Safety lock off device

A safety lock device for a toggle switch that has a cover plate with an area through which a toggle switch actuator protrudes, the device locks the switch in an off position, and comprises:

• a hollow cylindrical head having, two slotted openings and a threaded outer surface, a flared skirt and a base plate attached thereto, said base plate having an open center;
• two vice arms attached within said open cylinder head and having opposed grooved vice heads at an end of each arm adjacent to said base plate opening, said vice arms being shaped to protrude through said slotted openings;
• alignment guides on said base plate positioned to fit into the area of the cover plate where the toggle switch actuator protrudes for aligning the device on the cover plate;
• a circular lock ring having two teeth in its inner circumference and a plurality of screw holes through its flat surface , said lock ring being sized to slide over said cylindrical head with said teeth on said vice arms for compressing said vice arms;
• a lock nut threaded onto said cylindrical head and having a flange thereon with a hole alignable with one of said screw holes when threaded thereon, and a screw inseratable into said aligned holes.