Striving For Safety Excellence HunterDouglas Corporate Environmental, Safety, Risk Management LOTO – Authorized May 2011

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Electric Shock Can Kill As low as 30 volts can carry enough current to kill

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Use Safe Electrical Practices  Use non-conducting tools  Check circuits dead before working  Lock & Tag source breakers not switches  Ensure all control power is de-energized  Discharge all capacitors after Lockout

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Types of Energy © MMIII Bongarde Holdings Inc.  Electrical  Mechanical  Chemical  Thermal  Hydraulic  Pneumatic

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Mechanical Energy Hazards Two Types  Kinetic – in motion  Potential - stored

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Kinetic Energy Hazards   Energy of moving machinery can cause Lacerations Fractures Loss of life Amputations

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Potential Energy Hazards  Energy stored in machinery  Weights & Springs  Pistons under pressure  Hydraulic controls  Stored potential energy can be released during work causing injury or death

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Chemical Energy Hazards Chemicals have energy that can: start firesstart fires cause skin burnscause skin burns generate harmful gases or fumesgenerate harmful gases or fumes Before working – release, drain or vent chemicals safely

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Thermal Energy Hazards Energy of Heat (and cold) Hot equipment & fluids will burn you Hot equipment & fluids will burn you Cold fluids can cause injury also Cold fluids can cause injury also Quick release of compresses gases can freeze your skin Quick release of compresses gases can freeze your skin Allow equipment to reach a safe temperature before starting work. Allow equipment to reach a safe temperature before starting work.

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Hydraulic Energy Hazards Energy of Liquids Under Pressure pressure can cause equipment to move rapid release can cause injury or ejection of system parts Relieve pressure slowly into a proper container

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Pneumatic Energy Hazards Energy of Compressed Gas  uncontrolled release can cause injury  rapid de-pressurization creates extreme low temperature Properly vent all systems before starting work

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence LOTO Procedures Know You Equipment & Systems  hazards  isolation points  procedure for Lockout Working on unfamiliar machinery is a hazard

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence LOTO Procedures REVIEW YOUR COMPANY SPECIFIC PROCEDURES PROCESS

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Who Can Perform LOTO  Only those employee’s who have been training for LOTO-AUTHORIZED by the company. Use of Locks & Tags  Use only those locks/tags issued to you  Never use another workers lock or tag

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Contractor Safety All contractor employees must follow Our Lockout-Tagout procedures!

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Who Can Remove a Lock and/or Tag  Only the employee who placed the tag Or  a supervisor, after obtaining permission from the worker who placed the tag

® ® Striving For Safety Excellence Questions