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Chapter Seven - Electrical
Safety
and Lock-out/Tag-out
Lockout/Tag-out
Whenever you must work on
electrically powered equipment at CHESS, you must follow the
appropriate CHESS - LNS Lockout/Tagout procedures outlined below.
If you have not been trained in CHESS specific Lockout/Tagout
procedures, contact the CHESS Operator or
Dave Jones to receive training before
you attempt to use Lockout/Tagout tags or work on any electrically
powered equipment or device.
If you see a piece of equipment with
a red lockout/tagout tag attached, you may not attempt to start, use, or
organize the piece of equipment. Equipment-specific procedures for CHESS
equipment are kept in the procedures notebook (also available from
Steve Gray
at LNS) on the Operator Desk, along with Lockout tags and locks.
You must sign out tags and locks in the log book provided.
Procedures that effect the
control of hazardous energy require:
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shutting off the equipment or
machine;
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locating the energy isolating
devices and isolating the equipment or machinery from them;
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locking or tagging out the
energy isolating devices;
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reducing or eliminating stored
residual energy;
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verifying the effectiveness of
the energy isolation.
Last Update:
2006-09-21
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