“Interlock” a Hot-Button Word As Board Considers Lockout/Tagout Proposal

GLENDALE -- The insertion of the term "interlock" into a proposed regulatory revision intended to make a standard covering the control of hazardous energy more effective prompted concerned comments from the occupational safety and health community during the Cal/OSH Standards Board meeting here Jan. 15.The board also entertained comments on two other proposals and held a relatively short business meeting. The board did not adopt the two safety order revisions it had included on its agenda, because