<\/span><\/h2>Workers who perform lockout\/tagout require training as\u00a0authorized employees<\/strong>\u00a0under the standard. However, an authorized employee cannot verify that an electrical circuit is de-energized. Doing so requires training as a\u00a0qualified person<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices<\/em>\u00a0standard. The training requirements can be found in \u00a71910.332. The definition of a qualified person notes that whether a person is qualified depends on the circumstances and the equipment involved. It is possible for an individual to be \u201cqualified\u201d on certain equipment in the workplace, but \u201cunqualified\u201d on other equipment.<\/p>If you have workers who face electrical hazards during servicing or maintenance, ensure they have training as required by the electrical safety standards. Training as an authorized employee under the LO\/TO standard is not sufficient when electrical energy is a hazard. Under LO\/TO, an authorized employee is controlling hazardous energy but if work must be performed while live power is present, additional electrical safety training is necessary to ensure the authorized employee is qualified to do so.<\/p>
The energy control procedure for equipment with electrical hazards should include steps to safely lockout all energy sources. However, the electrical safety regulations require a qualified person to verify that the equipment is de-energized.<\/p>
<\/span>Inspecting Groups of Procedures<\/span><\/h2>The lockout\/tagout standard requires periodic inspections of each energy control procedure, at least once a year. As noted above, sometimes a single procedure covers multiple machines. The next step is to determine whether a single audit will meet this requirement, or if you need multiple audits for each variation.<\/p>
OSHA, in a Letter of Interpretation dated March 9, 2004, stated that you could group related procedures for similar equipment when conducting inspections. Grouping procedures are allowed if all procedures in the group have the same or similar use and follow the same procedural steps. In other words, if you use one procedure for multiple machines, as described above, you can treat this as one procedure for your annual or periodic inspection.<\/p>
If you categorize machines and equipment, you must inspect a representative number of authorized employees performing the procedure within each category. The sampling must reasonably reflect plant maintenance operations and energy control practices for the procedure being inspected. If you group procedures, select different machines from the group for evaluation each year. This way, over time, each individual machine will eventually be inspected.<\/p>
Not following these often-misunderstood provisions of the lockout\/tagout standard could put your employees at risk. Proper training, safety procedures and safety inspections can help you prevent accidents and keep your employees safe.<\/p>
Source: EHS Today<\/p>\n\n
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