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3.5 Policies <br /> Employees, who operate,clean, service, adjust or repair machinery and equipment <br /> are required to lock, block, or tag equipment that is worked on. Such employees <br /> are required to fully understand and follow the lockout procedures and are known <br /> as "authorized employees." Employees not required to lock, block, or tag out <br /> equipment, but still affected by such activities, are required to understand the <br /> locks and tags such that they do not defeat the purpose of them. This group of <br /> employees is known as `affected employees." <br /> Equipment meeting the requirement for lockout is those who have energy <br /> (electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or other)that cannot be <br /> disconnected from its energy source. Equipment that can be unplugged does not <br /> have to follow these lockout procedures as long as the power cord end is within <br /> sight of the authorized employee. Even unplugged equipment may need to have a <br /> secondary power source blocked, see Blocking below. <br /> Any Division who repairs, services, adjusts, or cleans equipment is required to have <br /> Division-specific Lockout/Tag-out procedures. Each Division has different <br /> equipment that meets the criteria for lockout procedures. Divisions are required <br /> to develop a list of equipment that meets the criteria of this section and add new <br /> equipment to this list as required. <br /> The Department shall audit, or have audited, the lockout procedure and its <br /> effectiveness in departments on an annual basis. Someone other than those <br /> employing the lockout procedure performs such audits. <br /> 3.5.1 Employee Job Classification with Training in Lockout/Tag out Procedures <br /> Division Authorized Person Affected Person <br /> Fleet Services Equip Maintenance Foreman <br /> Auto Maintenance Foreman <br /> Heavy Equip Mechanic <br /> Welder <br /> Automotive Mechanic <br /> Equip Service Worker III <br /> Equip Service Worker II <br /> Equip Service Worker I <br /> Flood Channel Equipment Operator II <br /> Maintenance PW Maintenance Manager <br /> Welder <br /> County of San Joaquin Dept of Public Works IIPP Rev 2020-01-31.docx <br /> Page 66 <br />