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Session ObjectivesYou will be able to:• Recognize hazardous energy sources • Carry out your responsibilities related to
lockout/tagout• Understand the purpose and use of energy
control devices and procedures
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What You Need to Know• What hazardous energy is and how it is
controlled• OSHA’s lockout/tagout regulations• Your responsibilities during and after
lockout/tagout• Management’s responsibilities• Lockout/tagout devices and procedures
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What Is Hazardous Energy?• Live or stored
electricity• Moving machine or
equipment parts• Often invisible
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What Is Hazardous Energy? (cont.)
Stored energy in equipment:• Heat• Gravity• Pneumatic, hydraulic,
air and water pressure• Steam• Chemical
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Hazardous Energy Injuries• Thousands of injuries
every year• 80% of workers fail
to turn off equipment• Causes:
• Unexpected start-up• Release of stored energy• Failure to lock/tag out
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Controlling Hazardous EnergyLockout:• Prevents machinery or
equipment from being turned on (lockout device)
• Prevents machinery or equipment parts from moving (lockout device)
• Provides a warning (tagout device)
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Lockout/Tagout Training • “Authorized employee”
who services machinery
• “Affected employee” who operates machinery
• “Other employee” who works near machinery
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Your Responsibilities Related to Lockout/Tagout • Notify maintenance when equipment needs
service or repair• Leave all lockout/tagout devices in place• Await instructions before using equipment • Verify equipment is safe to operate following
lockout/tagout• Follow all safety rules while operating
equipment
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Management’s Responsibilities• Ensure de-energization of equipment• Ensure employee awareness• Provide appropriate levels of training• Review program effectiveness• Maintain and revise the lockout/tagout
program• Administer appropriate discipline for
violations
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Recognize and Control Hazardous Energy• Do you understand the
information presented so far?
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Energy Isolation Device• Isolate the equipment
from the energy source• Isolation device
• Circuit breaker• Pressure valve• Machine block
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Lockout Device• Lock• Block• Chain• Multilock hasp• Wheel valve cover• Ball valve cover
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Tagout Device• Warning device only• Readable• Attached securely• Resistant to
degradation• Removed only by an
authorized employee
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Requirements for Lockout/Tagout DevicesLockout/tagout devices must be:• Durable• Standardized• Substantial• Identifiable
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Typical Equipment Requiring Lockout/Tagout• Presses• Power saws• Conveyors• Pumps• Production equipment• Trash compactors
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When Lockout/Tagout Devices Must Be Used• Servicing or
maintaining machinery or equipment
• Hazardous energy exists
• Unexpected start-up could occur
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Actions That Trigger Lockout/Tagout• Removing or
bypassing a safety device
• Any part of the body is placed in harm’s way
• Exposure to hazardous energy
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Lockout/Tagout Exceptions• Work where the
potential for hazardous energy does not exist
• Activities performed during routine production processes
• Work on cord-controlled devices
• Hot tap operations where shutdown is not feasible
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Lockout/Tagout ProcedureAuthorized employee will:• Notify affected employees• Shut down energized equipment• Isolate energy sources from equipment• Lock out or tag out the energy isolation
device• Release stored energy• Test
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Restart ProcedureAuthorized employee will:• Clean up and inspect
work area• Clear personnel from
start-up area and notify affected employees of start-up
• Remove lockout devices or tags and reenergize machinery or equipment
• Restart equipment
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Lockout/Tagout Devices and Procedures• Do you understand the
information presented in the previous slides?
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Key Points to Remember• Hazardous energy is dangerous and deadly• Lockout/tagout is used whenever
unexpected start-up or stored energy release could occur
• Be sure to leave all lockout/tagout devices in place and wait for instructions before using equipment
• Verify that equipment is safe to operate following lockout/tagout