Energy control program template

Temporary employees and external employees and contractors must be included. Determining how frequently employees need trained and document all training. Training must be documented and verified, preferably by a person who does not perform lockout. Carefully selecting locks and tagging devices and demonstrating them to supervisors and affected employees. It is also imperative to ensure that tools are readily available and easily identifiable.

Clearly labelling all lockout points for hazardous energy and communicating these locations to supervisors and affected employees. Plan to de-energize electrical circuits and block machine parts against motion and lockout against all forms of hazardous energy, including electrical breaker panels and control valves.

This may require coordination of multiple people in multiple locations or it could be very simple in some cases. All personnel in the area must be informed that LOTO will be initiated. If for some reason the procedure is interrupted and the employee in control has lost control of the area, control of the area must be re-established and status of LOTO stage must be verified prior to continuing LOTO.

There needs to be a verification of energy isolation. The use of lock boxes for key control is recognized as a best practice. Make sure that only one key exists for each assigned lock and that only the affected employee has the key. The lock box can be secured by a numbered, tamper-proof seal to secure it after all the keys are in it. Within a plant or facility, the locks used for lockout should all be of the same type, and they should not be used for any purpose other than l That way, employees can recognize easily that a lock is being used for lockout.

Locks should not have the same key if everyone has access to the key. Each lock-and-key set should be unique. Multiple keys should not be issued for individual locks. Minor tool changes and adjustments and other minor servicing activities are allowed without LOTO if: they take place during normal production operations; they are routine, repetitive, and integral to the use of the equipment for production; and work is performed using alternative measures which provide effective protection, e. Hazardous Materials Use and Storage.

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A list of employees trained, type of training, and dates of training will be maintained by Name of person or job title. Energy Control Procedures 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.

LOTO devices will be standardized by either color, shape or size. These devices will be substantial enough to prevent removal without the use of excessive force such as bolt cutters. The devices will also identify who had applied them by a tag or other equally effective means. When the servicing or maintenance is complete and the machine or equipment is ready to return to normal operating condition, the following steps shall be taken:.

Note: The removal of some forms of blocking may require reenergization of the machine before safe removal. All employees are required to comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed upon them during the use of lockout. The authorized employees are required to perform the lockout in accordance with Energy Control Procedures. 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.

Were all the hazardous energy sources properly identified in the written procedure? Were the energy isolation steps outlined in the procedure effective in isolating all the sources of stored energy? Did all authorized employees participating in the inspection understand their responsibilities under the procedure? Was the procedure adequate to provide the necessary protection? YES NO. Certification: I certify that this periodic inspection was performed in conformity with the information set forth herein.