[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR142.90]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 142--WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C--General Workplace Conditions
 
Sec. 142.90  Lockout and tagout.

    (a) While repair or other work is being performed on equipment 
powered by an external source, that equipment must be locked out as 
required in paragraph (b) of this section or, if a lockout provision 
does not exist on the equipment, must be disconnected from the power 
source or otherwise deactivated, unless the nature of the work being 
performed necessitates that the power be connected or the equipment 
activated.
    (b) If the equipment has a lockout or other device designed to 
prevent unintentional activation of the equipment, the lockout or other 
device must be engaged while the work is being performed on the 
equipment, unless the nature of the work being performed necessitates 
that the equipment be activated.
    (c) A tag must be placed at the point where the equipment connects 
to a power source and at the location of the control panel activating 
the power, warning--
    (1) That equipment is being worked on; and
    (2) If the power source is disconnected or the equipment 
deactivated, that the power source must not be connected or the 
equipment activated.
    (d) The tags must not be removed without the permission of either 
the person who placed the tags, that person's immediate supervisor, or 
their respective reliefs.

[CGD 79-077, 51 FR 25059, July 10, 1986; 51 FR 28382, Aug. 7, 1986]