padlock attachment on cb

[don_resqcapt19]

Bob,

Are you suggesting that companies are requiring that an electrician come lockout a machine to perform routine operator chores on it?

No...only suggesting that the lockout be accessible from outside of the panel where you do not need an electrician to make the lockout.
Don

 

[petersonra]

Define routine chores please?

How about things like cleaning chips out of a machine?

 

[aja21]

The answer is yes and the "lock out" has to fit that CB.

I'm definately not an expert but I used to work in two different industrial plants regularly inspected by OSHA and we used a hasp on the door of a QO panel all the time. We never locked individual breakers.

 

[davidr43229]

Bob,

How about things like cleaning chips out of a machine?

Items like that are acceptable for turning off and back on, providing that all guards and measures are in place.
They are not acceptable, if the operator has to open a panel (removing covers guards or shields) to reset an overload or reset a breaker after it has actuated.
Just my $.02

 

[muskiedog]

Standard operator functions do not require lockout

Standard operator functions do not require lockout

1910.147
This standard applies to the control of energy during servicing and/or maintenance of machines and equipment.

Normal production operations are not covered by this standard (See Subpart O of this Part). Servicing and/or maintenance which takes place during normal production operations is covered by this standard only if:


An employee is required to remove or bypass a guard or other safety device; or


employee is required to place any part of his or her body into an area on a machine or piece of equipment where work is actually performed upon the material being processed (point of operation) or where an associated danger zone exists during a machine operating cycle.

Note: Exception to paragraph (a)(2)(ii): Minor tool changes and adjustments, and other minor servicing activities, which take place during normal production operations, are not covered by this standard if they are routine, repetitive, and integral to the use of the equipment for production, provided that the work is performed using alternative measures which provide effective protection (See Subpart O of this Part).