• Review this guidance card and PUB-3000 Chapter 18 requirements.


• Determine the scope of your walkaround.  Depending on circumstances and time available, you may perform one of the checks below, a small subset of the checks, or all of the checks below.


• Observe work involving lockout/tagout and review the associated documentation.


• Interview affected workers (those who do not perform LOTO) regarding awareness.


• Interview authorized workers and equipment owner/operators regarding lockout/tagout responsibilities.


• Conduct a spot-check of lockout/tagout applications.


• Record your observations based on comparison to guidance.

Things to check for and ask about:

1. Tour your work areas and ask employees questions to gauge their LOTO awareness:



Questions	Answers
a. What does an LBNL LOTO lock/tag indicate?	Equipment is being serviced, etc., and someone can be hurt if you turn on the energy source.
b. What does the LBNL LOTO Lock/Tag look like?
c. What information should be present on the tag?	Name, phone, date, purpose of LOTO, equipment identification
d.  What does it mean if you see something locked out with some other form of lock?	It is an “administrative lock”, i.e., configuration management, etc

e. Ask Employees:  Do you have equipment or tasks that require you to do LOTO?  If yes, ask:

1. Are you trained and authorized?


2. Who authorized you?


3. What equipment do you LOTO?


4. Is there an equipment-specific procedure for this equipment? Should there be? (e.g., more than 1 energy source, more than one lockout point, and/or special complexity.)


5. Where are the equipment specific procedures kept? How do I know if the procedure I have is current?


6. What  possible hazardous energies are present in the equipment that are controlled by the LOTO?


7. Ask the eemployee to list the general steps that are required in every LOTO. (1. Prepare and notify; 2. Normal shutdown; 3. Isolate energy; 4. Apply lock/tag [and challenge the lock]; 5. Bleed/block/restrain stored energy; 6. VERIFY zero energy)



Questions	Answers
viii. How is LOTO performed if there is more than one person working on the equipment?	Each worker must apply LOTO to a multi-lock adaptor, or use a group LOTO procedure with a lock box.
ix. Who verifies that the energy has been properly controlled?	The qualified worker applying the lock must verify. If they are not qualified to do this, they get a qualified person to verify and witness the verification.
x. How is this done?	Attempt to restart the equipment; directly test with meters as appropriate.
xi. Is any PPE required during the procedure?	Yes.  Equipment is assumed to be energized until proven safe. Therefore, PPE is used as though doing energized work, e.g., insulated gloves, arc clothing
xii. What are your responsibilities before releasing equipment from LOTO?	Verify people and tools are clear and ensure equipment is safe to re-energize.
xiii. Who has the emergency keys?	Preferable answer:  there should be no emergency keys. Otherwise, interviewee should know the name of supervisor with keys and secure location.
iv. What is an Administrative lock? When is it used? How is it different than a LOTO lock?	An Admin lock is a non-LOTO lock.  They are used for a variety of reasons; usually configuration management. LOTO locks have only one key, held by one person, while Admin locks may be opened by a set of authorized people.



2. Look for equipment in your Division that is likely to require LOTO. Find the equipment supervisor and ask


1. Is there a specific written procedure for the equipment


2. When was the last time LOTO was performed on this equipment?


3. Who is authorized to perform LOTO on this equipment


4. Where are the energy isolating devices?


5. How are they locked?


6. How is the energy verified?


3. Locate all equipment specific LOTO Procedures in your Division. Document:


1. How many procedures exist? For which equipment?  How many more are needed?


2. When were they each last inspected (required annually)?


3. Do the procedures contain all of the required steps?