Abstract

This document provides users with guidance that help prevent risks related to energies during maintenance activities on plants when in use. It is up to each employer, according to the terms commonly used in the company, to: — Set out the correlation between the processes described in this document and standard practices; — Define the roles and responsibilities of the people involved in the energy lockout process. This document refers to concepts, definitions, rules, recommendations and best practices taken from national and international documents (lockout/tagout– "administrative lockout" – Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) – Safe isolation) that cover activities to ensure the safety of worker as regards energies. This standard deals with the prevention of energies and fluids (powders, gases, liquids) related risks; it should be noted that some are covered by specific regulations or standards, such as the electrical risk. Environmental issues related to energies and fluids are not in the scope of this standard. The recommendations stated in this document have been drawn up with a view to ensure the safety and health of workers around hazardous energies & fluids, and situations when they are conducting activities on maintenance, settings, changing formats, regardless of the type of activity. The recommendations relate to activities carried out on items. They are applied before, during and after the operation to: — The energies supplied, contained, transported or released by plants, products and fluids. — Risks of lack of presence of vital elements for the worker (breathable air); — Risks related to the presence of hazardous fluids for the worker and the surrounding personal. This document is a methodological guideline within the normative maintenance corpus.

Begin

2022-01-18

WI

00319029

Planned document number

DIN EN 17975

Project number

15900148

Responsible national committee

NA 159-04-01 AA - Maintenance  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 319/WG 15 - Safety and maintenance  

draft standard

Maintenance - Energies and fluids risks control process for maintenance tasks - Guidance; German and English version prEN 17975:2023
2023-05
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