Lockout/Tagout

For each machine or piece of equipment a worker has been assigned to work on or around, the worker must follow his or her employer's Hazardous Energy Control Procedures. These procedures must include the following:

• Workers know what all of the hazardous energy sources are for each machine they have been assigned to work on or around. These include main and secondary power supplies, and potential and stored energy (such as capacitors, springs, elevated machine members, rotating flywheels, hydraulic systems, and air, gas, steam or water pressure).
• Workers are in control of all hazardous energy sources because they have performed all the necessary actions to de-energize machinery.
• Workers have applied all personal locks and tags that are needed.
• Workers have tested and checked that the hazardous energy has been controlled.
• Workers have safely restored the equipment, machinery, and prime movers back to service.

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