Safety Program

The subcommittee was chartered in 1991 and has served to accelerate the dispersion of information and knowledge impacting electrical safety in the petroleum and chemical industry. Activities include:

• Organizing the Safety General Session PCIC Conferences
• Administering the PCIC Electrical Safety Excellence Award
• Was the organizing sponsor of the Electrical Safety Workshop
• Promoting awareness and participation in National Electrical Safety Month
• Supporting the National Electrical Safety Foundation
• Compilation of Electrical Safety Material Resources for the membership
• Promoting the sharing of case histories of electrical-related incidents
• Providing updates of regulations and standards – NFPA, OSHA, IEEE, API, etc.
• Providing “take away”, useful information in the Subcommittee Meeting agenda

The Safety Technical Subcommittee officers are:​

• Tony Parsons - Chair
• Jim Phillips - Vice Chair
• Albert Marroquin - Secretary

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SAFETY TECHNICAL SESSION I
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025 – 8:15am to 11:15am
Presiding: Tony Parsons, Chair

PCIC-2025-28     Updating Arc Flash Analysis for Offshore Platform to IEEE STD 1584TM-2018​

Alok Gupta
Raghu Veeraraghavan
Walter Gonzalez
Chris Chaney

BP America Inc.
ETAP
ETAP
BP America Inc.

PCIC-2025-29     Arc-Flash Protection System Design Revisited​

Matthew Watkins
Anurag Upadhyay
Neel Shah
Nilushan K Mudugamuwa

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Tengizchevroil

PCIC-2025-30     Substation Transformer Failure – Case Study​

Brian Cassidy
Tanis Reed
Orlando Chavez
Gary Krigbaum
Juan Cruz Massari

Chevron
Chevron
Chevron
Chevron
​Chevron

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SAFETY TECHNICAL SESSION II

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 – 8:15am to 11:15am
Presiding: Jim Phillips, Vice-Chair

PCIC-2025-43     Getting Arc Flash Safety Right the First Time - 101​

Atul Arunkumar Shenoy
Carles Miller
Patrick Wilhelm
​Richard Neph

Burns & McDonnell
Burns & McDonnell
Burns & McDonnell
​Targa Resources Corp

PCIC-2025-44     Passive MV MCC Arc Resistant Construction Without Opening to the Environment​

Stan Simms
Richard Bhalla
Thomas A. Farr
Ian Andrup

Eaton
Eaton
Eaton
Eaton

PCIC-2025-45     Egress Accommodation for Factory Assembled Structures​

Alan Clemenson
Alex Bresnan
Joseph Coder
Mitchell Roegele
Luca Magenes

Anvil Corp
Anvil Corp
BP America Inc.
BP America Inc.
Powell