ISA12, Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Locations

Scope

To formulate standards, recommended practices, and technical reports for safe and practical use of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations, and for equipment used for the detection of combustible gases.

Purpose

To organize, manage, and coordinate all ISA Standards and Practices Department activities related to electrical equipment for installation in hazardous (classified) locations, and for electrical equipment used to detect, alarm, or otherwise process signals relating to the detection of materials within their combustible ranges.

ISA12 Work Program

The ISA12 Standards Committee is very active, currently working on 17 documents at various stages of the standards approval process. In addition, there are 33 published ISA12 standards, recommended practices, and technical reports available. The linked spreadsheet shows the status of both the working and published documents.

ISA12 Work Program

A Word from the Chairman

Welcome to the ISA12 Standards Committee. We always have a very solid meeting turnout and will be meeting again in September 2010 in San Antonio, Texas.

The ISA12 Committee and Subcommittees are primarily interested in promoting the safe design and use of electrical equipment in hazardous (classified) locations. The topics of the standards currently in production range from intrinsic safety to combustible dust atmospheres to combustible gas detectors.

Please join us if you have interest or expertise in this area. Everyone is welcome to attend but we are especially in need of user participation on the Committee. If you have any questions about the Committee and its activities, please contact ISA's staff representative, Eliana Beattie.

Ted Schnaare, ISA12 Chairman

ISA Meetings

The next ISA12 Committee and Subcommittee Meetings will be held at the Hyatt Place San Antonio Riverwalk, 601 South St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas, 27 September - 1 October 2010. Sleeping rooms are available until 29 August 2010 at $119/night single/double, and reservations may be made by calling 1-888-492-8847 or visiting Hyatt.com and entering the Group code G-ISA1.

Related Files

Fall 2010 ISA12 Meeting Schedule (Adobe PDF File)
ISA12 Work Program (Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet)

List of Standards for Committee

Contacts:

