Safety Integrity Level (SIL) is defined as a relative level of risk-reduction provided by a safety function, or to specify a target level of risk reduction. In simple terms, SIL is a measurement of performance required for a Safety Instrumented Function (SIF). The requirements for a given SIL are not consistent among all of the functional safety standards. In the [...]

The standard IEC ISO 17305 is planned to be a merger of the standards EN ISO 13849 and IEC 62061. In future, the new IEC ISO 17305 will describe the functional safety of plant and machinery as well as the measures and steps to be considered en route. IEC/ISO 17305 will probably come into force [...]

SEONGAM (AFP) - Sixteen people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a ventilation grate gave way while they were watching an outdoor pop concert in Seongam south of Seoul on Friday, rescuers said. “They were standing on the ventilation grate to get a better view when it collapsed under their weight,” a spokesman [...]

The PLASA Rigging Conference returns this year on Monday 6 October, running alongside PLASA London 2014 at ExCeL London. The only international annual meeting of its size dedicated solely to the rigging community. Don’t miss the opportunity to get together with practitioners, managers, engineers, safety professionals and policy makers from around the globe to exchange [...]

Developing a set of standards for machinery, technical installations and work equipment used in places of assembly, in staging and production facilities for events and theatrical productions. Such facilities include theatres, multi-purpose halls, exhibition halls; film, television, photography and radio studios as well as facilities in concert halls, schools, bars, discotheques, open-air stages and other [...]

PROVIDENCE, RI -- The weekend accident that injured nine members of a circus troupe, along with two other people, during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey performance in Providence, Rhode Island, was caused by a 5-inch D-ring that snapped, the lead investigator for the city's fire department said Monday. "It was a single piece [...]

A rehearsal for a dramatic eight-person pyramid went horribly wrong, injuring five high-wire circus performers who tumbled about 25 feet, said officials in Sarasota, Florida. Four were hospitalized as trauma patients. Renowned daredevil Nik Wallenda — a member of the famed aerialist family — was among three performers on the wire who were not injured, [...]

BLUMANO Ltd is an engineering-based company headquartered in the UK and working internationally which has been launched to provide a whole range of specialist services, expertise and consultancy which is related to lifting and load-bearing equipment for stages and other areas of entertainment industry production. The company is headed by two industry professionals - Cristiano [...]