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CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS ENERGY

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29 CFR 1910.147 Provisions - Energy Isolating Devices

If the energy-isolating device is lockable, the employer shall use locks unless he or she can prove that the use of tags would provide protection at least as effective as locks and would assure "full employee protection."

Full employee protection includes complying with all tagout related provisions plus implementing additional safety measures that can provide the level of safety equivalent to that obtained by using lockout. Equivalents to reduce the potential for any inadvertent energization might include:
  • Removing and isolating a circuit element
  • Blocking a controlling switch
  • Opening an extra disconnecting device
  • Removing a valve handle.

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