511 EM 385-1-1 Chapters 9-15

12-7. Minimum Plan Requirements.

Site-Specific Energy Control Plan (SSECP)

It must be site-specific, align with ANSI Z244.4, and incorporate NFPA 70E when electricity is involved. The plan must detail the scope, purpose, authorization, roles, responsibilities, and techniques for managing hazardous energy.
It includes procedures for developing or revising equipment-specific Hazard Isolation Procedures (HIPs), identifying and correcting HEC deficiencies, and improving HEC.
It defines responsibilities for energy isolation device management, effective system isolation verification, and maintaining HEC protection continuity during shifts or personnel changes.

Hazard Isolation Procedures (HIPs)

A HIP must be created for each unique machine, equipment, or process to control hazardous energy, and be accessible for Authorized Individuals.
It must include a clear statement of its intended use, identification of the targeted machine, equipment, or process, and a list of all necessary energy-isolating devices, their magnitude, and location.
It specifies procedural steps for energy shutdown, isolation, securing, and relief, as well as the placement, removal, and responsibility for lockout or tagout devices, and requirements for testing the effectiveness of energy control measures.

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12-6. What must be created for each unique machine, equipment, or process to control hazardous energy?

Energy Control Plan (ECP)

Hazard Shutdown Plan (HSP)

Hazard Isolation Procedures (HIPs)

Site-Specific Energy Control Plan (SSECP)

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EM 385-1-1 Paragraph 12-7.

12-7. Minimum Plan Requirements.

a.  Site-Specific Energy Control Plan (SSECP).  When a contractor SSECP is required for work on or near any system that produces, uses, or stores hazardous energy, the SSECP must be site-specific and developed according to figure 12-1 and ANSI Z244.4, and when electricity is a potential energy source, the plan must also include the required elements of NFPA 70E.  The plan must clearly and specifically
outline the scope, purpose, authorization, roles and responsibilities, and techniques to be used to include the following:  (12-7.a)

(1)  Procedures to identify how, when, and who will develop or revise equipment- specific HIPs to address:

(a)  New machine, equipment, or process acquisition.

(b)  Changes to existing machines, equipment, or processes.

(2)  Procedures to establish responsibilities for ensuring that procedures accurately reflect the current requirement and are effective in controlling machine, equipment, or process hazardous energy.

(3)  An inventory/index of all HIPs that includes the date the HIP was developed, reviewed, validated, and revised.

(4)  Identification of any similar machine, equipment, or process that fall under the same HIP and identify how energy sources differ.

(5)  Means of coordinating and communicating HEC activities with all site personnel to include contractor, sub-contractor, government, suppliers, public, visitors, or any other personnel that may be affected to ensure continuity of protection.

(6)  Responsibilities for the placement, removal, and transfer of locks, tags, and other energy isolation devices.

(7)  Responsibilities and means of accounting for placing and removing temporary protective grounds.

(8)  Responsibilities and requirements for testing the system to verify the effectiveness of isolation and control.

(9)  Coordination (that is, shift or schedule change) necessary to ensure total continuity of HEC protection during shift or personnel change.

(10)  Details of emergency procedures.

(11) Procedural steps and responsibilities for daily and periodic inspections that are conducted to ensure that all requirements of the SSECP and HIP are being followed and documented. Document the inspections and specify on which system the HIP was inspected, the date of the inspection, the names of employees performing and included in the inspections, and any deficiencies in complying with the HIP.  (See para 12-5)

(12)  The means to enforce compliance with the SSECP.

b.  Hazard Isolation Procedures (HIPs).  HIPs must be developed for each unique machine, equipment, or process for the control of hazardous energy.  The HIP must be posted at or near the point of use, or otherwise readily available for Authorized Individuals to review and use.  An example of a non-mandatory HIP is provided in figure 12-2.   The HIP must include the following:  (12-7.b)

(1)  A specific statement of the intended use of the procedure.

(2)  Identification of the machine, equipment, or process.

(3)  Listing of all required energy-isolating devices and the magnitude of each hazardous energy source and its location.

(4)  Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking, securing, and relieving stored or residual hazardous energy.

(5)  Specific procedural steps for the placement, removal, and transfer of lockout or tagout devices and the responsibility for them.

(6)  Specific requirements for testing the machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of the lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures.

(7)  A development, validation, and revision date.