The LOTO system is the set of procedures and blocking devices with labels, which
can contribute to the reduction of accidents, the protection of employees, the
preservation of property and the environment. In this context, the present study
aims to elaborate a procedure of energy blocking "LOTO" for preventive
maintenance in a vulcanization press in a company in the Industrial District of
Manaus. And specifically, identify the energy isolation points of the vulcanization
press; make the machine layout, safety check-list, identification plates and LoTo
board; and score the safety benefits from the insertion of the LoTo energy blocking
procedure in the vulcanization press preventive maintenance process. The
research methodology is a descriptive approach in which it will describe the
process of creating a LoTo system applied to the handling of a vulcanization press
in a company of the Manaus Industrial Pole, considering the energy blocking
devices, the layout model and the internal processes for applicability of the
Hazardous Energy Control Program. Blocking / signaling refers to work safety
procedures that protect workers from potentially dangerous energy while
performing maintenance or repair services on machinery or equipment, such as
electricity, pneumatics, heat, kinetic energy, gravity, hydraulics, machinery, etc.
The development of this study became evident from the need to have safety at
work in which, generate penalties and financial disruption for companies.
Therefore, the importance of the implementation of a system for the annulment of
these accident risks emerged. The LOTO blocking system was implemented in a
press, which is an easy-to-handle mechanism that allowed an evaluation of the
degree of knowledge of the collaborators about work safety issues.
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