How to Apply BS EN 17975: 2025 to the Personnel in my Business?

A new safety standard was published last year. It is BS EN 17975: 2025 Maintenance – Risk control processes of energies and fluids in maintenance activities. Because of its relevance

How to Identify Valve Position When a Lockout Device is Fitted

There are many methods of indicating the open/closed status of a valve. This mainly involves the use of tags in various forms. These can be simple red/green paper tags, laminated

Where Can I Buy Master Lock 6835 Safety Padlocks?

The Master Lock 6835 and S6835 safety padlock was a popular model for lockout tagout safety applications. It featured a 6 Pin cylinder giving many thousands of unique key numbers.

Which Cable Lockout is Best?

A cable lockout device is a highly versatile device used for lockout / tagout programmes and procedures. Its versatility comes from the ability to wrap the cable around a valve

How to Lockout House Electrical Service Cut Outs

The electrical cut out can be found in most modern domestic and commercial buildings and can be used as a means to disconnect power by removing the conductor component. This

Best Priced Safety Padlocks for Lockout Tagout Applications?

We’ve written about safety padlocks on this website several times. In this blog we give some insight on the matter of value for money. The price is always important, but

What are the Wheel Size Limitations of the Adjustable Valve Lockout?

Here’s question we get asked a lot. What are the valve size limits (maximum and minimum) of the VLO-BAN-F15 adjustable valve lockout? The VLO-BAN-F16 is designed to accommodate valve wheels

Custom Lockout Padlock Storage Systems for Cemex U.S.

At Total Lockout, we take pride in delivering customized solutions that meet the unique needs of our customers. Recently, we had the opportunity to design and build two bespoke lockout

Can Kab-O-Lok ™ be used with non-OEM cable?

One of the cable lockout devices we stock is the Kab-O-Lok ™ . It’s a very versatile device and suitable for locking off many different appliances including valve wheels and levers,

What is Valtorx?

Valtorx Ltd is a new company, part of the Total Lockout family of businesses. Valtorx is launched to accelerate the growth of our portable valve actuator and trapped key interlock

Yellow Key Tab, Key Rings, Key Fobs

Now sold – thanks for reading   August 2023: We have an excess stock of yellow key tags, key fobs – large size. They have a 20mm split ring on

Join Total Lockout at Utility Week Live 2023 for Live Demos of Modec Portable Valve Actuators

Exciting news for professionals in the utility industry. Total Lockout are thrilled to announce our participation in Utility Week Live 2023, where we will be showcasing our range of Modec