A new DVD discusses current best practice for safety, exploring in depth the common mistakes and confusion surrounding the IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 international standards for functional safety. Compiled by the Safety Users Group, the new DVD, entitled ‘Safety in the process Industries’, shares the real life experience of 11 leading safety experts from around the world, including Ron Bell, chairman of the IEC 61508/1-2 Working Group.

Safety Users Group believes that the DVD will promote best practice and improve safety in the process industries by engaging safety users and increasing awareness of safety in the field. President, Didier Turcinovic commented: “Dealing with safety every day, I can see that an increase in awareness and understanding throughout the safety arena is essential. This doesn’t just mean the safety specialists, but those having management responsibilities, project engineers, integrators, plant production and maintenance teams through to the legal department - safety matters to everyone.”

This top-down approach is reflected in the new DVD, which considers issues from the technical detail of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and their relevance to IEC 61508/61511, through to how demonstrating best practice in safety can support companies in a court of law.

The two DVD box set is available at a cost of €90. Measurement & Control readers can visit www.safetyusersgroup.com to find out more.