Lockout/Tagout Authorized Employees

1. Lockout/TagoutAuthorized Employees

2. Hazardous energy sources • Evaluate machines, equipment, and processes • Develop energy control plan 1a

3. Hazardous energy sources • Look for all sources of energy • Identify secondary and stored energy sources 1b

4. Why lockout/tagout is necessary • Prevents injury due to unexpected startup of equipment or released energy • Maintenance/servicing operations often require employee to place part or all of his/her body into machine’s point of operation 2a

5. Functions covered by lockout/tagout • Servicing of machines and equipment • Performing maintenance on equipment and machinery • Normal operations 3a

6. Energy control program • Authorized employees • Affected employees • Other employees 4a

7. Energy control program • Energy control procedures • Training • Periodic audits 4b

8. Preparation for shutdown • Locate all energy sources • Inform all affected persons 5a

9. Shutdown procedure • Each piece of equipment or machine must be shutdown according to written energy control procedures • Orderly shutdown avoids additional or increased hazards 6a

10. Shutdown procedure • Use shutdown procedures that are established for the machine 6b

11. Isolating machinery from its energy sources • Type of devices to be used • Placement of isolating devices 7a

12. Application of lockout/tagout devices • Positioning of lockout/tagout devices • Only authorized employees can attach the devices 8a

13. Releasing stored energy • Check for and relieve: • electrical energy capacitors • residual pressure in lines and pipes 9a

14. Verification procedures • Verify that all locks and tags are in place • Try to operate the equipment 10a

15. Restoring energy to the equipment/machine • Remove tools from the area, replace guards • Ensure that employees are safely positioned or removed from the area 11a

16. Restoring energy to the equipment/machine • The employee who applies the lock is the only one who can remove it • Special requirements for testing and positioning equipment 11b

17. Lockout devices • Types used • Standardized for easy recognition 12a

18. Lockout devices • Never use someone else’s lockout device • The lock must identify the person who applied it 12b

19. Tags • Types used • Standardized for easy recognition 13a

20. Tags • The attachment means for a tag must be: • non-reusable • attachable by hand • self-locking and non-reusable with locking strength of 50 pounds • equivalent to a one-piece, all-environment-tolerant nylon cable tie 13b

21. Tags • The tag’s legend must include the following types of statements: 13c

22. Group lockouts • Uses group lockout devices (hasps) to accommodate all locks • Each authorized employee must affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device when he/she begins work 14a

23. Group lockouts • Each authorized employee must remove those devices when he/she stops working on the machine/equipment 14b

24. Shift changes • The first employee’s lock remains in place until the next shift’s employee applies his/her lock 15a

25. Removing a lock • If an employee is not available to remove a lock, the employer must: • verify that the employee is not in the facility • make reasonable efforts to contact the employee • inform the employee of the removal before he/she resumes work 16a