Ten Fingers and Ten Toes: Applying Machinery Safety Principles in a Process Plant
When performing risk assessments on process equipment, are you reviewing machinery as well?
Functional Safety is the process of reducing the risks of both simple and complex systems so that they function safely if a hardware, operational, or human failure occurs. When every safety function is carried out as prescribed and the performance standards for each safety function are met, “Functional Safety” has been achieved.