Systems and methods for setting correspondence between pieces of equipment, locations and elements of a lockout procedure checklist

A method for an operator to perform a procedure following a procedure checklist comprising:

• providing the operator with the procedure checklist comprising:
• a first element comprising a first operation description and a first graphical assemblage;
• a second element comprising a second operation description and a second graphical assemblage that is different from the first graphical assemblage;
• for each of the elements of the procedure checklist, having the operator:
• accessing a location associated with the element;
• performing the operation described in the element;
• and
• generating markings associated with the element of the procedure checklist with a marking tool available at the location,
• wherein following of the procedure is validated by comparing the markings generated over the procedure checklist with the graphical assemblages.

A method of generating a first procedure checklist, comprising:

• gathering a list of operations to be performed at different locations during a procedure;
• generating the first procedure checklist comprising a list of elements, each one of the elements comprising:
• a description of an operation to be performed at a location from the list of operations;
• a unique graphical assemblage associated with the location of the operation to be performed;
• inscribing the first procedure checklist on a markable support transferrable to an operator,
• wherein, at each location where one of the operations of the list of operations is to be performed, a marking tool adapted to generate markings on the markable support matching a graphical assemblage is available,
• wherein each one of the marking tools is adapted to generate the unique graphical assemblage associated with its location, and
• wherein following of the procedure is validated by comparing the markings generated over the st procedure checklist with the graphical assemblages.