How to Create Equipment Specific Lockout/Tagout Procedures
29 CFR 1910.147 - Control of Hazardous Energy
Description
The course will give students the tools to create Equipment Specific Lockout/Tagout Template to help ensure employees are not injured or killed while performing maintenance or servicing on equipment. The Control of Hazardous Energy standard found in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 29 1910.147. The course is designed for personnel involved in operations, maintenance, facilities and servicing of equipment along with those supervising these operations. Countless employees have been killed or injured because they did not isolate the hazardous energy properly.
The topics covered in this module include:
State the different forms of hazardous energy
Identify and isolate hazardous energy
Locks, tags and protective hardware
Hazardous energy isolation steps - Lockout/Tagout application
Equipment Specific Lockout/Tagout Template
Equipment Specific Lockout/Tagout Examples (3)
Lockout/Tagout device removal steps
This course contains photos from site visits showing the various forms of hazardous energy found at industrial facilities to include electrical, mechanical, thermal pneumatic, chemical (liquids and gases), hydraulic and steam. Lock, tags, hasps along with specialty LO/TO devices are covered.
Students will be able to download a modifiable equipment specific lockout/tagout template for use at their facility. Three examples are also covered to show not just the isolation of the hazardous energy but how to document each step to include the type of hazardous energy, magnitude, isolation method and finally the location of the lockout/tagout point. Students who complete this course will be granted 0.1 CEU. Please contact me at david.ayers@comcast.net
What You Will Learn!
- The student will learn how to create equipment specific lockout/tagout procedures.
- The student will learn the importance of controlling hazardous energy.
- The student will receive a downloadable and modifiable template to create their own equipment specific lockout/tagout procedures.
- The student will learn to document, and archive completed equipment specific lockout/tagout procedures.
Who Should Attend!
- Personnel involved in maintenance, facilities or servicing of equipment in an industrial setting. Those who supervise contractors and sub-contractors performing maintenance and servicing of equipment.