Running head: PRINCIPLES BEHIND CONTROLLING HAZARDOUS ENERGY 1

Fundamental Safety and Health Principle behind Controlling Hazardous Energy

Standards

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Fundamental Safety and Health Principle behind Controlling Hazardous Energy

Standards

Apparently, energy sources including thermal, hydraulic, chemical or extra causes in

machines and equipment can be risky to employees. Similarly, during the maintenance and

services of equipment, the unexpected release of deposited energy can result in death or injury to

workers. Unfortunately, the harmful effect of the hazardous energy includes burns, cuttings,

amputating or fracturing of body parts. Significantly, proper practice of the lockout/tag out

practice safeguards employees from hazardous energy release. Effectively, the workers who

work in the maintenance or services area ought to be trained to guarantee that they are aware,

apprehends, and can apply the skills they have learned (Geigle Safety Group, Inc., 2015).

Fundamentally, being conversant with the OSHAs lockout/tag out standard helps to save

life and avoiding OSHA citation; hence, it is being ranked in sixth place on the list of most used

cited citation. Precisely, the lockout/tag out is a specific procedure used to protect employees

from the unpredicted energization of hazardous energy during maintenance, and services

activities. Essentially, lockout/tag out procedure is required in situations where a designated

epidural disconnects the energy source equipment before preforming the maintenance or

services. The employee is required to prevent injury that may be produced by the stored energy

by locking or tagging both the energy-isolating device. Particularly, the lockout device grasps the

isolating-energy device in an off position by providing protection. It does this through preventing

the equipment from being energized, as they are positive restrictions that cannot be removed

such as bolt cutters (Geigle Safety Group, Inc., 2015).

Moreover, when the employees are indulging in the maintenance and services activities,

they are supposed to use the lockout/tag out procedure if they bypass the device guards or
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additional safety devices. Additionally, engaging any portion of their body near the machines

point of process or engaging their body in danger zone associated with the machine operations

can be detrimental (Geigle Safety Group, Inc., 2015).

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Referencing

Geigle Safety Group, Inc. (2015). Energy Control Program (Lockout/Tagout). Retrieved 8

October 2015, from http://www.oshatrain.org/courses/studyguides/710studyguide.pdf