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Ismail Ibrahim Corporate HSE & Licenses Manager

Mohamed Eltoukhy Corporate QA Manager

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Hanaa Abdel-Maguid CRQHSE Director
Contents
1. Objective
2. Scope
3. Abbreviations /Definitions
4. Forms/Attachments
5. Related Documents
6. Responsibilities
7. HSE Consideration
8. Procedures
9. References
10. List of Tables and Figures
11. Appendices
12. Others
13. SOP History

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1. Objective
Establishing a safe working system to isolate the sources of energy from the moving parts of equipment
and machinery in cases of installation or maintenance in order to prevent any accidents that may occur
due to the equipment while working on it.

2. Scope
All the places and work departments in the Pharco Corporate in which there is any machine or equipment
that is managed by any source of energy (electrical energy - mechanical energy - hydraulic energy -
pneumatic energy - chemical energy - thermal energy - gas energy).

3. Abbreviations /Definitions

Term Definitions & Abbreviations

CQHSE Corporate Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment

HSE Health, Safety & Environment

LOTO Lock-Out - Tag-Out

is the placement of a lockout device on an energy-isolating device, in
accordance with an established procedure, ensuring that the energy
Lock-Out isolating device and the equipment being controlled cannot be operated
until the lockout device is removed.

is the placement of a tag-out device on an energy-isolating device, in

accordance with an established procedure, to indicate that the energy
Tagout isolating device and the equipment being controlled may not be operated
until the tag-out device is removed.

They are devices used to isolate the driving forces from machines and
equipment. Some examples of this are:
 Manually Operated Electrical Circuit Breakers.
Energy Isolation
 Blind Flanges for Insulating Pipes.
Devices
 Chains and locks to secure the closure of valves and valves.
 Disconnect Switches.
 Padlocks (used to lock some types of electrical panels).
Energy sources All energy sources may cause injury and harm to workers and are as
follows:
 Electrical sources.
 Mechanical sources.
 Hydraulic sources.
 Pneumatic sources.
 Chemical sources.

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 Thermal sources.
 Gases. Electrical Energy
It is a type of lock that has only one key, used to isolate the motive power
from devices and equipment so that this key is with the responsible person
Safety Padlock who isolated the power source so that power is not returned to the devices
except by this person only.
It is the energy remaining in the connections of the equipment or the
Residual Pressure machine after the motive power is isolated from it (for example,
compressed air inside the pipes after closing the valve).

4. Forms/Attachments
Title Form number
Permit to isolate motive power from equipment and machinery.
Safety Closed Card Form.

5. Related Documents:
N/A
6. Responsibilities
6.1. Manager of engineering departments in Pharco Pharmaceutical Group. To apply the work
steps contained in the document.
6.2. Director of Project Management at Pharco Pharmaceutical Group. To apply the work steps
contained in the document.
6.3. Director of Engineering Departments for the Group of Companies. To ensure the
implementation of the work steps contained in the document in the maintenance and repair
work in the group companies.
6.4. Managers and supervisors of labor departments that carry out maintenance work to
implement the instructions for securing energy sources during maintenance and repair
operations.
6.5. Managers of the Departments of Safety, Occupational Health, and Environmental Affairs in
the Group of Companies. To ensure the implementation of the work steps contained in the
document and to provide the requirements for activating the system of closure and energy
discrimination, each in its own right.
6.6. Director of the Departments of Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Affairs for the
Group of Companies. To ensure the implementation of the work steps contained in the document
and to provide the requirements for activating the system of closure and energy discrimination in
the group companies.

7. HSE consideration:
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Prevent any accidents that may occur or mitigate its consequence if they happened due to the
maintenance works.
8. Procedures:
In the event that it is necessary to carry out repair and maintenance work on any equipment or device in
any of the various locations of the facility, the following steps shall be followed:

8.1. The official at the site where this equipment is located shall inform the maintenance
department about the defect in the equipment and that it needs repair and maintenance.
8.2. The official at the site where this equipment is located shall stop it from working in the usual
way by pressing the stop buttons with it.

Fig no.01

The site official shall disconnect the electric current - close the gas valves - close the compressed air
and steam valves on the equipment on which maintenance work is to be performed.
8-4) the site official makes sure that the motor power is isolated from the equipment properly by
trying to operate it after isolation to ensure that it does not work again, and then the operating keys
are returned to the off position.
8-5) Workers in the maintenance department discharge the remaining energy collected in the pipes,
such as compressed air - steam - compressed gases or residual electric charges in capacitors.

