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OSHA 1910.333
Safety-related work practices shall be employed to prevent electric shock
or other injuries resulting from either direct or indirect electrical contacts,
when work is performed near or on equipment or circuits which are
or may be energized.
1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(A)
Primary responsibility is vested in an authorized employee for a set number
of employees working under the protection of a group lockout or tagout
device (such as an operations lock);
1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(B)
Provision for the authorized employee to ascertain the exposure status of
individual group members with regard to the lockout or tagout of the machine
or equipment and
1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(C)
When more than one crew, craft, department, etc. is involved, assignment of
overall job-associated lockout or tagout control responsibility to an
authorized employee designated to coordinate affected work forces and
ensure continuity of protection; and
..1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D)
1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D)
Each authorized employee shall affix a personal lockout or tagout device to
the group lockout device, group lockbox, or comparable mechanism when he
or she begins work, and shall remove those devices when he or she stops
working on the machine or equipment being serviced or maintained.
1910.147(f)(4)
Shift or personnel changes. Specific procedures shall be utilized during
shift or personnel changes to ensure the continuity of lockout or tagout
protection, including provision for the orderly transfer of lockout or tagout
device protection between off-going and oncoming employees, to minimize
exposure to hazards from the unexpected energization or start-up of the
machine or equipment, or the release of stored energy.
Note: The following appendix to §1910.147 services as a non-mandatory
guideline to assist employers and employees in complying with the
requirements of this section, as well as to provide other helpful information.
Nothing in the appendix adds to or detracts from any of the requirements
of this section.