously injured while working on industrial machines.  The workers often suffer injuries such as:

• crush injuries;
• amputations;
• degloving injuries; and even
• death.

One type of situation we see is when workers are performing maintenance work or servicing a machine, the machine starts up and pulls the workers' body parts into the machine.  The reason that the machine started is because a lockout/tagout procedure to disable the machine's energy source during machine service and maintenance work did not exist.

If you regularly service or maintain machinery or equipment, below are some tips to reduce your risk of injury:

• make sure there are lockout/tagout procedures;
• attend all training related to lockout/tagout procedures;
• before you service a machine, make sure all sources of hazardous energy are shut down. 

The existence of lockout/tagout standards is vital to your safety if you regularly service industrial machines. 

If you were injured while servicing a machine, you may be entitled to compensation if a LOTO standard was not in place.  Feel free to contact our experienced Pennsylvania and New Jersey industrial machinery accident lawyers for a free consultation at 877.944.8796.

Related FAQ:

• My husband works at a printing press in New Jersey and was cleaning the rollers when his arm got pulled in the rollers. He crushed his arm and needs several surgeries to restore his arm. His friends tell me there was no lockout/tagout procedure and that we should sue his company. What does that mean?