Lockout/Tagout Program Responsibilities

Environmental Health & Safety

Environmental Health & Safety is responsible for developing, implementing, and administering the Lockout/Tagout Program. This involves:

• Providing training to "authorized" and "affected" persons;
• Maintaining centralized records of training, inspection data, and reports;
• Providing technical assistance to university personnel; and
• Conducting an annual review of each department (or workgroup) that performs work within the scope of this program. The annual review will include the items listed on the Lockout Annual Review procedure/form. Environmental Health & Safety will retain information regarding a Lockout Annual Review for five (5) years.

Departments

Departments are expected to maintain a safe and healthy living, learning, and working environment for faculty, staff, students, and visitors to our campus.

Departments should designate responsible persons to coordinate the requirements of this program with employees and ensure that adequate lockout devices are provided and used.

Departments must ensure that all personnel performing lockout/tagout have attended necessary training and are familiar with the requirements of this program and related programs, policies, and procedures.

Employees

Employees who perform work on hazardous energy sources must:

• Follow the requirements of this program.
• Attend required training.
• Wear assigned personal protective equipment, if required.

Contractors

Contractors must comply with all local, state, and federal safety requirements, and assure that all of their employees performing work on Virginia Tech properties have been suitably trained. If university employees will be present on the contractor's worksite, and employees of either Virginia Tech and/or the contractor will be performing work that requires the use of lockout/tagout devices, the work activities must be performed in accordance with Virginia Tech's Contractor Safety Program.