PDFWAC 296-803-50005
Use energy control procedures.
(1) You must use energy control procedures to protect employees servicing or maintaining machines and equipment from potentially hazardous energy.
(2) You must use a lockout system if an energy-isolating device can be locked out.
Exemption: | A tagout system may be used instead of a lockout system if it meets all of the following: |
1. The tagout device is attached where you would have put the lockout device. | |
2. The tagout system provides the same level of employee protection as a lockout system. | |
3. You can demonstrate that the tagout system: | |
a. Meets all tagout requirements of this chapter. | |
b. Includes additional safety measures to provide the same level of safety as a lockout system. |
Note: | Additional safety measures used with the tagout system to provide protection equal to a lockout system could include actions such as: |
1. Removing part of the isolating circuit. | |
2. Blocking a controlling switch. | |
3. Opening an extra disconnecting device. | |
4. Removing a valve handle. |
(3) You must use a tagout system if an energy-isolating device cannot be locked out.