Safety Manual

Lock Out/Tag Out

Regulation CFR 29 1910.147 https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_id=9804&p_table=STANDARDS CFR 29 1926.417 https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.417 Purpose This establishes our company policy for protecting employees who must do service or maintenance on machines or equipment and who could be injured by an unexpected start-up or release of hazardous energy. Service or maintenance includes erecting, installing, constructing, repairing, adjusting, inspecting, unjamming, setting up, trouble-shooting, testing, cleaning, and dismantling machines, equipment or processes. This policy will ensure that machinery or equipment is stopped, isolated from all hazardous energy sources, and properly locked or tagged out. Scope and Application This policy applies to all employees who may be exposed to hazardous energy during service or maintenance work. Uncontrolled energy includes potential, kinetic, flammable, chemical, electrical, and thermal sources. To establish a means of positive control to prevent the accidental starting or activating of machinery or systems while they are being repaired, cleaned and/or serviced. Our lockout/tagout section will do the following: • establish a safe and positive means of shutting down machinery, equipment and systems. • prohibit unauthorized personnel or remote-control systems from starting machineryor equipment while it is being serviced. • provide a secondary control system (tagout) when it is impossible to positively lockout the machinery or equipment. • establish responsibility for implementing and controlling lockout/tagout procedures. • ensure that only approved locks, standardized tags and fastening devices provided by the company will be utilized in the lockout/tagout procedures. Responsibilities Management • enforcing and insuring compliance with the procedures in their department. • Must enforce the use of the lockout and tagout devices when employees do serviceor maintenance work and may be exposed to hazardous energy

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