Lockout / Tagout – Responsible Personnel

Lockout / Tagout – Responsible Personnel

Authorized [1] Personnel (Employees)

Responsibilities include:

1. All personnel working on machinery are required to lockout and tag the energy isolation device(s) with their own lock and tag.
2. Report any LOTO&T deficiencies to your supervisor or the Lockout Coordinator.
3. Contact your supervisor if your lock or key is lost.
4. Advise your supervisor if they need to lock out equipment due to shift change.

Engineering/Maintenance Manager (Lockout Coordinator)

Responsibilities include:

• The maintenance and updating of the Lock Out Tag Out Program document;
• Oversee development of existing equipment and task specific energy control procedures
• Oversight of Energy Control Procedure inspections;

Project/Process Engineers

Responsibilities include:

1. The development for energy control procedures for any equipment newly installed or modified within their project scope.

Production Manager

Responsibilities include:

1. Authorize lock removals for absent employees using the Lock Removal Procedure for Absent Employees (Attachment 2).
2. Maintain a list of “authorized” personnel along with their unique key number.

Supervisors

Responsibilities include:

1. Identify potential energy sources on new or modified equipment using the Energy Source Evaluation Form (Attachment 3).
2. Assist the Facility Lockout Committee with completion and review of Energy Control Procedures.
3. Advise the LOTO Coordinator when there are changes to equipment/machines that may affect ECP’s and when there are any deficiencies to the program.
4. Train departmental employees in the respective energy control procedures.
5. Maintain departmental energy control procedures and ensure ECP’s are posted on the respective equipment.
6. Initiate lockout procedures upon request.
7. Overall responsibility for group lockout.

Health & Safety Manager

Responsibilities include:

1. Coordinate changes in program reported through LOTO Coordinator
2. Serve in advisory capacity when requested by LOTO Coordinator or site personnel

[1] An authorized  person who locks out or tags out machines or equipment in order to perform servicing or maintenance on that machine or equipment.