UNI EN 17975:2025 — a practical guide to Lockout/Tagout in maintenance
The first European standard on LOTO imposes a method for isolating energies and fluids during maintenance. What changes, how to comply, when reinforced isolation applies.
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Safety & LOTO
Lockout/Tagout, UNI EN 17975:2025 and control of hazardous energy in maintenance.
Pillar 7 min Maintenance accidents: what the INAIL data say and the recurring dynamics
The official figures on workplace accidents in Italy and the typical dynamics documented in the technical literature for maintenance activities. Read through the lens of UNI EN 17975:2025.
7 min Paper or digital LOTO: what changes for a GMP audit
The audit trail required by UNI EN 17975:2025 intersects the data integrity requirements of Annex 11. What a GMP inspector asks about LOTO procedures and what makes the difference between paper and a digital system.
7 min Parent/child lockout: how to manage hierarchical isolations on complex plants
On real plants with dozens of isolation points, LOTO becomes a question of hierarchy. How to manage parent/child dependencies according to UNI EN 17975:2025.
6 min Reinforced isolation, standard or neutralization: how to choose the LOTO process
UNI EN 17975:2025 defines four isolation processes. Practical criteria for deciding when to apply RI, SI, N or SP and how to document the choice.
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