Free Lockout/Tagout Training Videos
Watch these free lockout/tagout (LOTO) safety videos to train your crew, run a toolbox talk, or refresh your authorized and affected employees before they service a machine. They’re professionally produced previews from our full Lockout/Tagout Training program — no sign-up needed to watch. Below the videos you can also download a free toolbox talk and a 10-question practice test.
A quick heads-up: a video alone can’t make your team compliant. OSHA’s Control of Hazardous Energy standard (29 CFR 1910.147) requires a written energy-control program, machine-specific procedures, and documented training for authorized and affected employees — with records to prove it. These previews are the training refresher; the kit produces the audit-ready documentation.
Watch: Free Lockout/Tagout Training Video Previews
Take the Free Lockout/Tagout Practice Test
Ten questions, instant score — see how you’d do on a real authorized-employee quiz, no sign-up needed. It’s the same practice test you can download below as a printable PDF for your next safety meeting.
Lockout/Tagout Toolbox Talk + 10-Question Practice Test (PDF)
A ready-to-run, 5-minute toolbox talk with talking points, discussion questions, and a sign-in sheet, plus a 10-question practice test so you can see what your authorized and affected employees need to know. Enter your email and we’ll send both right over.
Need to Actually Train & Document Your Team?
Ready to train and document for real, not just refresh? The complete Lockout/Tagout Training Kit gives you everything these free previews can’t — the full video with no watermark, available in English or Spanish, plus the employee quiz and answer key, printable certificates, and sign-in sheets to make your energy-control program audit-ready.
Complete Lockout/Tagout Training Kit
$239 one-time purchase, reusable
- Full-length professional video (available in English or Spanish)
- Employee quiz & answer key
- Printable certificates & sign-in sheets
- Presenter’s guide for your LOTO training
- Reusable for every new hire, no per-seat fees
One-time purchase. Train and document for your whole team.
Lockout/Tagout Training Questions
Can you get lockout/tagout certified for free?
You can learn lockout/tagout safety for free from videos like these, but a free video alone can’t make anyone compliant. OSHA’s Control of Hazardous Energy standard (29 CFR 1910.147) requires a written energy-control program, machine-specific procedures, and documented training for authorized and affected employees. Use these free previews to train and refresh, then use the training kit to produce the quiz, answer key, certificates, and records that make it audit-ready.
Does OSHA require lockout/tagout training?
Yes. Under 29 CFR 1910.147, employers must train every authorized employee (the person who applies locks and tags) to recognize hazardous energy sources and the methods to control them, and must instruct every affected employee on the purpose and use of the procedures. Retraining is required when job assignments change, when machines or procedures change, or whenever there is a deviation from the energy-control procedures.
What is the difference between an authorized and an affected employee?
An authorized employee is the person who locks and tags out a machine to service or maintain it; they are trained to recognize the hazardous energy sources and the type and amount of energy involved. An affected employee operates or works around that machine. Affected employees must be told whenever lockout/tagout is being performed, but they may never remove a lock or restart a locked-out machine.
What is the OSHA standard for lockout/tagout?
The main standard is 29 CFR 1910.147, “The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout).” It covers servicing and maintenance of machines where the unexpected start-up or release of stored energy could injure a worker, and requires a written energy-control program, energy-isolating devices, and employee training. Electrical work and arc-flash hazards are also addressed under 29 CFR 1910.333 and NFPA 70E.
Who is allowed to remove a lockout/tagout device?
As a rule, only the authorized employee who applied a lock or tag may remove it. If that person is unavailable, the employer may remove it only under a documented procedure — verifying the employee is not in the facility and making a reasonable effort to inform them before they return to work. Affected employees are never allowed to remove someone else’s lock or re-energize the machine.