1.4.2

Do the operators have an adequate, unobstructed view of panels from their normal workplace?

For monitoring, the distance between panels and the operator's workplace should be minimum 2 meters, and operators should not have to turn their heads more than 60 degrees. Console height in front of operators should be no greater than approximately 1150 mm.

Check: personnel possibly obstructing view of process mimics, fire and gas panels, equipment status overviews, inhibition overviews and CCTV during emergencies. (The measurement requirements should not be applied when utilising a cockpit design solution. Distances and degrees of view to panels and consoles do not apply to the DC.)

Comments/Recommendations

ISO 11064-4FR § 19.
DC: Applicable to the DC. The access to BOP and choke panels must be free from obstructions and there should be an adequate and unobstructed view to these.