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29 CFR 1910.147(d): Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence: (1) Preparation for shutdown. Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee shall have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy. (2) Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage. (3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s). (4) Lockout or tagout device application. a) On or before October 27, 2022, on the Shuttle Belt, each concrete employee performing cleaning operations in the Shuttle Belt area did not lock out the electrical disconnects when performing tasks such as cleaning up the overflowed material within the Shuttle Belt tracks. Each employee was not required to: (1) turn off and shut down the machine, (2) physically locate and operate energy isolating devices in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from electrical energy sources, (3) affix lockout and/or tagout devices to each energy-isolating device, and (4) verify the effectiveness of energy isolation.