B. Train your employees
All employees must be trained to know basic hazardous-energy concepts
and the purpose of the devices used to control it. They should also know
what tasks might expose them to hazardous energy and how it can be
controlled.
Some employees need to know more about hazardous energy than others.
What they need to know depends on whether they service the equipment
or just work near the equipment while it is being serviced. Oregon OSHA
uses the terms authorized employees for those who service equipment
and affected employees for those who work in areas where the equipment
is serviced.