Operations in Chemical plants and Oil and
Gas refineries deal with hazardous materials. They use very sophisticated
processes and equipment to handle these materials, requiring a high level of
training on materials and equipment. It is very important for the safety of the
employees to ensure and audit that only employees with proper training and
accreditation are allowed to work with the equipment, and be able to identify
where every employee is physically located. In this paper we discuss a solution
to implement this safety requirement using RFID technology and advanced
location sensing algorithms.