Spent 6 years in the Navy and the lock out/tag out program was a HUGE deal for us. For those of us in the engine rooms we did more Tag Outs then anything else because there was no way to put an actual lock on the majority of the valves that had to be closed to isolate a machine. Too every time possible the machine was double isolated (ie at least two valves isolating it from the steam lines) to prevent the possibility of an accident. When double isolation wasn't possible special permission had to be obtained before anything was done.
That said your exactly right, done correctly a properly locked/tagged out machine can NOT be operated, period, and the person in charge of doing the lockout should be the ONLY one with a key. With a tagout, every red tag was signed by the person putting it on, and then cosigned by another person to insure it was in the right place. The ONLY person that could remove that tag was the person actually applying it.
Sounds to me like your safety instructor might be in the ballpark on the issues, but without a little more schooling he's going to strike out and get someone killed one of these days.
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