06.3 – Affected Individual

An AFFECTED Individual is

An individual who is not directly involved in the work requiring hazardous energy control, but who is (or may be) located in the work area.

Examples can include but not limited to: owners observing progress on a walk-through, other workers/employees coming to discuss something with you, an engineer taking measures to verify installation or configuration (but is not modifying or working on the equipment directly), surveyors, etc.