Saturday, February 24, 2024
Personal Locks:
E Light Electric Services shall provide a single lock to each employee involved in field work and a single key to that lock. Each lock assigned shall be uniquely keyed. This lock shall be the responsibility of the employee and must be in their possession or control while working on a jobsite at all times. The employee will be responsible for replacement of their lock if it is lost or otherwise rendered inoperable. E Light Electric Services shall not keep copies of locks or keys. All personnel are responsible for removing their personal locks at the end of each work shift and placing their locks in place at the beginning of each work shift or when necessary. If employees are assigned to another area of a building, they need to remove their LOTO and replace it in the new area if they are going to potentially be exposed to electrical hazards.
All employees are responsible for accomplishing the steps of an electrically safe work condition. Each employee is responsible of determining the source of power, assuring circuits are de-energized, applying their personal lock to the control sources and testing for themselves to verify that a circuit is de-energized before any work may be performed.
Continuity and Supervisory Locks
Superintendents may place a lock on a power source to ensure it stays locked out for an extended period of time for control purposes. This lock is not a lockout/tagout lock and any person working on circuitry associated with the power source shall be required to place a personal lock on the power source in addition to the continuity lock.
Failure to comply with this policy may result in disciplinary action including suspension, reduction in pay or termination.
It is critical that we all think about this every day on the project. Each supervisor has to think about what his crews will be doing every day and if they could intentionally or accidentally come into contact with energized circuits or equipment. If they could, then they have to identify the circuits, de-energize the circuits, put their personal lock on the circuit and verify that the circuit is de-energized. In most commercial buildings that have energized services, our crews everyday are could intentionally or accidentally be exposed to energized circuits or equipment especially when we are turning on the building and troubleshooting and finishing after the service has been energized. We need to be diligent, and it also means that just about every one of our crews on the jobsite will most likely need to have their lock in place and be moving their locks regularly. Let's keep everyone safe. Everyone needs to be aware of this and everyone needs to remind each other. Remember you not only have the right to stop work things are not safe, you have the duty to stop work when things are not safe.
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