AVEVA™ Plant SCADA

Safety Information

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Last UpdatedFeb 05, 2025
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Hazard categories and special symbols

The following symbols and special messages may appear in this manual or on the product to warn of potential hazards or to call attention to information that clarifies or simplifies a procedure.

Symbol	Description
or	The addition of either symbol to a "Danger" or "Warning" safety label indicates that an electrical hazard exists which will result in personal injury if the instructions are not followed.
	This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to personal injury hazards. Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death.

Symbol

Description

lightning or ANSI

The addition of either symbol to a "Danger" or "Warning" safety label indicates that an electrical hazard exists which will result in personal injury if the instructions are not followed.

warning

This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to personal injury hazards. Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death.

Danger

DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury.

warning2

WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which, if not avoided, can result in death or serious injury.

caution

CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, can result in minor or moderate injury.

NOTICE

NOTICE used without a safety alert symbol, indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, can result in property or equipment damage.

Please Note

Electrical equipment should be installed, operated, serviced, and maintained only by qualified personnel. No responsibility is assumed by AVEVA for any consequences arising out of the use of this material.

Before You Begin

Plant SCADA is a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) solution. It facilitates the creation of software to manage and monitor industrial systems and processes. Due to Plant SCADA's central role in controlling systems and processes, you must appropriately design, commission, and test your Plant SCADA project before implementing it in an operational setting. Observe the following:

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UNINTENDED EQUIPMENT OPERATION

Do not use Plant SCADA or other SCADA software as a replacement for PLC-based control programs. SCADA software is not designed for direct, high-speed system control.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.

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LOSS OF CONTROL

The designer of any control scheme must consider the potential failure modes of control paths and, for certain critical control functions, provide a means to achieve a safe state during and after a path failure. Examples of critical control functions are emergency stop and overtravel stop, power outage and restart.
Separate or redundant control paths must be provided for critical control functions.
System control paths may include communication links. Consideration must be given to the implications of unanticipated transmission delays or failures of the link.
Observe all accident prevention regulations and local safety guidelines. 1
Each implementation of a control system created using Plant SCADA must be individually and thoroughly tested for proper operation before being placed into service.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.

1. For additional information, refer to NEMA ICS 1.1 (latest edition) "Safety Guidelines for the Application, Installation, and Maintenance of Solid State Control", and to NEMA ICS 7.1 (latest edition) "Safety Standards for Construction and Guide for Selection, Installation and Operation of Adjustable-Speed Drive Systems" or their equivalent governing your particular location.

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