Electrical Lockout Tagout Kit: 47-Piece Safety Guide

Unexpected energization, startup, or release of stored energy can cause serious injury while equipment is being serviced. Authorized employees use energy-control procedures and appropriate lockout or tagout devices to help keep equipment isolated until work is complete.

It offers a way to add lockout resources to your workplace, whether you are organizing a maintenance area or reviewing the supplies available to authorized employees.

Before using any kit, identify the isolation points involved in your work and confirm that the devices you select are suitable for them. A device is only one part of the process: your team also needs an established procedure and the skills to apply it safely.

Start with the equipment, not the piece count. Identify each energy-isolating device in your procedure and select lockout devices that fit and can secure it. Do not assume a kit will fit every breaker, switch, or other isolation point.

Consider how many isolation points and authorized employees are involved, and whether group lockout procedures apply. Your employer’s procedure should establish how each worker is protected and how devices are applied and removed.

This is a general framework. Authorized personnel must follow the employer’s equipment-specific procedure and applicable safety requirements.

1. Prepare: Identify the work, equipment, hazardous energy sources, and isolation methods.
2. Notify: Tell affected employees that the equipment will be shut down and isolated.
3. Shut down: Stop the equipment using its normal shutdown procedure.
4. Isolate: Operate the devices that physically separate equipment from its energy sources.
5. Apply devices: Authorized employees secure or tag isolation points according to the applicable procedure.
6. Control stored energy: Relieve, disconnect, restrain, or otherwise render residual energy safe, and monitor it if it could reaccumulate.
7. Verify isolation: Confirm isolation before work begins. For electrical work, authorized personnel must verify the absence of voltage using appropriate testing practices and equipment.

Electrical equipment can also present mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, thermal, or other hazards. A disconnected machine may still have a component that can move or a system under pressure. Identify and control every applicable source.

Keep devices accessible to authorized employees and inspect them before use. Take damaged or unsuitable devices out of service and replace them according to your workplace process. Maintain equipment-specific procedures and provide training appropriate to each employee’s role.

Our team recommends reviewing your program against employer requirements and applicable OSHA standards, including electrical safety requirements where relevant.

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