About Lockout Procedure
A template is a blank page with headings. A procedure is the steps for this machine, in the right order, that the next person can follow without asking.
How a procedure is written
You list the machine's energy sources: what kind, how much, how each one is isolated, how its stored energy is released and how it is verified. The writer picks the lockout device for each isolation point, puts the steps in the order 1910.147(d) sets out (prepare, notify, shut down, isolate, lock and tag, block, release stored energy, verify, return the controls to off), writes the release steps of (e), and counts the devices one person needs.
How it is checked
Before anything is written, every source must have an isolating device, a stored energy release where it holds any, and a zero-energy check. A control device named as an isolation point (an E-stop, a selector switch, a guard interlock) is flagged. A part raised on hydraulics or air is blocked before the pressure holding it is released. A procedure that fails is not written.
What it is not
It does not walk your machine for you. The procedure is only as complete as the sources you list, so walk the machine with the person who maintains it, and have an authorized employee try the procedure once before you post it. Electrical work on exposed conductors also falls under 1910.333 and NFPA 70E.
How it is paid for
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