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?
An action to open or close valves, isolate, and/or blowdown systems to control a process parameter that has deviated from its normal operating range. Types of shutdown include an Operational Shutdown (OSD), Emergency Shutdown (ESD), Selective Emergency Shutdown (SESD), and Blowdown Emergency Shutdown (BESD).