WAC 296-803-700 Periodic Reviews

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Your Responsibility:

To do periodic reviews to make sure employees know and use your energy control procedures

You must

WAC 296-803-70005

Perform and document periodic reviews to verify employees know and follow the energy control procedures

You must

• Do a periodic review at least annually to:
  • – Make sure employees know and can apply the energy control procedures
  • - Correct any deviations or inadequacies identified.

Exemption: Energy control procedures used less frequently than once a year only need to be reviewed before being used.

You must

• Have the periodic review done by an authorized employee other than the ones using the energy control procedure being reviewed
• Document that periodic reviews have been done.
  • – Include all of the following:
    • Machine or equipment the energy control procedure was used for
    • Date of the review
    • Employees included in the review
    • Person doing the review.

WAC 296-803-70010

Do periodic reviews of procedures using lockout devices

You must

• Make sure, if a periodic review involves lockout devices, the reviewing employee reviews responsibilities with each authorized employee who uses the procedure.

WAC 296-803-70015

Do periodic reviews of procedures using tagout devices

You must

Make sure, if a periodic review involves tagout devices, the reviewing employee reviews with each authorized and affected employee the:
• – Employee’s responsibilities under the procedure
  and
• – Limitations of tagout devices.