Appendix D Plant Tag and Lockout Procedure
Appendix D Plant Tag and Lockout Procedure
Appendix D Plant Tag and Lockout Procedure
APPENDIX D (Page 1 of 2)
Before any plant/equipment is inspected, maintained, cleaned or repaired, it must be shut down and its energy sources locked out
and tagged as part of an isolation procedure (often called Lockout Tagout) to ensure the safety of those doing the work.
Examples of energy sources include electricity, hydraulic pressure, compressed air or gas, gravity, kinetic spring tension and moving
parts.
Separate controls away from the plant/equipment operator or immediate work area must also be isolated or locked and danger
tagged.
Isolation procedures
The following lock-out process is considered to be the most effective isolation procedure.
Shut down the machinery and equipment
Identify all energy sources and other hazards
Identify all isolation points
Isolate all energy sources. In the case of electrical equipment “whole current isolation” such as the main isolator, should be
used instead of “control isolation” by way of the stop button on a control panel
Control or de-energise all stored energy
Lock-out al isolation points, using padlocks, multi-padlock hasps (refer figure 1) and Danger tags (refer figure 2)
Danger tag machinery controls, energy sources and other hazards.
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The out-of-service tag is to be securely fixed to the operating control Example of an “out of Service” tag
power isolator with the appropriate details completed on the tag
(explaining the reason for the machine being “out of service”). The out-
of-service tag should not be removed until the plant/equipment is safe to
be returned to service, or the reason for the out-of-service tag no longer
exisits.
The out-of-service tag may be removed by:
The person who attached it
The supervisor responsible for the operation or repair of the
equipment
The maintenance person who carried out the repairs.
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