AWWA-64285 Safety First: Lockout Tagout of Electrical Equipment

Operators and maintenance personnel learn procedures for taking electrical equipment offline for servicing and bringing equipment back online.

Utility workers are routinely exposed to life-threatening injuries from the unexpected startup of equipment during maintenance. 

Viewers will learn:

• What employers must do to comply with OSHA’s lockout/tagout rules
  
• Lockout/tagout program guidelines for water utilities
  
• Type of lockout and tagout devices
  
• Communication procedures to notify affected employees
  
• Use of shutdown approval forms
  
• Shutting off power at the source
  
• Shift-worker protocol
  
• Removal of lockout/tagout devices
  
• Powering up after lockout/tagout work is finished
  
• Documentation
  
• Ongoing employee training (13 minutes)