Lockout/Tagout - Basic Electrical Safety
  (29 CFR 1910.147)

Reviews the basic principles of working safely and the importance of following proper lockout/tagout procedures to ensure safety for all "authorized" employees. Specific energy control procedures for equipment in your facility are identified and discussed in the program. Basic electrical safety for the machine operator or the person responsible for minor electrical and mechanical repairs will also be covered. The following topics are discussed:

• Definitions & Standards Governing Electrical Safety
• Basic Understanding of Electricity & Ohm's Law
• Effects of Electrical Shock on the Human Body
• Understanding Qualified & Unqualified persons
• Basic Safeguards Required to Prevent Electrical Shock
• Checking Work Areas for Proper Electrical Installations

• Understanding Warning Signs, Lights, and the Use of Barricades
• Emergency Procedures
• Definition of Lockout and Tagout and How They Differ
• When Lockout/Tagout is Required
• Kinetic & Potential Energy
• Types of Energy Sources
• Facility Lockout/Tagout Policy
• Steps Required for Proper Lockout/Tagout

This course includes a written test. Upon successful completion, each participant will receive a certificate and a laminated, wallet-sized identification card for instant on-site proof of training.

Lockout/Tagout—Affected Employees

An awareness level training program designed to satisfy the training requirements for "affected" employees working near equipment which may at some point be locked or tagged out. The above Lockout/Tagout topics are briefly discussed in a classroom setting. A quiz is administered to test participants' knowledge of lockout/tagout.

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Occupational Safety Services, Inc.
13 Sioux Trail
Browns Mills, New Jersey 08015
Phone: 609-893-8215
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