Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-803 - Lockout/tagout (control of hazardous energy) › Section 296-803-099 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Affected employee.
An employee who is required to
				operate, use, or be in the area where a machine or equipment could be locked or
				tagged out for service or maintenance.
Authorized employee.
An employee who locks or tags
				out a machine or equipment to do service or maintenance.
Can be locked out.
An energy-isolating device that
				can be locked in the "off" or "safe" position.
Employer.
Based on chapter 49.17 RCW, an employer
				is any person, firm, corporation, partnership, business trust, legal
				representative, or other business entity which engages in any business,
				industry, profession, or activity in this state and employs one or more
				employees or who contracts with one or more persons, the essence of which is
				the personal labor of such person or persons and includes the state, counties,
				cities, and all municipal corporations, public corporations, political
				subdivisions of the state, and charitable organizations: Provided, That any
				persons, partnership, or business entity not having employees, and who is
				covered by the Industrial Insurance Act must be considered both an employer and
				an employee.
Energized.
Connected to an energy source or
				containing residual or stored energy.
Energy-isolating device.
A mechanical device that
				physically prevents transmitting or releasing energy. This includes, but is not
				limited to:
(a) Manually operated electrical circuit breakers.
(b) Disconnect switches.
(c) Manually operated switches that disconnect the conductors
				of a circuit from all ungrounded supply conductors if no pole of the switch can
				be operated independently.
(d) Line valves.
(e) Blocks.
(f) Similar devices used to block or isolate energy. Push
				buttons, selector switches and other control circuit type devices are not
				energy isolating devices.
Energy source.
Any source of electrical,
				mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal or other energy, including
				gravity.
Hot tap.
A procedure which involves welding on
				pressurized pipelines, vessels, or tanks to install connections or accessories.
				It is commonly used to replace or add sections of pipeline used in air, gas,
				water, steam, and petrochemical distribution systems without interrupting
				service.
Lockout.
Placing a lockout device on an
				energy-isolating device using an established procedure to make sure the machine
				or equipment cannot be operated until the lockout device is removed.
Lockout device.
A device that uses a positive
				means, such as a key or combination lock, to hold an energy-isolating device in
				the "safe" or "off" position. This includes blank flanges and bolted slip
				blinds.
Normal production operations.
Using a machine or
				equipment for its intended production function.
Primary authorized employee.
An authorized
				employee who has overall responsibility for meeting the requirements of the
				lockout/tagout procedures.
Service and maintenance.
Activities such as
				constructing, installing, setting-up, adjusting, inspecting, modifying,
				maintaining, and servicing machines or equipment. It also includes lubricating,
				cleaning, unjamming, and making tool changes.
Setting-up.
Work done to prepare a machine or
				equipment for normal production operations.
Tagout.
Placing a tagout device on an
				energy-isolating device using an established procedure to indicate that the
				energy-isolating device and the machine or equipment being controlled may not
				be operated until the tagout device is removed.
Tagout device.
A prominent warning device, such as
				a tag and a means of attachment. It can be securely fastened to an
				energy-isolating device to indicate that the energy-isolating device and the
				machine or equipment being controlled may not be operated until the tagout
				device is removed.
You.
See definition of employer.