Lighting in Hazardous Areas: The Risk No One Notices

Most hazardous-area lighting systems are only reviewed when something forces it  an audit, an incident, or a renovation. Until then, everything appears to function normally. That is precisely where the risk hides.

On operating industrial sites, we regularly encounter:

• non-certified luminaires installed in classified zones;
• temperature class mismatches;
• equipment replaced without reviewing zone documentation;
• absence of formal compliance verification.

In hazardous environments, compliance is not assumed it must be proven.

The correct engineering sequence is:

• zone → environment → certification → calculation → documentation → compliance verification.

If price drives the selection before zone classification and certification parameters are verified, non-compliance is built into the system from day one.  Lighting in explosive zones is part of industrial safety infrastructure. Its conformity must be confirmed by design and documentation, not by visual inspection.

A technical review clarifies the real condition of the installation before regulators or incidents do.

Vitalight performs independent technical reviews of hazardous-area lighting systems, verifies zone compliance and prepares the required documentation.

The objective is clear:

• identify non-compliance early and eliminate regulatory and operational exposure before it turns into cost.