WAC 296-803-50005   Use energy control procedures.  

     You must:

     • Use energy control procedures to protect employees servicing or maintaining machines and equipment from potentially hazardous energy.

     • Use a lockout system if an energy-isolating device can be locked out.

Exemption:	A tagout system may be used instead of a lockout system if it meets all of the following:
	• The tagout device is attached where you would have put the lockout device.
	• The tagout system provides the same level of employee protection as a lockout system.
	• You can demonstrate that the tagout system:
	– Meets all tagout requirements of this chapter.
	– Includes additional safety measures to provide the same level of safety as a lockout system.

Note:	Additional safety measures used with the tagout system to provide protection equal to a lockout system could include actions such as:
	• Removing part of the isolating circuit.
	• Blocking a controlling switch.
	• Opening an extra disconnecting device.
	• Removing a valve handle.

     You must:

     • Use a tagout system if an energy-isolating device cannot be locked out.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-15-105, § 296-803-50005, filed 7/20/04, effective 11/1/04.]