"Ralph Mowery" wrote in
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"Steve B" wrote in message
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I would say that just based on the lockout/tagout statutes of OSHA,
there
would be no problem about locking it. Just make sure the necessary
people have a key or combo.

Steve

I think you may have it backwards. OSHA is concerned about locking
electrical items so no power can be applied.

At work there are atleast 100 breaker panels. We put hasps on them to
lock them. Later we were told that we could not do this and to take
all the hasps off. Seems that it is not legal to lock a breaker in
the ON position. We have to lock out each circuit in the panel when
we work on them instead of locking some off and some on.

The rules are very 'funny' from one time to the next and maybe even in
each city.
While they probably will not know, it is best to check with someone in
the electrical inspector department of the area you live.




In our TEKTRONIX field service center,we had a master cutoff button in the
middle of the shop,easily accessible,that would shut down the entire shop's
power,in case of someone getting "connected" while working on an energized
instrument.


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