A few years ago I wrote a piece about identifying ALL equipment, especially valves, with a unique identifier. The purpose of that posting was brought about by a lot of facilities challenging our PHA, II, Audit findings/recommendations that all equipment be identified with a unique identifier in the field, on P&ID’s, in SOPs, LOTO procedures, and the CMMS (e.g. work order system). For me, I am at a loss as to how a covered process is suitably managed without this fundamental tool. But today I want to talk about another CRITICAL IDENTIFIER that we will not find in an OSHA standard or any RAGAGEP that I am familiar with: Identification of our Electrically Classified Locations
I will also touch on managing these HAZLOC(s) as an “engineering control” vs. “administrative control” which seems to be gaining traction and is just asking for trouble (IMPO).