OSHA's Lockout/Tagout standard establishes minimum performance requirements for controlling hazardous energy. The standard applies to all sources of hazardous energy. (Read more about hazardous energy types here.) It specifies that employers must establish an energy-control program to ensure that employees isolate machines from their energy sources and render them inoperative before any employee services or does maintenance them.

Other Standards

OSHA's Lockout/Tagout standard establishes minimum performance requirements for controlling hazardous energy. The standard applies to all sources of hazardous energy. (Read more about hazardous energy types here.) It specifies that employers must establish an energy-control program to ensure that employees isolate machines from their energy sources and render them inoperative before any employee services or does maintenance them.

• Marine Terminals (1917 Subpart C)
• Safety and Health Regulations for Longshoring (1918 Subpart G)
• Safety and Health Regulations for Construction; Electrical (1926 Subpart K)
• Concrete and Masonry Construction (1926 Subpart Q)
• Electric Power Transmission and Distribution (1926 Subpart V)
• General Industry; Electrical (1910 Subpart S)
• Special Industries (1910 Subpart R)
• Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (1910.269)

If you want to know more, OSHA has a Hot Topics discussion of the relationship of 1910.147, The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) Standard, to 1910.269, Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Standard, and 1910.333, Selection and Use of Electrical Work Practices Standard.

‍Use the pages below to view each of the standards: