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US 11,455,851 B2Granted
Hazardous energy control system
AssigneeAutoloto, Inc.
InventorsKenneth David Nickolson, Daniel Lawrance Furbush
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Abstract
A hazardous energy control system has a web-based application adapted to be associated with a personal electronic device. The application has a worksite manager that is created from project documents that are uploaded to the application and selectively displays locations for equipment and hazardous energy barriers.
Claims11
A hazardous energy control system for on-site lockout/tagout of equipment, comprising:
- a personal electronic device;
- wherein the personal electronic device includes a display screen and is configured to provide a user interface for a user to select equipment to lockout/tagout;
- wherein the personal electronic device is configured to determine, from a one-line drawing for the worksite, a set of energy isolation devices that a user will need to hang a lock on to render inoperable and be able to safely enter the selected equipment;
- wherein the user interface is configured to guide the user through a lockout/tagout process requiring the user to hang a lock on the determined set of energy isolation devices and thereby render the selected equipment inoperable and safe to enter;
- a voltmeter;
- wherein in guiding the user through the response to lockout/tagout process to hang a lock on a first one of the determined set of energy isolation devices, the user interface is configured to prompt the user to scan the voltmeter;
- wherein in response to the user scanning the voltmeter, the personal electronic device is configured to determine if the voltmeter is within a required calibration window;
- wherein in response to the voltmeter is within a required calibration window, the user interface is configured to guide the user through a Live Dead test on the first one of the determined set of energy isolation devices using the voltmeter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.