Name(s)/Job Title(s) of affected employees and how to notify.
(1) Notify all affected employees that servicing or maintenance is required on a machine or equipment and that the machine or equipment must be shut down and locked out to perform the servicing or maintenance. Type of compliance enforcement to be taken for violation of the above. All employees, upon observing a machine or piece of equipment which is locked out to perform servicing or maintenance shall not attempt to start, energize or use that machine or equipment. The authorized employees are required to perform the lockout in accordance with this procedure. It shall be used to ensure that the machine or equipment is stopped, isolated from all potentially hazardous energy sources and locked out before employees perform any servicing or maintenance where the unexpected energization or start-up of the machine or equipment or release of stored energy could cause injury.Īll employees are required to comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed upon them during the use of lockout. This procedure establishes the minimum requirements for the lockout of energy isolating devices whenever maintenance or servicing is done on machines or equipment. (Name of Company for single procedure or identification of equipment if multiple procedures are used) For more complex systems, more comprehensive procedures may need to be developed, documented and utilized. When tagout is used and the energy isolating devices are lockable, the employer must provide full employee protection (see paragraph (c)(3)) and additional training and more rigorous periodic inspections are required. When the energy isolating devices are not lockable, tagout may be used, provided the employer complies with the provisions of the standard which require additional training and more rigorous periodic inspections. The following simple lockout procedure is provided to assist employers in developing their procedures so they meet the requirements of this standard.
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