Nicholas Abbatiello Information Member Speer Equipment Inc	Nawaz Akhtar Voting Member Pakistan Refinery Ltd Phone: +92-21-5091771,
Richard Allen Alternate Member Honeywell Inc Phone: (215) 641-3189 Fax: (215) 641-3850	Donald Ankele Voting Member
Steven Arnold Information Member AMETEK Drexelbrook Phone: (215) 293-4138 Fax: (215) 674-2731	A. Ballard Voting Member Phone: (315) 695-3863
Rajan Batra Voting Member Chevron Corporation Phone: (713) 628-8225	Eliana Beattie Staff Contact ISA Phone: (919) 990-9228 Fax: (919) 549-8288
Warren Bennett Information Member Mine Safety Appliances Co Phone: (724) 776-8839 Fax: (724) 776-8737	Allen Bennett Information Member AB Group Phone: +44 12 4 658 3264 Fax: +44 12 4 658 3019
Michael Bergmeier Information Member ECOM INSTRUMENTS Phone: +49 106294 Fax: 490-6294	Wolfgang Berner Information Member R Stahl Inc Phone: (713) 792-9300 Fax: (713) 792-9301
Robert Berthold Information Member Processes Unlimited Intl Phone: (661) 396-3770x174	Ricardo Bethencourt Castillo Information Member CTA CA Phone: +58 212 952 7082
David Bishop Information Member David N Bishop Consultant Phone: (985) 764-9902 Fax: (985) 764-4042	Kurt Boegli Voting Member Phoenix Contact Design & Manufacturing Inc Phone: (717) 948-3452 Fax: (717) 948-3468
Chris Bombria Information Member Fax: (303) 920-1077	Robert Boring Alternate Member MSHA Approval & Certification Center Phone: (304) 547-2089 Fax: (304) 547-2044
John Bossert Information Member	Edward Briesch Alternate Member Underwriters Laboratories Inc Phone: (847) 664-3174 Fax: (847) 313-3174
Dave Burns Voting Member Shell P&T - Innovation / R&D Phone: (713) 245-8052	Richard Buschart Information Member
William Calder Information Member Calder Enterprises Phone: (352) 751-4583	Christopher Casso Voting Member Nabors Industries Phone: (281) 774-5668 Fax: (281) 774-5640
James Cawley Information Member	Donald Cook Information Member Shelby County Development Services Phone: (205) 620-6650 Fax: (205) 620-6655
Mark Coppler Voting Member Managing Director Ametek Inc Phone: (412) 826-2431 Fax: (412) 826-0686	James Costello Information Member Henkel Corp Phone: (215) 257-9702 Fax: (215) 257-9291
Steve Czaniecki Voting Member Intrinsic Safety Concepts Inc Phone: (519) 651-2074 Fax: (519) 651-2518	Alan Czyz Information Member INERIS
Wolf Dill Information Member Dill ATEX Consulting Phone: +49 2306 61780	Philip Dobler Information Member Weidmuller Inc Phone: (804) 379-6045 Fax: (804) 379-6037
Paul Dobrowsky Information Member Innovative Technology Services Phone: (585) 797-4462	Jim Dolphin Voting Member PSC Solutions Phone: (512) 382-0201
Mario Dona Voting Member Santos Ltd Phone: +61 8 8116 7947 Fax: +61 8 8116 5006	Thomas Dubaniewicz Voting Member NIOSH Phone: (412) 386-6596 Fax: (412) 386-6764
Umed Dugar Information Member Mobil Chem Co Phone: (409) 839-1275 Fax: (409) 839-1249	James Edmiston Information Member Dominion Transmission Phone: (724) 387-0553 Fax: (724) 387-0578
Russell Ellis Information Member Servomex Americas Business Center Phone: (617) 281-5139	Al Engler Voting Member Det Norske Veritas DNV Phone: (847) 736-3998 Fax: (815) 675-1363
Craig Fabbo Alternate Member FM Approvals Phone: (781) 255-4865	William Fiske Voting Member Intertek Phone: (607) 758-6286 Fax: (607) 756-6274
Billy Fox Information Member HDR Inc Phone: (704) 973-6896 Fax: (704) 338-6760	Gurinder Garcha Voting Member GE Energy Phone: (678) 844-6371
Bruce Gibson Information Member Detection Systems Inc Phone: (716) 223-4060 Fax: (716) 421-4263	Richard Graham Information Member Environment One Corporation Phone: (518) 579-3200
John Greenwald Information Member Huntsman Corp Phone: (915) 640-8523	Daniel Gunderud Information Member IMA Life North America Inc. Phone: (716) 695-6354 Fax: (716) 695-6367
Paul House Information Member Thermon Industries Phone: (800) 820-4328 Fax: (512) 754-2438	Chad Huntley Information Member MSHA A&CC Phone: (304) 547-2076
David Jagger Voting Member Bifold-Fluid Power Phone: +44 161 335 4777 Fax: +44 161 345 4780	Xu Jianping Information Member Shanghai Inst of Proc Auto Instr Phone: +86 21 64368180 Fax: +86 21 64844580
John Jonscher Information Member Adalet PLM Phone: (216) 267-9000 Fax: (216) 267-1681	Frederick Kent Voting Member Honeywell Inc Phone: (215) 641-3533 Fax: (215) 641-3786
