OSHA answers several questions related to "Group LOTO" practices
In this Letter of Interpretation (LOI), OSHA answers several common questions related to the practice of Group Lockout, such as:
Simple and easy answers are:
Here is OSHA's explanations: (Note I have added some text inside [ ] to clarify this Scenario: A group lockbox is positioned in an area remote from the main electrical energy isolation device. The energy isolation device is located in the motor control center. An authorized employee isolates and locks out the main energy isolation device in the motor control center. That employee places the key to [lock placed on] the de-energized isolation device inside a group lockbox and places their lock and tag on the group lockbox and retains the key [to their personal LO lock]. Other authorized employees, who are also part of the work, place their locks and tags on the lockbox and retain their [personal LO lock] keys.
NOTE: some emphasis is by me and some links have been added for ease of access to referenced documents/sources |
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