Phase 14: Safety Control & Safety Wiring

This phase contains 5 sections and 33 checklist topics. Use the interactive phase page to track your own learning progress.

General topics

  • Hazard
  • Risk
  • Risk reduction
  • Normal control vs safety control
  • Fail-safe principle

Devices

  • Emergency stop
  • Safety relay
  • Safety PLC introduction
  • Guard switch
  • Door interlock
  • Light curtain
  • Safety mat
  • Two-hand control
  • And 1 more checklist topics

Wiring

  • NC safety contacts
  • Dual channel
  • Reset
  • Manual reset
  • Restart prevention
  • Feedback loop
  • EDM
  • Contactor monitoring
  • And 1 more checklist topics

Later awareness

  • Safety categories
  • PL
  • SIL
  • Safety integrity concepts
  • Functional safety basics

Practical Field Additions

  • Permit-to-work (PTW) purpose and workflow
  • Job safety analysis / task risk assessment
  • LOTO isolation plan and zero-energy verification
  • Safe commissioning authorization and escalation
  • Simulated testing versus live energized equipment limitations

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