Group Lockout Procedures

Group Lockout Procedures

Group lockout procedures give the same level of protection when multiple authorized employees need to work together to perform maintenance or service on a piece of equipment. A key part of the process is to designate a single responsible employee who is in charge of lockout/tagout and is accountable for the overall procedure. Each authorized employee must apply their lock to the points of isolation on the machine to ensure the equipment cannot be re-energized until every employee has completed the work and is in a safe location. Follow these group lockout procedures:

One authorized employee selected by will coordinate the lockout procedure for all group lockouts.

These rules will be reviewed with all authorized and affected employees by the group coordinator before the lockout.

Each employee will affix their lock to the equipment being serviced.

No employee will be allowed to remove another employee’s lock.

Each employee will remove their lock when their part of the operation is complete.

When servicing or maintenance involves more than one shift, the off-going shift will remove their locks as the oncoming shift applies their locks.

When equipment has only enough room for one lock, the group coordinator will place the lock on the equipment and then place the key to that lock in a cabinet or box. Each authorized employee will then affix their lock to the cabinet or box.