AFME-HS-03 LOTO Procedure and Isolation Point Register
A model lockout tagout (LOTO) procedure for food production machinery, with a machine isolation sheet template, isolation point register and personal lock issue log. Many serious injuries in food manufacturing happen during maintenance, cleaning and jam clearance, when a machine starts unexpectedly or stored energy is released. Isolation is only complete when every energy source has been isolated, stored energy has been released or restrained, and zero energy has been verified.
What is included
• Cover page with document control (code, revision, date)
• How to use this resource, who it is for and related legislation and standards
• Nine-step model isolation procedure
• Special situations: group isolation, shift change, locks left on, live testing, cleaning teams
• Machine isolation sheet template
• Isolation point register
• Personal lock issue log
• Printable A4 PDF in the AFME house format; forms and registers ready to print and fill in
Who this resource is for
Maintenance engineers, cleaning teams, contractors, supervisors and engineering managers.
How to use this resource
1. Adapt the model procedure to your site and train everyone who isolates equipment.
2. Create a machine isolation sheet for each machine, listing every isolation point and verification step.
3. Record isolation points in the register and label them on site.
4. Issue personal locks using the lock log.
5. Audit isolations periodically on the shop floor, not just on paper.
