Lockout / Tagout – Training

Lockout / Tagout – Training

All personnel and workers associated with lockout/tagout procedures must receive appropriate training to ensure that they know how to perform their assigned responsibilities as covered in the site specific requirements. This training must include those who normally operate the equipment, as well as those who will conduct the actual lockouts and/or tagouts.

Authorized persons must receive training prior to their initial involvement with any lockout or tagout operation to ensure that they can identify hazardous energy sources and their isolation methods and means.

Retraining will be given whenever there is a change in equipment or process that presents a new hazard or a change in the hazardous energy control procedures. Retraining at least annually must be completed even when no changes have been made. Retraining will also be given whenever the periodic audit shows problems in the procedures.

Include in the training:

• the purpose and use of the lockout/tagout procedures;
• the recognition, control, and isolation of hazardous energy sources;
• the limitations of tags; and
• the importance of respect for the lockout/tagout methods including the one key/tag per person requirement.

Documented training includes names, who conducted the training, and the dates of the training, and how the trainer verified that the material was understood.