Safety Flash
Functional safety of control systems
Functional safety of control systems
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 01/11
- Crane and RiggingDivingMachinery and Equipment
- Functional safety
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Summary
This IMCA safety flash signposts NOPSA Safety Alert 45 on functional safety. It highlights potential control-system problems affecting cranes, diving systems and pipe-handling equipment, noting possible relevance to IMCA members. The supplied page provides no incident account, technical analysis or specific control recommendations.
Classifications: Functional safety; safety instrumented systems; SIS.
Summary
The Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) has recently published Safety Alert 45 regarding the functional safety of control systems.
IMCA SF 01/11. Themes: crane and rigging, diving, machinery and equipment.