WAC 296-803-20005   Establish a written energy control program.  

     You must:

     • Establish a written energy control program to protect employees that service or maintain a machine or equipment from injury caused by the:

     – Unexpected energization or start up of the machine or equipment;

     OR

     – Release of stored energy.

     • Make sure the program contains all of the following:

     – Energy control procedures as described in WAC 296-803-500.

     – Employee training as described in WAC 296-803-600.

     – Periodic reviews as described in WAC 296-803-700.

     • Develop and document in writing energy control procedures to protect employees doing service or maintenance of a machine or equipment from potentially hazardous energy.

Exemption:	You do not have to have written energy control procedures for a particular machine or equipment if all of the following apply:
	• The machine or equipment has a single energy source that is easily identified and can be isolated.
	• The machine or equipment is completely deenergized and deactivated by isolating and locking out the energy source.
	• There's no stored or residual energy that could be a hazard to employees, and the machine or equipment cannot reaccumulate such energy after it's been shut down.
	• The energy source can be locked out with a single lockout device.
	• The machine or equipment is isolated from the energy source and locked out during service or maintenance.
	• The authorized employee doing the service or maintenance has exclusive control of the lockout device.
	• The service or maintenance does not create a hazard for other employees.
	• The machine or equipment has never been unexpectedly energized or activated during service or maintenance.

     You must:

     • Make sure energy control procedures clearly and specifically outline:

     – The scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to control hazardous energy;

     AND

     – How you'll make sure employees follow the procedures.

     • Make sure energy control procedures specifically identify at least the following:

     – When the procedure must be used.

     – What the specific procedural steps are for:

     ▪ Shutting down, isolating, blocking, and securing the machine or equipment.

     ▪ Placing, removing, and transferring lockout or tagout devices and who is responsible for them.

     – How to test the machine or equipment to verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures.

Note:	Similar machines and equipment may be covered by a single written procedure if all of the following apply:
	• They use the same type and magnitude of energy.
	• They have the same or similar types of controls.
	• The specific machines and equipment covered by the procedure are identified by at least type and location.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-15-105, § 296-803-20005, filed 7/20/04, effective 11/1/04.]