The eLearning Center for B.F. Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Overview

Workers can be seriously injured or killed if machinery they service or maintain unexpectedly energizes, starts up or releases stored energy. Employers are required to develop and implement lockout/tagout procedures to protect workers who can be injured servicing or maintaining machinery.

In this course, the student will review OSHA 3120, "Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)". This publication outlines the requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations (29CFR Part 1910) for lockout/tagout procedures to protect workers servicing machinery. This course is relevant to business owners, engineers, managers, foreman and any other personnel working in industries that require the servicing and/or maintenance of machinery that can injure or kill workers if the equipment unexpectedly energizes, starts up or releases stored energy.

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  · The definition of lockout/tagout and why it is important
  · The requirements for development and implementation of a lockout/tagout procedure
  · Under what circumstances lockout or tagout procedures must be employed
  · Lockout/tagout procedure review and employee training requirements

State Board Acceptance

This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by state and provincial licensing boards. Decatur Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing education in all states that pre-approve course providers. In all other states that mandate continuing education for engineers, it is the individual engineer's responsibility to determine the suitability of activities for PDH credit. The state boards typically accept online* courses that cover technical, managerial** or ethical content and which are relevant to the practice of engineering. The course must have a clear purpose or objective with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee's field of practice. For questions about your mandatory PDH requirements, visit the website of your state licensing board.

*Online courses are accepted by all state licensing boards that mandate continuing education. Other than New York (which limits online courses to 18 PDH) and Iowa (which limits online courses to 6 PDH), there are no limits placed by other states on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education. Consult with your state licensing board if you have any questions about the acceptability of online courses.

**The New York State Board of Engineers does not accept general office management courses, but will accept project management courses that are offered by an approved provider and that are technical in nature and contribute to the engineer's professional practice.

Please Note: Continuing Education credits for this course are awarded as PDH (Professional Development Hour Credits).