WAC 296-803-50005. Use energy control procedures

(1) You must use energy control procedures to protect employees servicing or maintaining machines and equipment from potentially hazardous energy. (2) You must use a lockout system if an energy-isolating device can be locked out. Exemption: A tagout system may be used instead of a lockout system if it meets all of the following: 1. The tagout device is attached where you would have put the lockout device. 2. The tagout system provides the same level of employee protection as a lockout system. 3. You can demonstrate that the tagout system: a. Meets all tagout requirements of this chapter. b. Includes additional safety measures to provide the same level of safety as a lockout system. Note: Additional safety measures used with the tagout system to provide protection equal to a lockout system could include actions such as: 1. Removing part of the isolating circuit. 2. Blocking a controlling switch. 3. Opening an extra disconnecting device. 4. Removing a valve handle. (3) You must use a tagout system if an energy-isolating device cannot be locked out.