Andrew Kohout Information Member Federal Energy Regulatory Commmission Phone: (202) 502-8053	Paul Kovscek Voting Member Industrial Scientific Corp Phone: (412) 490-1857 Fax: (412) 788-8353
Gary Kozinski Information Member GE Infrastructure Sensing Phone: (978) 437-1835 Fax: (978) 437-1011	Joseph Kuczka Voting Member Killark Phone: (314) 531-0460 Fax: (314) 531-7164
Chuck Kurtzman Alternate Member Rosemount Inc Phone: (952) 949-5171 Fax: (952) 949-5147	Bradley Larson Information Member Turck Inc Phone: (763) 553-7347 Fax: (763) 553-0708
William Lawrence Voting Member Vice Chair FM Approvals LLC Phone: (781) 255-4822 Fax: (781) 762-9375	Ed Leubner Voting Member Cooper Crouse-Hinds Phone: (315) 477-5169
Sheryl Leverington Voting Member	Troy Lewis Information Member Siemens Industry Phone: (713) 939-3246 Fax: (713) 939-3219
Nicholas Ludlam Voting Member FM Approvals Ltd Phone: + 44 1753 750471 Fax: +44 1753 868 700	Victor Maggioli Information Member Feltronics Corp Phone: (302) 547-6870 Fax: (302) 737-5472
Kashif Mansoor Voting Member	Richard Masek Voting Member CSA International Phone: (216) 524-4990 x8228 Fax: (216) 328-8101
Evans Massey Voting Member Baldor Electric Co Phone: (864) 281-2399 Fax: (864) 382-2718	Jon McCormick Information Member Bently Nevada LLC Phone: (775) 215-1462 Fax: (775) 215-2870
Davy Mcdermott Information Member Dexion House Phone: 08190 3-6035 Fax: 08190 3-8353	Ian McMurchie Information Member Petromarine of Texas Phone: (713) 977-3000
Russell McNeal Information Member	Jon Miller Voting Member Detector Electronics Corp Phone: (952) 946-6488 Fax: (952) 944-1714
Andy Mobley Information Member Advanced Control Systems Inc Phone: (651) 714-8571	Wolfgang Mueller Information Member Pepperl + Fuchs Inc Phone: (330) 425-3555 Fax: (330) 425-4607
Owen Murphy Information Member Honeywell Process Solutions Phone: (215) 641-3532 Fax: (215) 641-3359	Daniel Nachtigall Information Member Rockwell Automation Phone: (414) 382-1237 Fax: (414) 382-4441
Jeremy Neagle Alternate Member Intertek ETL SEMKO Phone: (607) 758-6297 Fax: (607) 753-6761	Jack Nelligan Alternate Member Vantage Technology Llc Phone: (303) 761-2121 Fax: (303) 789-4215
Elliot Nesvig Information Member Phone: (847) 251-5484 Fax: (847) 328-3535	Son Nguyen Information Member Siemens Milltronics Ltd Phone: (705) 745-2431 Fax: (705) 741-0466
Phil O'Connor Information Member	C. Oudar Information Member
Arthur Page Voting Member Phone: (704) 248-8784	Estellito Rangel Information Member Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobas) Phone: +55 21 2515 6877
Chris Romano Information Member Pepperl+fuchs Phone: (330) 425-3555 Fax: (330) 425-4607	Chester Sandberg Information Member Shell Oil Phone: (281) 544-3357
Joseph Schaffer Information Member Endress+Hauser Co Phone: (317) 535-1309 Fax: (317) 535-1486	Jim Scheller Information Member Baldor Electric Co
Ted Schnaare Voting Member Chair	Robert Seitz Voting Member Artech Engineering Phone: (907) 688-6040 Fax: (907) 688-9484
Arthur Shvartsman Information Member Pepperl+Fuchs Phone: (330) 425-3555 Fax: (330) 963-5827	Rodolfo Sierra Voting Member USCG Phone: (202) 372-1381
Manish Sood Information Member Black & Veatch	Michael Spencer Voting Member Columbia Gas Transmission Phone: (304) 357-2184 Fax: (304) 357-2745
Albert Stafford Information Member	John Stratman Information Member Honeywell Analytics Inc Phone: (954) 624-7097 Fax: (954) 624-7114
John Thomas Voting Member Schlumberger Phone: (281) 285-8255	Jerry Thomason Information Member Omni Industrial Systems Inc Phone: (850) 626-7240 Fax: (850) 626-0609
Peter Thurnherr Information Member Thuba Ltd Phone: 06130 18000	Patrick Turner Information Member 3M Co Phone: (651) 778-4033
Ian Verhappen Information Member Industrial Automation Networks Inc Phone: (780) 842-4722 Fax: (780) 628-7352	Ian Verhappen Information Member Industrial Automation Networks Inc Phone: (780) 842-4722 Fax: (780) 628-7352
Tien Vu Information Member Siemens Milltronics Ltd Phone: (705) 745-2431 Fax: (705) 741-0466	David Wechsler Voting Member Dow Chemical Co Phone: (979) 238-3535 Fax: (979) 238-0597
Jerome West Information Member Expo Technologies Inc Phone: (631) 476-2320 Fax: (330) 487-0611	Ralph Wigg Voting Member E-x Solutions International Pty Ltd Phone: +61 8835 85752 Fax: +61 8829 85745