The Ted Berry Company Hazardous Energy Control Policy (Lockout/Tagout) establishes certain requirements to ensure that energy hazards are properly controlled during the servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment. A competent person shall generate a lock-out procedure with the customer’s operations and/or maintenance supervisors that identifies equipment by name and, if applicable, an identification number. This lock-out procedure shall be integral to the field work plan.

Determine what method will be used: individual lock-out or satellite box lock-out and implement the method selected. Before starting work always lock, tag and try/verify.

1. Never assume that someone else has taken care of a potential hazard.
2. Always ask the question and perform necessary checks to ensure hazard solutions have been abated.
3. When the host locks out equipment and/or machinery, it shall be considered to be energized equipment by all Ted Berry Co., Inc. employees, until it is verified otherwise.
4. Individual lock-out. This method may be applied when all members of a work party are deemed authorized employees and each employee places a lock and tag on every item listed on the lock-out procedure. This application is most effective with a limited number of employees and energy sources to be locked out.
5. Satellite lock-out. This method is used by the authorized supervisor when performing multi-crew work, using large crew numbers (>10).

Always remove personal padlocks and tags from any completed previous work assignments before starting a new activity requiring lockout/tagout to another system.

Matt Timberlake – Vice President

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