ISA12.16, Increased Safety for Zone 1, Hazardous Locations

Scope

The committee shall survey, monitor, and participate in the development of national and international standards, practices, and codes for increased safety as a protection technique, and promote the understanding of increased safety.

Purpose

1. To summarize current practices for increased safety as a protection technique for electrical equipment intended for use in hazardous (classified) locations.

2. To publish standards and practices for the construction, marking, and performance of equipment, using increased safety as a protection technique.

3. To submit proposals, as needed, for revisions to standards and practices outlining the various methods for increased safety to prevent ignition of flammable atmospheres.

ISA Meetings

For information about all upcoming ISA12 meetings, please visit www.ISA12.org.

Key Committee Contacts

Kurt Boegli, Voting Member Chair
Phoenix Contact Inc
Harrisburg, PA
Phone: (717) 948-3452
Email: kboegli@phoenixcon.com

Mark Coppler, Voting Member Managing Director
Ametek, Inc.
Paoli, PA
Phone: (412) 826-2431
Email: mark.coppler@ametek.com

Eliana Brazda, Staff Contact
ISA
Research Triangle Park, NC
Phone: (919) 990-9228
Email: ebrazda@isa.org

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Contacts:

Steven Arnold Information Member AMETEK Drexelbrook Phone: (215) 293-4138 Fax: (215) 674-2731	Sheryl Bihler Information Member
Steve Blais Information Member EGS Electrical Group Phone: (847) 268-6205	Kurt Boegli Voting Member Chair Phoenix Contact
Chris Bombria Information Member Fax: (303) 920-1077	Eliana Brazda Staff Contact ISA Phone: (919) 990-9228 Fax: (919) 549-8288
Edward Briesch Alternate Member UL LLC Phone: (847) 664-3174 Fax: (847) 313-3174	William Brown Information Member Maverick Engineering Phone: (281) 578-1898 Fax: (713) 469-4567
Mark Coppler Voting Member Managing Director Det Norske Veritas Certification Inc Phone: (412) 916-0941	Thomas Crawford Voting Member Intertek Testing Services Phone: (403) 516-8350
Steve Czaniecki Voting Member Endress + Hauser Canada Phone: (905) 681-4354 Fax: (905) 681-9444	Hunain Dattu Information Member Solar Turbines Inc Phone: (858) 694-6237
Daniel Delaney Information Member GE Energy Phone: (260) 439-4513 Fax: (260) 439-4415	Matthew Derr Alternate Member Adalet Phone: (216) 267-9000 Fax: (216) 267-1681
Paul Dobrowsky Information Member Innovative Technology Services Phone: (585) 797-4462	Richard Dole Information Member WEST Engineering
Al Engler Alternate Member Det Norske Veritas DNV Phone: (847) 736-3998	Robert Frease Information Member Fanuc Robotics Phone: (248) 377-7632 Fax: (248) 377-7363
Gurinder Garcha Voting Member GE Energy Phone: (518) 385-4101	Edgar Geissler Information Member Bartec Us Corp Phone: (281) 214-8542 Fax: (281) 214-8547
Ingrid Gilstrap Information Member GE Energy Phone: (775) 215-1961	Paul Hamer Information Member Chevron Energy Tech Pty Ltd Phone: 61 8 9485 5277 Fax: 61 8 9485 5088
Mike Herzog Information Member Rittal Corp Phone: (937) 629-2683 Fax: (937) 390-8392	Paul House Voting Member Thermon Industries Phone: (800) 820-4328 Fax: (512) 754-2438
Laji Isac Information Member Weatherford Production Optimization Phone: (281) 348-1128	David Jagger Information Member Bifold Fluid Power Phone: +44 161 345 4777 Fax: +44 161 345 4780
Ben Johnson Information Member Thermon Mfg Co Phone: (512) 396-5801 Fax: (512) 396-3627	John Jonscher Information Member Adalet PLM Phone: (216) 267-9000 Fax: (216) 267-1681
Paul Kelly Voting Member UL LLC Phone: (847) 664-2326 Fax: (847) 664-2326	David Kendall Information Member Thomas & Betts Corp Phone: (901) 252-8879 Fax: (901) 252-1333
Joseph Kline Information Member US Electrical Motors Div Phone: (314) 595-8404 Fax: (314) 595-8492	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 Information Member Rosemount Inc Phone: (952) 949-5171 Fax: (952) 949-5147
Steven Kushman Information Member Raychem Corp	William Lawrence Voting Member FM Approvals LLC Phone: (781) 255-4822 Fax: (781) 762-9375
William Leber Information Member EGS Electrical Group Phone: (773) 327-7200 Fax: (773) 327-0271	Edmund Leubner Information Member Cooper Crouse-Hinds Phone: (315) 477-5169
Larry Lewis Information Member Weidmuller Ltd Phone: (519) 312-5253 Fax: (519) 882-2892	Darrin Lombard Information Member Vantage Technology LLC Phone: (303) 761-2121 Fax: (303) 789-4215
Raymond Martin Information Member U S Coast Guard Phone: (202) 372-1384 Fax: (202) 372-1925	Trenton Martin Information Member Transocean Phone: (713) 232-7445
Evans Massey Voting Member Baldor Electric Co Phone: (864) 281-2399 Fax: (864) 382-2718	Jon McCormick Voting Member Siemens Process Analytics Phone: (918) 662-7320
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 Fax: (651) 714-8571
William Mostia Information Member SIS-Tech Solutions Phone: (281) 334-3169	Owen Murphy Voting Member Honeywell Inc Phone: (215) 641-3532 Fax: (215) 641-3359
Bernard Piquette Information Member INERIS	Manfred Popp Information Member TUV Bayern America Phone: (508) 777-7999 Fax: (508) 777-8441
Vincent Rowe Information Member Shell Canada Ltd Phone: 4036913360 Fax: (403) 262-9263	Chester Sandberg Information Member Shell Oil Phone: (281) 544-3357
Jim Scheller Alternate Member Baldor Electric Co	Ted Schnaare Voting Member
Robert Seitz Voting Member Artech Engineering Phone: (907) 688-6040 Fax: (907) 688-9484	Gregory Shahnovsky Information Member Modcon Systems Ltd Phone: +972 4 9553955 Fax: +972 4 9553956
Zalo Shulimovitch Information Member Phone: 97248466038 Fax: 97248466767	Rodolfo Sierra Information Member USCG Phone: (202) 372-1381
Gregory Steinman Information Member Thomas & Betts Corp Phone: (901) 252-5719	Ken Thompson Information Member MSA Co Phone: (724) 776-8916 Fax: (724) 776-8940
Laurentiu Vlagea Information Member General Monitors Phone: (949) 581-4464	Rebecca Weber Alternate Member GE Energy Phone: (864) 254-3827
Gary Weisenburger Voting Member Adalet PLM Phone: (216) 267-9000 X204 Fax: (216) 267-1681	Wayne Williams Information Member Tyco Thermal Controls Phone: (650) 474-7964
Brad Zimmermann Information Member R Stahl Phone: (713) 792-9300