Environmental Health, Safety, and Risk Management
Lockout/Blockout
Hazardous energy appears in the workplace in the form of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic,
hydraulic and thermal energy and includes chemical, water, steam and gaseous energy
systems. Lockout/Blockout procedures prevent the unexpected energization, start up
or release of stored energy that could cause injury to employees working on equipment.
The purpose of this program is to identify the practices and procedures necessary
to shut down and lock out or tag out machines and equipment. It also requires that
employees receive training in the Lockout/Blockout program before they are authorized
to perform service and maintenance requiring Lockout/Blockout.
Although no one is required to use "CSU Safety - Procedures" the campus has purchased a license and made it available for your use to ease the burden of creating these CalOSHA required written procedures. In addition EHS is required to support your efforts to create written plans to contact a specialist email EHSRMSREQUEST@csufresno.edu
A 5 minute video how to use the CSU Safety Procedures app on your phone can be found here:
Links for the applications if you wish to do this work from your mobile device can be found here:
- Android Users:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.ucop.ucrss.procedures&hl=en_US - iPhone Users:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rss-procedures/id1171409277?mt=8