Electrical safety program impact on process safety performance

This paper describes a global science and technology company’s experience in optimizing the synergy between a state of the art electrical safety program and process safety management. Process safety management tends to focus on equipment and systems that are directly associated with hazardous manufacturing processes. Electric power, control and data systems may not be directly associated with the process, however the integrity and availability of these electrical systems may be critical and essential for process operations and process safety management. The end user has manufacturing operations throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. This case history provides a global perspective on integrating electrical and process safety.