Karen D. Morton, P.E., FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland) of Hargrove Controls + Automation

Most presentations about Process Safety Management focus on the OSHA Process Safety Management Regulation and compliance steps using the IEC 61511 standard. Presenters speak their specialty “alphabet soup” accompanied by slides full of paragraphs, charts, and tables that are often confusing to working engineers whose expertise lies outside process/chemical or process safety engineering.

This is not that kind of presentation.

Electrical and Controls engineers play a vital role in all phases of the “safety life cycle” from identifying hazards to engineering and implementing solutions. This presentation will focus on those contributions by answering the questions of “what,” “when,” “how,” and “why” with a goal to improve the lines of communication among engineers who design, operate, and maintain facilities.

Biography:

Karen has worked as an engineer with process safety and control systems projects in South Louisiana's petrochemical industry since 1995. She is a licensed professional engineer in Louisiana, Texas, New Jersey and Alabama. She also has functional safety engineering certification from TÜV Rheinland. Karen works at Hargrove Controls + Automation in Baton Rouge as a C+A SIS Technical Consultant, where she concentrates on process safety and burner management system projects. A member of ISA and IEEE, Karen co-authored ASSP's reference guide Applied Mathematics for Safety Engineers. Her many hobbies include running, photography, jewelry making, writing and science fiction.

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Address:Hargrove Controls + Automation, 4153 South Sherwood Forest Blvd. Suite 120, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70816