---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.617"
title: "33"
number: "150.617"
heading: "What are the requirements for tagout?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.617"
---

# §150.617. What are the requirements for tagout?

- (a) The deepwater port operator must ensure that, before work takes place on equipment that is disconnected from the power source, a tag complying with this section is placed at the location where the power is disconnected. The operator must ensure that, if there is a control panel for the equipment in line between the equipment and the location where the power is disconnected, a tag complying with this section is also placed on the control panel.
- (b) Each tag or sign must have words stating:
  - (1) That equipment is being worked on;
  - (2) That power must not be restored or the equipment activated; and
  - (3) **The name of the person who placed the tag.**
- (c) Only the person who placed the tag, that person's immediate supervisor, or the relief person of either, is authorized to remove the tag.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a); 46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.