#ReleaseLockoutTagout

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OSHA Lockout Tagout Standard 1910.147(e) - Lockout or Tagout Devices Removal

Each lockout or tagout device shall be removed from each energy isolating device by the employee who applied the device. But as per the Exception to paragraph (e)(3): If the employee who applied the LOTO device is not available to remove it, that device may be removed under the direction of the employer, provided that specific procedures and training for such removal have been developed, documented and incorporated into the employer's energy control program. The specific procedure shall include at least the following elements: (e)(3)(i) Verification by the employer that the authorized employee who applied the device is not at the facility: (e)(3)(ii) Making all reasonable efforts to contact the authorized employee to inform him/her that his/her lockout or tagout device has been removed; and (e)(3)(iii) Ensuring that the authorized employee has this knowledge before he/she resumes work at that facility. However, the removal of personal Lockout Tagout device by another employee is not possible for the sake of convenience or simply because the authorized person is not available. Check OSHA Guidelines - https://www.safetylock.net/learn-lockout-tagout/osha-documentation/