Striving For Safety Excellence HunterDouglas Corporate Environmental, Safety, Risk Management Lock Out Tag Out Affected Employees

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence 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

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence What Is Hazardous Energy  Live or stored electricity  Moving machine or equipment parts  Often invisible

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence What Is Hazardous Energy? (cont.)  Stored energy in equipment:  Heat  Gravity  Pneumatic, hydraulic, air and water pressure  Steam  Chemical

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence 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

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Controlling Hazardous Energy  Lockout:  Prevents machinery or equipment from being turned on (lockout device)  Prevents machinery or equipment parts from moving (lockout device)  Provides a warning (tagout device)

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Lockout/Tagout Training  “Authorized employee” who services machinery  “Affected employee” who operates machinery  “Other employee” who works near machinery

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence 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

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Management’s Responsibilities o 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

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Energy Isolation Device  Isolate the equipment from the energy source  Isolation device:  Circuit breaker  Pressure valve  Machine block

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Lockout Device  Lock  Block  Chain  Multilock hasp  Wheel valve cover  Ball valve cover

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Tagout Device  Warning device only  Readable  Attached securely  Resistant to degradation  Removed only by an authorized employee

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Requirements for Lockout/Tagout Devices  Lockout/tagout devices must be:  Durable  Standardized  Substantial  Identifiable

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Equipment Requiring Lockout/Tagout Typically require LOTO:  Presses  Power saws  Conveyors  Pumps  Production equipment  Trash compactors

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Lockout/Tagout Must Be Used: When...  Servicing or maintaining machinery or equipment  Hazardous energy exists  Unexpected start-up could occur

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence What Actions Trigger Lockout/Tagout?  Removing or bypassing a safety device  Any part of the body is placed in harm’s way  Exposure to hazardous energy

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence 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

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Lockout/Tagout Procedure  Authorized 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

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Restart Procedure  Authorized 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

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence 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

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Questions? QUESTIONS??