WAC 296-803-50020   Meet these additional requirements when applying tagout devices.  

     You must:

     • Make sure a tagout device is put on an energy-isolating device so it clearly shows that moving the energy-isolating device from the "safe" or "off" position is prohibited.

     • Make sure a tagout device, when used with an energy-isolating device that can be locked out, is fastened to the device at the same point a lock would have been attached.

     • Make sure a tagout device that cannot be attached directly to an energy-isolating device is located:

     – As close as safely possible to the energy-isolating device;

     AND

     – In a position that is immediately obvious to anyone attempting to operate the energy-isolating device.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-15-105, § 296-803-50020, filed 7/20/04, effective 11/1/04.]