Tagout devices hazardous energy

Specific requirements for testing a machine, equipment, pipelines, or other sources of hazardous energy to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures... 

Lockout Devices in Construction (Minnesota Rules 5207.0600). MNOSHA has adopted its own lockout/tagout standard for the construction industry. This standard is in addition to 29 CFR 1926.417, Lockout and Tagging of Circuits, and the portions of 29 CFR 1926 Subpart O, Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment and Marine Operations, which address the control of potential energy. Employers in general industry must comply with 29 CFR 1910.147, Control of Hazardous Energy. 

The documented procedures for the control of hazardous energy must identify the t5q>es of energy to be controlled (by magnitude or by type) and must outline the procedures for shutdown, equipment isolation, lockout/tagout device application, release of stored energy, and verification of isolation. 

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