29CFR1910.147Control of Hazardous Energy

(Lockout/Tagout) LO/TO

Jon Nakapalau, CPO, CHSO

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As a security professional:You should be able to understand what LO/TO means when you encounter it.

LO/TO is the means by which potentially hazardous energy sources are secured before work begins.

This is NOT a LO/TO training program.

The purpose of this presentation is to familiarize Security Officers (S/O’s) with LO/TO principles.

Always check with the Facilities Manager or Engineers if you encounter LO/TO on site.

Document any LO/TO placards you may find in your Daily Activity Report (DAR).

LO/TO?

You may wonder…

Why do I need to know about

LO/TO? Because it never hurts to

be informed

!

LO/TOLocks out power flow by

tagging systems that are powered down so that they can be worked on safely.

When contractors come on site to work on electrical systems:You should have a LO/TO permit signed by the Facilities Manager or one of the Facilities Engineers:

Company name and phone # Electricians name Location of work System that will be worked on Possible outage of power to a critical system Any other contractor working in the same area Phone # of electrician (cellphone) Escorted/unescorted access to area Inform EH&S manager Inform HR (if work will be disruptive to employees) Start/finish time

LO/TO Means the following:

Do not touch! Power is turned off!

Check your Post Orders (PO) for any additional information.

You should have a Point of Contact (POC) in the facilities department:

Call me if you have any

problems Bill. The Facilities manager is attending a meeting off site all day.

Will do Steve.

In your passdown:

Make sure the next S/O is

aware of the fact that there is LO/TO work being done on

site

Hey Paul…just want to let you

know that there is LO/TO work being done in electrical room #2 in the 1000building.

Should have things wrapped up in about 2 more hours.

OK!

Close the information loop…

Steve, the contractor just

left. Thanks for letting me know Paul.

LO/TO

This is one LO/TO you can Win!

Stay safe!