Equipment designated as essential for preventing, detecting, controlling or mitigating hazardous events.
Safety-Critical Equipment comprises physical equipment that has been designated as essential for preventing, detecting, controlling or mitigating hazardous events and protecting personnel, the environment and assets. Such equipment is subject to enhanced inspection, testing, maintenance and performance verification requirements to ensure continued operational readiness.
Safety-Critical Equipment provides essential protection against hazardous events and is managed to maintain its required safety performance.
Safety-Critical Equipment commonly includes pressure protection systems, emergency shutdown systems, fire and gas detection systems, structural barriers and other equipment whose continued performance is essential to process safety.
Safety-Critical Equipment refers to the physical equipment designated as safety-critical, whereas a Safety-Critical Element may comprise equipment, structures, systems or other barriers contributing to major accident prevention or mitigation.
Process Safety; Asset Integrity; Maintenance Management.
Oil and gas.; Petrochemical.; Offshore.; Power generation.; Manufacturing.
IEC 61511; ISO 14224; API RP 580
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