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Once the electrical installation that needs servicing has been identified, determining the circuit breaker panel, transformer, or MCC panel that feeds this installation, lockout of this isolation ...
Employees get caught in machinery that isn’t powered down during maintenance; ‘lockout’ regulations are frequently ignored in busy factories.
I was an electrical apprentice, and my crew had taken precautions to lockout/tagout. That means removing the power source, and clearly locking and labeling the equipment so others won’t turn it on.
NFPA 70E provides a terse directive on employee involvement. It says, “Each person who could be exposed directly or indirectly to a source of electrical energy shall be involved in the lockout/tagout ...
It is a common practice to lockout and/or tagout control devices. In a nuclear power plant’s control room with its many analog controls, you might (for example) see red covers over specific switches.
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Lockout is required and used as a control measure to keep a worker safe, and electrical safe work practices need to be respected and followed prior to servicing or maintenance on electrical panels.
A Qualified Electrical Worker is permitted by their organization based on education, skill, experience, and knowledge not only to lockout machinery for servicing and maintenance tasks, but in addition ...