(1) Ensure that the purpose of the existing
record sheet remains unchanged by the new work and
its associated tags.
(2) Fill out the tag-out record sheet to reflect
the added work. Prepare whatever additional tags are
required. Review the reason for the tag-out, the hazards
involved, the amplifying instructions, and the work
necessary to clear the tags. Do this on the existing
tag-out record sheet to ensure that it reflects the old work
and the new work being added to the record sheet. After
completing the review of the record sheet, have the petty
officer in charge of the work sign the first coverage
check block next to the added work item.
(3) Number each tag added to the existing
tag-out sequentially, beginning with the number after the
last number in the original tag-out. Annotate the serial
numbers of the new tags next to the associated new work
item on the record sheet. Enter the updated number of
effective tags at the top of the record sheet by crossing
through the previous number and writing in the new
number.
(4) After the new tags and the tag-out record
sheet have been filled out and signed by the petty officer
in charge of the work, have a second person make a
review. The second person makes an independent check
of the tag coverage and usage by referring to appropriate
schematics and diagrams. This person should sign the
record sheet in the block for the new work item to show
satisfaction with the completeness of the tag-out actions.
This includes both the additional and the previously
issued tags.
(5) Request that the authorizing officer and,
when required, the repair activity representative review
the entire record sheet and the new tags for completeness
and accuracy. They should then sign their respective
blocks for the added work item. The authorizing officer
will then issue the tags.
j. Do not allow work to start until all the
DANGER tags required for the protection of personnel
or equipment have been attached according to
established procedures.
2. REMOVING DANGER AND CAUTION
TAGS. Remove these tags immediately after the
situation requiring the tag-out has been corrected. As
each work item identified on the tag-out record sheet is
completed, delete it from the tag-out record sheet.
Completed work items listed in the Operations/Work
Items Included in Tag-Out section of the record sheet
must be signed off. This is done by the authorizing
officer (and repair activity representative, when
required) in the designated signature block. All
DANGER tags must be properly cleared and removed
before a system or portion of a system can be
operationally tested and restored to service. To remove
individual tags, the authorizing officer must ensure that
the remaining tags provide adequate protection for
work, testing, or operations that still remain to be
performed. Tags may only be removed following the
signed authorization of the authorizing officer. When a
tag-out action was initiated by a repair activity, an
authorized representative of that repair activity must
concur that the job is complete. A shop supervisor or
equivalent must sign the tag-out record sheet before the
tags may be removed. As the tags are removed, the
date/time of removal must be initialed. Ditto marks are
not allowed. All tags must be returned immediately to
the authorizing officer. This officer then requires a
system lineup or a lineup check Tags that have been
removed must be destroyed after they have been
delivered to the authorizing officer. All tags associated
with each specific tag-out action must be destroyed and
the system or component returned to normal operating
(shutdown) condition. The authorizing officer must then
certify these actions by entering the date and time when
the system lineup or lineup check was completed. In a
case where a system or component restoration was
performed according to a specific document, reference
to that document is made in the Condition Prescribed By
block Inapplicable portions of the statements on the
record sheet are lined out and initialed when a valve
lineup check is not required or when the system is not
returned to a normal condition. The authorizing officer
must also enter the date and time cleared on the
appropriate line of the tag-out index/audit record. The
completed record sheets must be removed from the
effective section of the log and placed in the completed
section, They will be reviewed and removed by a
designated officer. On ships having a DCC, the
authorizing officer must notify DCC that the tag-out has
been cleared. To complete the process, the authorizing
officer must annotate the completed tag-out record sheet
in the lower right-hand corner on the reverse side with
the words DCC notified, and then initial it.
a. When any component is tagged more than
once, the DANGER tag takes precedence over all other
tags. All DANGER tags must be removed and cleared
before the equipment may be operationally tested or
operated.
b. A missing or damaged tag is reissued by
indicating on the tag-out record sheet, on the line
corresponding to the damaged or missing tag, that the
tag was missing or damaged and that a replacement was
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