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Lockout-tagout (LOTO) simulator: practice the six steps in the right order

A 360° LOTO simulator that runs in your browser: you are in the electrical room, the conveyor needs maintenance and you must notify, shut down, isolate, lock, tag and verify zero energy, in that order. An out-of-sequence step is recorded as an error. This is how maintenance technicians and authorized employees train in hazardous energy control before touching a real panel.

Lockout-tagout simulation on an electrical panel
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Try it: lock out and tag out before maintenance

One 360° scene of the electrical room, the six LOTO steps in strict sequence, verification with a tester and the lockout-removal decision.

  • Notify, shut down and isolate with the main disconnect
  • Personal lock and tag from the lockout station
  • Verify zero energy: failed start and tester (press and hold)
  • Final decision: the absent coworker's lock
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Lockout-tagout simulation on an electrical panel

What is a lockout-tagout simulator?

It is an interactive scenario where a technician practices the hazardous energy control procedure (lockout-tagout, LOTO) on real equipment photographed in 360°: notify affected employees, shut down with the normal control, isolate the energy source, apply a personal lock, attach a tag and verify zero energy before working. Unlike a classroom course, the simulator enforces the order: if the person tries to lock before isolating or verify before locking, the mistake is explained and recorded, as an audit would. It prepares authorized employees for supervised practice on real equipment and leaves evidence per technician.

The six steps the technician practices

The hazardous energy control sequence, with the rules most often broken in real life.

  • 1. Notify

    Tell the operator and area supervisor before de-energizing. A conveyor that "will not start" without warning gets forced.

  • 2. Shut down with the normal control

    Stop from the pendant, not the disconnect, to avoid opening under load or arcing.

  • 3. Isolate

    Main disconnect to OFF and isolation of other energies: pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, thermal.

  • 4. Lock

    Personal padlock with a single key for every person involved, with a multi-lock hasp when there are several.

  • 5. Tag

    Tag with name, date, time and reason. The tag warns; the lock prevents. Never a tag alone.

  • 6. Verify zero energy

    Failed start attempt and absence-of-voltage test on all three phases, with the tester checked before and after.

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Why train LOTO with a simulator?

Because accidental-energization injuries come from sequence omissions, not lack of theory: locking without verifying, verifying without testing the tester, removing someone else's lock "because they finished". The simulator forces the six steps in order and puts the person in front of the hardest decision in the procedure: removing the lockout when a coworker is missing. Every technician leaves evidence (sequence, errors, decision, time) useful for authorizing staff and for safety audits, and the annual refresher happens without stopping the equipment.

02

Which standards does the simulator consider?

The procedure follows OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147 (control of hazardous energy) and NFPA 70E (absence-of-voltage verification), and in Mexico NOM-004-STPS-1999 and NOM-029-STPS-2011. We adapt the steps to your written procedure, your equipment (panels, valves, presses, conveyors) and your forced-removal policy.

03

How do we adapt the simulator to your plant?

We photograph your electrical rooms and critical equipment in 360°, load your machine-specific procedure (isolation points, lockout devices, verification method) and add your forced-removal and shift-change scenarios. Delivered as a SCORM or xAPI package for your LMS and as training evidence for authorized employees.

What the simulator records for each technician

Evidence for authorizing staff and for audits.

1

Full sequence

Whether they executed the six steps in order or tried to skip one.

2

Out-of-sequence steps

Every attempt to lock before isolating or verify before locking, with its explanation.

3

Zero-energy verification

Whether they completed the start test and the tester measurement.

4

Removal decision

What they did about the absent coworker's lock: wait, cut or remove their own.

5

Points consulted

Whether they checked PPE, signage and the lockout station before starting.

6

xAPI log

Every action as an "actor-verb-object" statement for your LMS's LRS.

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Traditional LOTO course vs. course with a simulator

Practice on real equipment is still required; the simulator guarantees the technician arrives with the sequence learned.

Traditional courseCourse with Geedle simulator
Six-step sequenceExplained with slidesExecuted in order on the 360° equipment, with recorded errors
Zero-energy verificationMentionedPracticed: failed start and tester
Lockout removalDiscussedDecided on a real case and evaluated
Evidence per technicianTest and attendanceSequence, errors, decision and time (SCORM/xAPI)
Annual refresherAnother full course with equipment stoppedSimulator refresher without stopping production
Process

How we build your custom simulator

Five phases with a deliverable you approve in each one.

  1. On-site survey

    360° photos and video of the area, the current procedure and an interview with the expert.

    Deliverable: technical script

  2. Instructional design

    Target behavior, critical decisions, frequent mistakes and the feedback for each one.

    Deliverable: storyboard and decision tree

  3. 360° scenario or 3D model

    Panoramas with hotspots, or the machine modeled when its movement must be simulated.

    Deliverable: navigable scenario

  4. Logic, rules and measurement

    Steps, interlocks, checklist, score and the xAPI events that will reach your LMS.

    Deliverable: working simulator

  5. Packaging and pilot

    SCORM or xAPI tested on your platform and a pilot with real staff before launch.

    Deliverable: published package and report

Other training simulators

Every scenario runs in the browser and is delivered as SCORM or xAPI.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about the lockout-tagout simulator

Make sure nobody in your plant locks out without verifying

Tell us how many authorized technicians you have, which equipment and which procedure you use. We reply the same day.

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