ELECTRICAL ISOLATION

 Purpose:
For protection against accidents involving personnel working on electrically
powered equipment, therefore lock out & tag out procedure is implemented to
prevent injury due to unexpected energization of the equipment.
 No work shall be carried out on electrically powered equipment without isolation.
 Electrical isolation may be required before starting work on or near electrical
equipment and electrical driven machineries to avoid electric shock and other hazards.
 The extent of isolation required will depend on the nature of work.
 Requirement of isolation and extent of isolation shall be jointly decided by the issuing
authority and executing authority.
 When multiple crafts are involved the multi-lock system shall be followed.
 If only electrical maintenance division involved they may use single lock.
 Wherever the possibility of electrical shock or injury is expected due to inadvertent
starting, locking of power circuit at substation is mandatory.
 Locking the control circuit at local switch shall not be considered as adequate.
 When electrical circuit \ equipment is fed from two different sources of power
supply, both the sources of power to switch off to avoid back feeding.
 Color coding of pad-locks:

Operations - Green
Electrical maintenance - yellow
Mechanical maintenance - Tan
Others - Black
 Each lock shall be numbered and the key shall be same number.
 After locking, the person who installs the lock is the responsible custodian of the key.
 The Locks shall be removed by individual craft after completion of their jobs.
 If the custodian of the key has to leave the site, responsibility should be transferred.
 Electrical Maintenance division shall be the last party to remove the lock only after
receiving the necessary permit.

LIVE ELECTRICITY CAN EQUAL A DEAD PERSON

- ENSURE IT ISN`T YOU OR YOUR MATE
( ELECTRICITY IS A FRIEND AS LONG AS YOU RESPECT IT)