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    Scope: Types of Hazardous Energy & Its Potential: This Standard

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    This document outlines Vedanta's safety performance standard for isolation. It defines isolation as the process of securing energy sources to ensure safety before performing work. The standard applies across Vedanta's operations and requires nine mandatory isolation steps be followed, including designating an Isolation Officer, de-energizing equipment, securing isolation devices with locks and tags, verifying zero energy state, performing the task, and restoring normal operations. The Isolation Officer is responsible for executing the isolation procedure safely and their lock must be applied first and removed last to ensure safety. Everyone working on isolated equipment must apply their own lock.

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    This document outlines Vedanta's safety performance standard for isolation. It defines isolation as the process of securing energy sources to ensure safety before performing work. The standard applies across Vedanta's operations and requires nine mandatory isolation steps be followed, including designating an Isolation Officer, de-energizing equipment, securing isolation devices with locks and tags, verifying zero energy state, performing the task, and restoring normal operations. The Isolation Officer is responsible for executing the isolation procedure safely and their lock must be applied first and removed last to ensure safety. Everyone working on isolated equipment must apply their own lock.

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    This document outlines Vedanta's safety performance standard for isolation. It defines isolation as the process of securing energy sources to ensure safety before performing work. The standard applies across Vedanta's operations and requires nine mandatory isolation steps be followed, including designating an Isolation Officer, de-energizing equipment, securing isolation devices with locks and tags, verifying zero energy state, performing the task, and restoring normal operations. The Isolation Officer is responsible for executing the isolation procedure safely and their lock must be applied first and removed last to ensure safety. Everyone working on isolated equipment must apply their own lock.

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    This document outlines Vedanta's safety performance standard for isolation. It defines isolation as the process of securing energy sources to ensure safety before performing work. The standard applies across Vedanta's operations and requires nine mandatory isolation steps be followed, including designating an Isolation Officer, de-energizing equipment, securing isolation devices with locks and tags, verifying zero energy state, performing the task, and restoring normal operations. The Isolation Officer is responsible for executing the isolation procedure safely and their lock must be applied first and removed last to ensure safety. Everyone working on isolated equipment must apply their own lock.

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    SAFETY PERFORMANCE STANDARD

    ISOLATION 2.3. Everyone's responsibility


    2.3.1. Everyone, including the Isolation Officer, who has to
    1. Scope perform work on the plant, equipment or system,
    This standard applies to all Vedanta business units and managed must first apply a personal lock and identification tag
    operations, including new acquisitions, admin/corporate offices in accordance with the isolation procedure;
    and research facilities located off site; during exploration, 2.3.2. Personal locks must be such that they can only be
    through all development phases and construction, operation to locked/unlocked by their owner;
    closure and, where applicable, for post closure management. 2.3.3. Personal locks may never be removed other than by
    Types of Hazardous energy & its potential: This standard the person to whom they belong. Where a lock has
    applies to all sources of hazardous energy and hazardous been inadvertently left in place and the department
    substances. or area manager determines that it is impractical to
    recall the owner, the lock can be removed but only
    Energy Types under the direct supervision of the department or
    Energy Kinetic Energy Potential Energy Examples area manager or his/her appointed nominee and in
    Source Examples accordance with a written procedure.
    Electrical Current Batteries, capacitors, voltage,
    3. Process
    Mechanical Turning shafts, gears Tensed spring, flywheel
    3.1. There are nine mandatory isolation steps required for safe
    Hydraulic Pistons, motors Pressure in accumulators
    execution of jobs involving any type of energy isolation:
    Pneumatic Actuators pistons Pressure in tanks, lines 3.1.1. Prepare for isolation by obtaining a written isolation
    Steam Flowing steam Steam in pipelines, drums procedure identifying energy sources; the number of
    Chemical Flowing liquid, gases, Trapped gases, liquid, slurry locks required; isolation devices; communication with
    slurry, cake operators & other concerned persons;
    Gravity Moving components Elevated counter weights 3.1.2. De-energize the plant or machine;
    Radiation Released energy Contained source material 3.1.3. Isolate all energy sources;
    3.1.4. Drain or block and, where appropriate, bleed residual
    2. People energy to achieve a zero energy state;
    2.1. Isolation Officer: Whenever equipment, plant or section of 3.1.5. Secure each isolation device, generally with locks &
    plant is to be isolated there must be a person designated suitable tags;
    to carry out the isolation procedure. That person is 3.1.6. Verify zero energy;
    referred to as the Isolation Officer. No person may be 3.1.7. Perform the task or activity;
    designated as the Isolation Officer for a piece of 3.1.8. Inspect & restore normalcy - inspect the work area
    equipment unless s/he has been trained, assessed and and remove isolation after job completion;
    authorized by the respective business unit as competent to 3.1.9. Startup - ensure the safety of all.
    carry out the isolation procedure for that piece of plant or 3.2. Where it is necessary to work on live equipment for the
    equipment. Tests for voltage, for example, require purposes of commissioning, testing, sampling and
    competency in electrical work as outlined in the electrical adjustments, such work shall be carried out in accordance
    standard. with a written procedure;
    2.2. Isolation Officer's responsibility 3.3. Where there is a need for work to extend over multiple
    2.2.1. Ensure safe start/stop & execution in accordance shifts or where there are large numbers of people involved
    with the isolation procedure before any work begins; in the work, such as large maintenance & shutdown jobs
    2.2.2. The Isolation Officer’s lock and tag must be the first or projects, a project isolation procedure can be
    to be applied and the last to be removed; implemented. This procedure must include requirements
    2.2.3. The Isolation Officer’s lock must be a master series that 1) personal locks shall be used for each person
    lock since it will remain on the plant or equipment working on the project; 2) an Isolation Officer’s control
    when handing over to subsequent shifts and to lock is in place; and 3) the control lock cannot be unlocked
    another designated Isolation Officer; without all personal locks first being removed.
    2.2.4. Where isolation involves only one person on jobs to
    4. Review
    be completed within a single shift and where it is not
    4.1. For further details on isolation refer to the Vedanta
    appropriate for a master series lock to be utilized, the
    Guidance notes and the respective business unit isolation
    person must be an Isolation Officer and s/he must
    manual and procedures;
    apply his/her personal lock and identification tag;
    4.2. Business units are required to comply with all relevant
    2.2.5. After locking and tagging, the Isolation Officer must
    local laws and regulations on isolation standards along
    clear the area of personnel before a trial step to
    with Vedanta Isolation Standard.
    ensure that the plant or equipment has been
    isolated, achieved zero energy state & verified;
    2.2.6. An Isolation Officer shall confirm effectiveness of
    controls associated with the live work area; including Phil Turner
    controls to prevent unauthorized access. Group Head Safety & Occupational Health

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