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Safety Summary
Personnel and Process Safety
A control system is a tool used to control various processes. Responsibility for
attaining and maintaining a satisfactory level of safety rests with the personnel
who engineer, operate and maintain the equipment. It is important to have an
extensive knowledge of all control functions, the inherent safety risks that may
be involved in the process, and to possess the imaginative ability to anticipate
situations in which accidents may occur.
The following Safety Instructions must be observed:
• Take care when:
– fitting or removing units
– connecting or disconnecting cables
– resetting or switching units to manual operation
• For hazardous locations special restrictions apply, see Appendix E,
Standards.
• Never connect the equipment to the mains power supply during installation
work.
• Take extreme care when connecting the system to the mains power supply.
Injury or death can be the result of incorrect procedures.
• Ensure that all personnel operating or maintaining the installation know the
exact location of and how to operate the equipment isolating safety switch
and the mains power supply isolating switch.
• When the process sub-sections have been checked and a test run has been
performed, a person responsible must check the interlocking chains etc. All
concerned personnel must be fully informed regarding test runs to be
performed.
TAKE CARE AT ALL TIMES – This will prevent accidents from
occurring and help protect valuable equipment.
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