ECPL – Energy

Control Power
Lockout
LAUNCHED - 1987
 OUTLINE OF IMPORTANT
REMINDERS AND CAUTIONS
 Believe IT !
 Check IT !
 Prep IT !
 Lock IT !
 Release IT !
 Verify IT !
 Use IT !
BELIEVE IT

 Failure to lock out kills

 Personnel Barriers
 Environmental Barriers
 Organizational Barriers
 Your responsibility, authority, and accountability
CHECK IT
Check Your Tools
• Keep your tools clean,
orderly and in good repair
• Use the right tool for the job
Check your
Check the Safety multiple lockout
Locks device
• Use only an approved safety • Use only an approved
lock for ECPL multiple lockout device
• Keep your safety lock with • Use when more then one
you person is locking out
• Never lend or borrow a • Never use “ daisy –
safety lock chaining”
• One worker – one safety
lock on each entry point of
power
 Check heavy
Check danger lockout Check personnel
tags equipment hazards
• Use a danger tag only to • When called for , use • Pride
supplement a lock approved chains ,blocks
and wedges , pins as energy • Fear
• Check out information on a control devices
tag for yourself • Desire for a “macho” image
• Use only approved lockout • Lack of knowledge's
• Use your personalized devices provide for specific
danger tag with your lock equipment • Trade-offs

• Use devices correctly • Disincentives

• Overconfidence
Check Check
environmental organizational Check hidden
hazards hazards hazards
• Poor machine safety • Not enough locks or lockout • People hazards
lockout design or defects devices
• Communication hazards
• Poor housekeeping • ECPL not enforced
• Familiarity hazards
• Insufficient lighting level • Production pressures (Direct
or Indirect) • Concentration hazards
• Excessive noise affecting
communications
• Confined spaces
PREP IT

Prepare Yourself Prepare Machine

• Get necessary information
about the machine in order
to perform ECPL effectively
• Sources of information
• Cautions when using these
source
• 1.Never assume , always
double click
2.Prints can get out of date,
• systems
confirm with others
• 3.Use more then one
sources whenever possible
• Trace energies to learn
• Primary energies (main)
• 1. Electrical
• 2. Hydraulic
• 3. Pneumatic
• 4.
Gas/water/steam/chemic
al/usually in pipeline
• 5. Multiple energies
• Secondary (stored) energies
• 1. Mechanical
motion(rotation)
• 2. Gravity
• 3. Stored mechanical
energy(spring)
• 4. Thermal(temperature
extremes)
• 5. Residual
electricity(capacitors &
batteries)
• 6. Residual pressure(fluids,
air, gas, steam, chemicals)
LOCK IT
Shut Off and
Disconnected Lockout Electrical
Power Energy
• Before you disconnected • You must sure that machine
controls are in the OFF
power position before proceeding to
disconnect and lockout
• Cautions while shutting off power.
power
• Hazards to watch for
• Before you perform ECPL • 1. jumpered circuits making
ECPL ineffective
• 2.inaccurate prints or label
• 3.missing or defective
disconnects or energy control
device's
• 4.inconvenience of lockout
points
• 5.assumptions that
disconnects are operative
Lockout Hydraulic
Energy
• 1. Shut off power at
operating controls
• 2.Wait for movement to
cease
• 3.Throw disconnect at entry
point of power
• 4.Attach lock at entry point
of power
• 5.Verify that lock and
disconnect are secure
• 6.Press motor start push
button to verify that power is
off
 Lock out
Lock out Gas/Water/Steam Additional Lock it !
pneumatics /Chemical issues
Caution : Air pressure may have to be • Caution : Piping systems are • Multiple energies
left on if it support machine
components not always clearly marked.
never attempt to control • Robots
Locking out pneumatic valves :
these systems unless you • Confined space entry
• Piston types - push handle inward
and attach lock or multiple lockout know
device around groove in valve stem
and matching indent in the housing • 1. Contents
• T- Handle piston type – Turn T –
handle one quarter turn ,pull • 2. Hazards
outward and attach lock through
stem
• 3. Approved handling
• Handle or lever type – Place in procedures
closed position and attach lock or
multiple lockout devices through
marching holes in lever and fitting • Note – When it doubt,
• Gate valve- Pass approved chain
consult a knowledgeable
through handle and around pipe individual
for secure closure attach lock or
multiple lockout device to hold
chain in place
RELEASE IT

 Mechanical motion
 Control gravity
 Control or Release springs
 Dissipate Thermal energy
 Release primary energies ( electrical, pressure)
 Release pneumatic energy
 Release hydraulic energy
 Release gas/water/steam/chemicals
 CAUTIONS :
 1. wear the right personnel protective equipment
 2. know the right procedure for handling pipe contents
 3. consult hazcom information's , if necessary
 4. consult a knowledgeable individual , if in doubt
 5. exercise special cautions in confined space situations
Verify ECPL- Verify absence or control of energy
 ELECTRICAL :
 Manually operate all applicable start/stop switches , buttons and control
 Look for movement lights , motors start – ups
 Listen for usual noises
 Return all controls to the off position
 Use voltages testing equipement,if applicable
 PNEUMATIC AND HYDRAULIC :
 Check gauges for zero pressure
 Do not trust gauges alone
 Let a qualified person open fittings ,if necessary
 Be careful around jammed equipment
 GAS/WATER/STEAM/CHEMICAL :
 Check gauges for zero pressure
 Do not trust gauges alone
 Consult a knowledgeable person, if necessary
 STORED ENERGIES :
 Double check effectiveness of neutralization
 MULTIPLE ENERGIES :
 Try all energy controls return to off position
 One person – one lock on each appropriate disconnect

 CAUTIONS :
 Be alert to danger
 Recheck before lock removal
 Remove locks
 Re – Energies

 TEST EQUIPEMENT OPERATIONS

 After re- energizing, equipment may be tested for correct operations
 Team work , communications and caution are called for
 If the machine runs properly , it may be returned to service
 If not , you must repeat ECPL procedures if you are performing further work on the equipment
Finish Task
 Your work is not complete until you have made sure that the machine is left in safe
operating condition or that appropriate departmental locks and tags and other
proactive method (measure)in the place
 Your work is not complete until you have made sure that you have informed all
personnel who need to know that you have finished the job
 Your work is not complete until you have made sure that you have arranged for
any necessary housekeeping tasks to be performed
 Take the time to work safely.
If you not use ECPL …!!!
 Any Questions ….???