WAC 296-803-50025   Protect employees from the hazards of stored and residual energy.  

     You must:

     • Make sure all potentially hazardous stored and residual energy is relieved, disconnected, restrained, or otherwise rendered safe after the lockout or tagout devices have been put on the energy-isolating devices.

     • Continue to verify the isolation of machines and equipment that could reaccumulate stored energy to a hazardous level until:

     – Service or maintenance is completed;

     OR

     – The possibility of reaccumulating hazardous energy does not exist.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-15-105, § 296-803-50025, filed 7/20/04, effective 11/1/04.]