Fig no.2

8-6) The official of the maintenance department or his representative, in coordination with the official of the site in
which the equipment is located, and as possible, shall secure the closure of the motive power sources from the
equipment by means of chains and locks, each lock is different from the other, and each of them shall keep his own
key, if there is a possibility to do so and if it is not If this is possible the following is done:

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8-6-1) Close the electrical switch for operating the equipment and place it on the off position of the electrical
switchboard.
8-6-2) close the valves for air, compressed gases and steam.

Fig no.03
Fig no.04

Fig no.05 Fig no.06

8-7) The maintenance official, in cooperation with the site official, places a (Tag) plate next to the electrical
switchboard or the valves that have been closed and put it on the (Off) position stating that these switches and
valves have been closed due to the existence of maintenance work on the equipment and the non-return of the
motive power to these equipment or opening valves except by authorized persons.

Fig no.07 Fig no.08

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8-8) After performing steps 6 and 7 above, Form No. 1 (Equipment Permit for Isolation of Motor Power from
Equipment and Machines EHS/S/00/01) is filled out by the maintenance official and the site official and signed,
and the site official keeps a copy, a copy delivered to the maintenance department and a copy to the Safety
Department Occupational health and environmental affairs.
8-9) after that, the workers in the maintenance department begin to repair and maintain the equipment, and before
doing that, they try to operate the equipment to make sure for the last time that the motive power sources are
isolated from it, and then the operating keys are returned to the (Off) position and start working.
8-10) the above steps are also performed and under the supervision of the maintenance department in the event that
one of the contractors works with the equipment.
8-11) In the event that the work is not completed during one shift and will continue to the next shift, the employees
of the next shift are notified of the followed steps, and the site official and the maintenance officer in the next shift
sign the form EHS/S/00/01 and the work continues.
8-12) The Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs official during the daily safety tours ensures that
the above steps are implemented in the event of any maintenance and repair work on the equipment.
8-13) After completing the work, the site official in coordination with the maintenance official and after making
sure that there is no person near the equipment, opens the locks (if locks are used) and restores the electric current
by placing the keys in the electrical panels on the (On) position and opening the gas / air valves / Steam also
remove tags.
8-14) the equipment is operated from its operating keys in the presence of the site official and the maintenance
official.
9. References:

OSHA Regulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10.List Of Tables And Figures:

Fig .no Description

Fig .no 1 Power isolation

Fig .no 2 Pressure discharge

Fig .no 3 Valves lock out

Fig .no 4 Safety padlocks

Fig .no 5 Machine power isolation

Fig .no 6 Main power switch isolation

Fig .no 7 Power lock out and tag out

Fig .no 8 Gas lock out and tag out

Fig .no 9 LOTO Flow chart

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11.Appendices:
Lock out and Tag out Flowchart.

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12.OTHERS
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HSE Department

Permit to isolate motive power from equipment, machinery and power lines
Date: …………………………………………………..… Time: -...........................................................................
Location / location: .......................................................... Type of equipment / line: ....................................................
Equipment number / line:
………………………………………………………………………………………………
Type of work to be performed on the equipment/line:
..............................................................................................................................................................................................
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Equipment/Line Power ....................................................................................................................................................
:Sources
(1) Electric current ( )
(2) Compressed air lines ( )
(3) Compressed gases ( )
(4) Steam ( )
(5) Other (specify) ( )
Procedures:
Maintenance Section
S Action
responsible responsible
1 The above power sources have been closed and isolated. ( ) ( )
2 All switches for operating the equipment are placed in the (Off) position. ( ) ( )
All electrical switches for the equipment/line in the electrical panel are ( ) ( )
3
placed in the (Off) position.
All valves connected to the equipment / line are closed air / steam / ( ) ( )
4
compressed gas.
The door to the electrical panel containing the electrical switches for the ( ) ( )
5
equipment/line is closed.
The energy / pressure accumulated in the pipes connected to the ( ) ( )
6
equipment / line is drained.
Tags are placed next to the operating switches/ valves/ electrical panel ( ) ( )
7 indicating that the equipment/ line is out of service and that work is
currently underway in maintenance.
All workers exposed to infection who will be working on the maintenance ( ) ( )
8 of the equipment / line have been informed of the isolation procedures and
the signs that have been installed.
Names of employees authorized to work:
S Name position

Permit validity:
From time: …………………………………………….to time:-……………………………………………
Signature of Department/Site Officer:-…………………… Signature of Maintenance Officer:-……………………
Renewing the validity of the permit for another shift:
From time: ……………………………………………….to time:-…………………………………………………..
Signature of Department/Site Officer:-…………………… Signature of Maintenance
Officer:-…………………… A copy of the permit, after it is completed and the work is completed, is sent to
the Department of Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs

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Form No :- CRQHSE-HSE-SOP-000-01

Warning
Closed for safety

Form No :- CRQHSE-HSE-SOP-000-02

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13. SOP History

Amendment Summary
Version
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Before After

01

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