Lockout Procedure

Lockout Procedure / Plant and process equipment

Electrical panel lockout procedure

A electrical panel holds electrical energy. Here is where it hurts people, and the procedure for yours: the placard for the machine and the written procedure for the binder.

E11 energy sources on a typical electrical panel

Where a electrical panel hurts people

  • Working inside a panel is electrical work: only a qualified person verifies absence of voltage with a rated meter, testing it before and after.
  • The line side of the main breaker in the panel stays live; lock the upstream breaker that feeds it.
  • Look for a second feed, a generator or a solar backfeed.

Write the procedure for your electrical panel

List every source of energy that can move, power or hurt. The placard builds as you go, and the checks run on every change.

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Energy sources

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    A lockout station board with rows of red safety padlocks, danger tags and breaker lockouts

    For the electrical panel's lockout station

    The devices the placards call for. One lock per person, a tag on every lock.

    • SAFBY safety padlocks, keyed differently, 10 packOne lock per person, numbered, each opened only by its own key.
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    • TRADESAFE "Danger: Do not operate" tags, 30 packVinyl tags with ties, a line for the name, one on every lock.
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    • Electrical lockout kit with clamp-on breaker lockoutsBreaker lockouts that fit single and multi-pole breakers, with hasps and tags.
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    • Master Lock 1457E410KA lockout tagout kitA personal kit for one authorized employee: padlocks, hasps, tags and electrical lockouts in a pouch.
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