Industry works diligently to increase the level of safety in process operations. Standards such as IEC61511, IEC61508, and ISA 84 provide practitioners direction and goals in the form of best practices for implementing safety technologies. Technology suppliers have addressed these standards head-on with sophisticated relays and logic solvers that have an out-standing record.
On the human side of the safety equation; most end user organizations have placed appropriate safety practice reminder signs in the workplace at every turn in the corridors, offices, and control rooms; but catastrophic industrial events still occur. While the event can sometimes be traced to a fault in a piece of equipment, often it is a human-induced problem (or a problem amplified by a human) resulting from a decision with unfortunate consequences. So, what can we do to reduce the occurrence of hazardous incidents to zero?
Safety Is a High Priority
Most process manufacturers have an unwavering concern for plant safety. Many have embraced a "safety culture" that describes their efforts to instill the importance of acting in a safe manner in everything every employee does. Overall, industry has made tremendous progress to make processes safe, with zero tolerance for accidents and incidents. The company’s safety culture provides a constant reminder for everyone to work safely.
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