Sullair 02250175-949 R01 User Manual Download

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SECTION 1

and actions and shall be initiated only by Autho-
rized Persons and done in the following sequence:

1. Review the equipment or machine to be

locked and tagged out.

2. Alert operator and supervisor of which

machine is to be worked on, and that power

and utilities will be turned off.

3. Check to make certain no one is operating

the machine before turning off the power.

4. Turn off the equipment using normal

shutdown procedure.

5. Disconnect the energy sources:

Air and hydraulic lines should be bled,
drained and cleaned out. There should
be no pressure in these lines or in the
reservoir tanks. Lockout or tag lines or
valves.

Any mechanism under tension or pres-
sure, such as springs, should be
released and locked out or tagged.

Block any load or machine part prior to
working under it.

Electrical circuits should be checked with
calibrated electrical testing equipment
and stored energy and electrical capaci-
tors should be safely discharged.

6. Lockout and/or Tagout each energy source

using the proper energy isolating devices

and tags. Place lockout hasp and padlock or

tag at the point of power disconnect where

lockout is required by each person

performing work. Each person shall be

provided with their own padlock and have

possession of the only key. If more than one

person is working on a machine

each

person

shall

affix personal lock and tag using a

multi-lock device.

7. Tagout devices shall be used only when

power sources are not capable of being

locked out by use of padlocks and lockout

hasp devices. The name of the person

affixing tag to power source must be on tag

along with date tag was placed on power

source.

8. Release stored energy and bring the

equipment to a “zero mechanical state”.

9. Verify Isolation: Before work is started, test

equipment to ensure power is disconnected.

General Security

1. The lock shall be removed by the

“Authorized” person who put the lock on the

energy-isolating device. No one other than

the person/persons placing padlocks and

lockout hasps on power shall remove

padlock and lockout hasps and restore

power. However, when the authorized

person who applied the lock is unavailable to

remove it his/her Supervisor may remove

padlock/padlocks and lockout hasps and

restore power only if it is first:

verified that no person will be exposed to
danger.

verified that the “Authorized” person who
applied the device is not in the facility.

noted that all reasonable efforts to con-
tact the “Authorized” person have been
made to inform him or her that the lock-
out or tagout device has been removed.

ensured that the “Authorized” person is
notified of lock removal before returning
to work.

2. Tagout System—Tags are warning devices

affixed at points of power disconnect and are

not to be removed by anyone other that the

person placing tag on power lockout. Tags

shall never be by-passed, ignored, or

otherwise defeated

1.13 CALIFORNIA

PROPOSITION 65

WARNING

CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING

Diesel engine exhaust and some of its con-
stituents are known to the State of Califor-
nia to cause cancer, birth defects and other
reproductive harm.

Battery posts, terminals and related acces-
sories contain lead and other compounds
known to the State of California to cause
cancer and birth defects and other repro-
ductive harm. Wash hands after handling.