
Lockout Tagout Tryout Summary
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
Unexpected startup and the uncontrolled release of hazardous energy can seriously injure or kill workers during maintenance, servicing, cleaning, inspection, adjustment, troubleshooting, and jam clearing. That is exactly why Lockout, Tagout, and Tryout, or LOTOTO, matters.
This course gives you a practical, workplace-focused introduction to LOTOTO, built around an OSHA-aligned 8-step application process and reinforced with realistic industrial examples. Instead of treating LOTOTO like paperwork, this course explains it as a real safety control that protects people from electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, thermal, chemical, gravitational, and stored energy hazards.
In this course, you will learn:
what lockout, tagout, and tryout mean and how they work together
when LOTOTO is required
how to identify common hazardous energy sources
how to distinguish true energy-isolating devices from normal machine controls
the roles of authorized employees, affected employees, supervisors, and contractors
how to follow an OSHA-aligned 8-step LOTOTO process
how to verify zero energy using tryout, gauges, indicators, and practical checks
how to manage special situations such as group lockout, shift handover, contractor coordination, and controlled lock removal
how to restore equipment to service safely after maintenance is complete
This course is taught in a visual, practical format using realistic workplace examples, clear step-by-step explanations, multiple-choice quizzes, and downloadable checklists and reference tools to reinforce learning.
If you are a technician, operator, supervisor, contractor, or safety professional who needs a solid foundation in hazardous energy control, this course will help you build that understanding clearly and confidently.