Lockboxes

A lockout box holds the keys of the padlocks that isolate a job. The authorised person locks every isolation point, drops those keys in the box, and every worker on the job adds their own padlock to the box. Nobody can retrieve the keys until all padlocks are off. Use one whenever a job has more isolation points than people, or the team changes over shifts. The LOTO Lockbox with buckle is the standard portable box.

Portable boxes go to the job and back: the LOTO Lockbox with buckle and window shows the keys through a window so a supervisor can count them without opening it. Wall-mounted boxes stay at a control point and suit plants with fixed isolation procedures: the wall-mountable LOTO Lockbox takes up to 12 padlocks on its front. Many sites use a wall box per area and portable boxes for contractors.

A key management box stores many keys on labelled hooks, one per lock or per machine, behind a single door: it organises the keys of a site rather than one job. Some teams use it as a lockout box for long outages, with the outage keys inside and the workers' padlocks on the door. The Portable Key Management Box is portable and takes padlocks on its hasp.