LOTO regulations and policies

Related Legislation

China sets national standards for lockout/tagout

In 2009, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and the China National Standardization Administration issued the national standard GB / T2.2-2009 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment Application Sites-Part 2: Safety Measures for Operation in Power-off. 

On May 12, 2017, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and the National Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China issued the National Standard GB / T 33579-2017 safety of machinery- control method of hazardous energy -lockout/ tagout. The national standard began machinery on December 1, 2017.

Interpretation of the national standard GB / T33579-2017 on the scheme of lockout/tagout: 

Establishing a control system and use LOTO procedures to prevent accidental release or transmission of machine energy. 

Requirements of the national standard GB / T33579-2017 on the process of lockout/tagout:

Ready to turn off→Turn offthe machine→Isolation machine→Place lock out/tag out device→Unlock /tag outcontrol→Verification ofisolation→Stored energyrelease

The corresponding laws and regulations of major European and American countries on lockout/tagout 

.American — OSHA (Controlling of dangerous energy(LOTO)) The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)29CFR 1910.147 

Australia — OSHA European Decree —(European Regulations on safety and Health at Work) European Agency for Safety and Health at work 

EU —(National Factory Standards) National Standard for plant [NOHSC:1010]