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These proceedings deal with safety related applications of industrial computer systems which are used in transportation, production industry, power plants, medical and emergency systems, their objective being to protect the workforce, property and the environment. The Safecomp workshop considered new aspects which were created from the extension of applications to electronic data interchange for trade and transport (EDI) and to computer integrated manufacturing using distributed systems and wide area telecommunication networks. The papers included standardization aspects, specification, verification, validation, testing and modelling in safety related systems, and provide essential information for safety in the growing field of information technology.