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It involves identifying hazardous energy sources like electricity, mechanics, or hydraulics; communicating an isolation plan to workers; locking out and tagging out energy sources; releasing any stored energy; verifying isolation; and only then removing lockouts and allowing work. Positive isolation ensures worker safety by disconnecting and separating workers from accidental energy releases.
It involves identifying hazardous energy sources like electricity, mechanics, or hydraulics; communicating an isolation plan to workers; locking out and tagging out energy sources; releasing any stored energy; verifying isolation; and only then removing lockouts and allowing work. Positive isolation ensures worker safety by disconnecting and separating workers from accidental energy releases.
It involves identifying hazardous energy sources like electricity, mechanics, or hydraulics; communicating an isolation plan to workers; locking out and tagging out energy sources; releasing any stored energy; verifying isolation; and only then removing lockouts and allowing work. Positive isolation ensures worker safety by disconnecting and separating workers from accidental energy releases.
2. Why it is necessary ? 3. How it is carried out ? WHAT IS POSITIVE ISOLATION ? It is a hazard avoidance technique used to prevent energy for being accidentally released during the servicing or installation of equipment. It is also called as ESI (Energy Source Isolation). It is disconnecting and separating. WHY IT IS NECESSARY ? 1. To ensure the safety of the employees who work with mechanical and electrical equipment. 2. To avoid accident. HOW IT IS CARRIED OUT ?
1. Identification of the hazardous energy
2. Communication with all the workers 3. Isolation of the hazardous energy 3. Release the store energy 4. Verification of Isolation of energy 5. Release of LOTO IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS ENERGY Hazardous energy : 1.Electrical (Live electrical equipment ) 2.Mechanical 3.Hydraulic (Hydraulic fluid pipe line) 4.Pneumatic (Air pressure) 5.Steam 7.Chemical 6.Gravity EXAMPLES OF HAZARDOUS ENERGY
(Electrical energy)
(Gravity) (Hydraulic Energy)
EXAMPLES OF HAZARDOUS ENERGY
(Hydraulic line) (Both mechanical and
electrical enegry)
(Mechanical energy) COMMUNICATION WITH ALL WORKERS
1. Communicate with all the workers (about
positive isolation) those who are going to perform the job 2. What to do before the positive isolation , during during positive isolation and after the completion of the job. ISOLATE THE HAZARDOUS EQUIPMENT
Two main things required to isolate the hardous
equipment 1.Lock out 2.Tag out LOCK OUT 1. A lock is required and a locking device is required that locks out any electrical , mechanical or other type of device. 2. Prevent the machinery to turn on 3. There are different colors of locks are there for operation head , Line manager and contractor supervisors ,equipment lock and group isolation lock (Vary from one industry to other industry) TAG OUT 1. Any sort of card or paper that is tied to a lock. 2. Usually indicates who placed the tag , date , equipment name. 3. Give warn that machinery or equipment has been de- energized. RELEASE OF THE STORED ENERGY
It comes after LOTO.
Dissipatation of the stored energy means make the store energy zero. It is the inegral part of positive isolation , if it is not done we can’t say we have done positive isolation. There is procedure for release of energy for many equipments VERIFICATION OF ISOLATION ENERGY
It may be visible or invisible
If invisible then verify by testing devices (Generally for electrical line repairing) Ensure isolation is done correctly REMOVAL OF LOTO