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WAC 296-803-20005









Establish a written energy control program.









You must:
• Establish a written energy control program to protect employees that service or maintain a machine or equipment from injury caused by the:
– Unexpected energization or start up of the machine or equipment;
OR
– Release of stored energy.
• Make sure the program contains all of the following:
– Energy control procedures as described in WAC 296-803-500.
– Employee training as described in WAC 296-803-600.
– Periodic reviews as described in WAC 296-803-700.
• Develop and document in writing energy control procedures to protect employees doing service or maintenance of a machine or equipment from potentially hazardous energy.

Exemption:
You do not have to have written energy control procedures for a particular machine or equipment if all of the following apply:

 
• The machine or equipment has a single energy source that is easily identified and can be isolated.

 
• The machine or equipment is completely deenergized and deactivated by isolating and locking out the energy source.

 
• There's no stored or residual energy that could be a hazard to employees, and the machine or equipment cannot reaccumulate such energy after it's been shut down.

 
• The energy source can be locked out with a single lockout device.

 
• The machine or equipment is isolated from the energy source and locked out during service or maintenance.

 
• The authorized employee doing the service or maintenance has exclusive control of the lockout device.

 
• The service or maintenance does not create a hazard for other employees.

 
• The machine or equipment has never been unexpectedly energized or activated during service or maintenance.

You must:
• Make sure energy control procedures clearly and specifically outline:
– The scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to control hazardous energy;
AND
– How you'll make sure employees follow the procedures.
• Make sure energy control procedures specifically identify at least the following:
– When the procedure must be used.
– What the specific procedural steps are for:
■ Shutting down, isolating, blocking, and securing the machine or equipment.
■ Placing, removing, and transferring lockout or tagout devices and who is responsible for them.
– How to test the machine or equipment to verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures.

Note:
Similar machines and equipment may be covered by a single written procedure if all of the following apply:

 
• They use the same type and magnitude of energy.

 
• They have the same or similar types of controls.

 
• The specific machines and equipment covered by the procedure are identified by at least type and location.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 04-15-105, § 296-803-20005, filed 7/20/04, effective 11/1/04.]