milldrone
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I know there is another safety thread in discussion at this moment, http://www.plctalk.net/qanda/showthread.php?t=61317 but my question is slightly different.
I have recently started a new job with a company that operates 24/7. My old job was a typical 8 hour production per day facility. At the 8 hour facility. I just waited until production ended and locked out the electrical power supplied to the item needing maintenance, no big deal. If I was working on a 120V item I just locked out the power to the transformer supplying power to the 120V circuit breaker panel. This was because I have found the design of individual circuit breaker lockout devices to fail when there are too many locks on them. They just fall to the floor!
At my new job they have many 120V items that need to be locked out so that maintenance can can be performed. Management desires a single circuit breaker lockout so that other processes and control can still function.
Some of the other issues that rule out options are:
1. The plant is not due for a plant wide shutdown for another 18 months.
2. The safety cops have ruled that a lock hasp cannot be applied to the circuit breaker door.
Has anyone found a single circuit breaker lockout device that won't fall off the breaker toggle under the weight of several locks?
I have recently started a new job with a company that operates 24/7. My old job was a typical 8 hour production per day facility. At the 8 hour facility. I just waited until production ended and locked out the electrical power supplied to the item needing maintenance, no big deal. If I was working on a 120V item I just locked out the power to the transformer supplying power to the 120V circuit breaker panel. This was because I have found the design of individual circuit breaker lockout devices to fail when there are too many locks on them. They just fall to the floor!
At my new job they have many 120V items that need to be locked out so that maintenance can can be performed. Management desires a single circuit breaker lockout so that other processes and control can still function.
Some of the other issues that rule out options are:
1. The plant is not due for a plant wide shutdown for another 18 months.
2. The safety cops have ruled that a lock hasp cannot be applied to the circuit breaker door.
Has anyone found a single circuit breaker lockout device that won't fall off the breaker toggle under the weight of several locks?