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.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
49.17.010,
49.17.040,
49.17.050, and
49.17.060. WSR 17-18-075, § 296-803-50005, filed 9/5/17, effective 10/6/17; WSR 04-15-105, § 296-803-50005, filed 7/20/04, effective 11/1/04.]