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Yup. LOTO is there for a reason, and that reason is it saves lives. Sorry, but the reasoning of it "taking WAY too long" doesn't sit with me. I guess a couple hour LOTO isn't worth a life though right? /s

Do your LOTO procedure, regardless of how long it is going to take. That's negligence.

If you could physically manifest yourself as a sandwich, what type of sandwich would you be?

You shouldn't even be mentioning the new hire. You know why LOTO is there and you didn't use it because "it would take too long". The blame lies with you. Show some humility. You were up there working on the conveyor and YOU didn't do LOTO like you knew you should. Place blame where blame should lie. You're working on the equipment, you're responsible for following correct procedures. That new hire wouldn't have turned on the belts if YOU did your job correctly. It doesn't matter have long you've been working with the equipment if you aren't doing it right every time. You got lucky that you weren't killed, live and learn, and do your LOTO.

Edit: Regardless of downvotes, blame lies with OP. Anyone working with LOTO procedures knows it's there to potentially save their life, or whoever they are working with. Management wasn't up there working on the belts, OP was. It's HIS responsibility. Apologists can step up for OP and make excuses for him, but the fact is that it was his responsibility to LOTO. If I was told by management to not perform LOTO, I would not be up there working on the equipment. I value my life more than some manager's order that just want things done a little bit quicker. Thank for you the people that actually work out in the field and follow proper safety guidelines. Just remember, it's better to come into work tomorrow than to get fucked up for not following the correct procedure. If you don't feel safe working on the equipment, find a better way and discuss it with your peers on how to make it safer. Your life is worth more than the equipment you're working on.

I’d eat it.

Thank. My delivery is normally a little too, uh.. brisk for people I guess. I don't like to beat around the bush in real life, and I don't like to do it online. Get to the point and keep it honest.