Training

Initial training must be done before employees begin service and maintenance activities. Training is not required annually. However, retraining may be required if an employee's knowledge or use of energy control procedures is found to be inadequate. In addition, all authorized and affected employees must be retrained whenever there is a change in:

• Job assignments.
• Machinery or processes that present a new hazard.
• Energy-control procedures.

Employers must certify that all employees have been trained. Certification must include each employee's name and dates of training.

Employers must train:

• Authorized employees
• Affected employees
• All other employees

Authorized employees are the employees who are authorized to apply lockout/tagout and to service and maintain equipment. They must always work under the security of their OWN lock. They need training in the following:

• Hazardous energy source recognition.
• The type and magnitude of the hazardous energy sources in the workplace.
• Energy-control procedures, including the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
• Knowledge and skills necessary to safely apply, use, and remove EIDs.

Affected employees are employees who operate or use equipment being serviced under lockout/tagout or whose jobs require them to be in the area where service or maintenance is performed. These employees do not implement LOTO procedures. Affected employees should be notified before LOTO is applied and again before the equipment is reenergized. Affected employees should:

• Stay clear of the area as much as possible.
• Never attempt to assist.
• Never interfere or tamper with a lock or tag.
• Report all unusual situations to their supervisor or foreman.

Affected employees must be trained to:

• Understand the purpose and use of energy-control procedures.
• Recognize when the energy-control procedure is being used.
• Understand the importance of not tampering with lockout/tagout devices and not starting or using equipment that has been locked or tagged out.

All other employees who work in the area of locked out equipment or may be in an area where energy-control procedures are used must be trained on energy-control procedures. They must know the prohibition against removing a lockout or tagout device and attempting to restart, reenergize, or operate the machinery.