Develop and document in writing energy control
procedures to protect employees doing service or maintenance
of a machine or equipment from potentially hazardous energy.
You don't have to have written
energy control procedures for a particular machine or
equipment if all of the following apply:
– The machine or equipment
has a single energy source that's easily identified
and can be isolated
– The machine or equipment
is completely deenergized and deactivated by isolating
and locking out the energy source
– There’s no stored
or residual energy that could be a hazard to employees,
and the machine or equipment can't reaccumulate such
energy after it’s been shut down
– The energy source can be
locked out with a single lockout device
– The machine or equipment
is isolated from the energy source and locked out
during service or maintenance
– The authorized employee
doing the service or maintenance has exclusive control
of the lockout device
– The service or maintenance
doesn't create a hazard for other employees
– The machine or equipment
has never been unexpectedly energized or activated
during service or maintenance.
You must
Make sure energy control procedures clearly
and specifically outline:
– The scope, purpose, authorization,
rules, and techniques to control hazardous energy and
– How you’ll make sure employees
follow the procedures.
Make sure energy control procedures specifically
identify at least the following:
– When the procedure must be used.
– What the specific procedural steps
are for:
Shutting down, isolating, blocking,
and securing the machine or equipment.
Placing, removing, and transferring
lockout or tagout devices and who is responsible for
them.
– How to test the machine or equipment
to verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices,
and other energy control measures.
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