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LOCKING
an essential stage for lockout.
Irrespective of whether servicing or work involves an item of electrical installation or work equipment, a lockout
must be done to ensure the safety of the teams working on the job.
Depending on the environments, default lockout accidents are caused
by the:
• Continued presence of live conductor parts
for electrical installations.
• Presence of pressurized fluids
(hydraulic circuits).
• Presence of unstable mechanical systems.
The corresponding recommendations must be applied for each risk,
but in all cases specific locking with regard to the risk considered
must be set up.
Sometimes the overall analysis of risks reveals acombination of the
different risks which makes a more extensive locking operation
mandatory. This is especially the case with electricity production
equipment.
What does locking mean?
The purpose of locking is to separate cut off or neutralisation parts
with a suitable, and sufficiently protected system to prevent any
operation by unauthorised persons (switching on power for an
electrical installation). Locking is generally accompanied by signs.
For the electrical domain, setting up and removing the lockout are
described in national and European standards (EN5011 0-1).
For electricity production equipment.
More generally, the safety recommendations are included in
Directive CE7: 2009/1 04/EC on the minimum health and safety
recommendations for using work equipment.
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an essential stage for lockout.
Irrespective of whether servicing or work involves an item of electrical installation or work equipment, a lockout
must be done to ensure the safety of the teams working on the job.
Depending on the environments, default lockout accidents are caused
by the:
• Continued presence of live conductor parts
for electrical installations.
• Presence of pressurized fluids
(hydraulic circuits).
• Presence of unstable mechanical systems.
The corresponding recommendations must be applied for each risk,
but in all cases specific locking with regard to the risk considered
must be set up.
Sometimes the overall analysis of risks reveals acombination of the
different risks which makes a more extensive locking operation
mandatory. This is especially the case with electricity production
equipment.
What does locking mean?
The purpose of locking is to separate cut off or neutralisation parts
with a suitable, and sufficiently protected system to prevent any
operation by unauthorised persons (switching on power for an
electrical installation). Locking is generally accompanied by signs.
For the electrical domain, setting up and removing the lockout are
described in national and European standards (EN5011 0-1).
For electricity production equipment.
More generally, the safety recommendations are included in
Directive CE7: 2009/1 04/EC on the minimum health and safety
recommendations for using work equipment.
460 www.tech-equipments.comlsales@tech-equipments.com
