(A) The requirements for the use of tagout devices when lockout devices are capable of being used is as follows:
(1) The tags are attached where the lockout devices would be.
(2) The city demonstrates that the tagout will provide protection at least as effective as locks and will assure full employee protection.
(B) The city must comply with all tagout-related provisions and also use additional safety measures that provide a level of safety equivalent to that obtained by using lockout. This might include removing and isolating a circuit element, blocking a controlling switch, opening an extra disconnecting device, or removing a valve handle to reduce the potential for any inadvertent energization while the tags are attached.
(Ord. 48-2005, passed 11-8-05)