An industrial plant system, comprising: an industrial safety system, ISS, configured to monitor a safety status of an industrial plant; one or more intelligent personal protective equipment, PPE, systems configured to be worn by personnel located in the industrial plant, wherein each of the intelligent PPE systems comprises one or more intelligent PPE devices configured to sense personal and environmental characteristics of a person wearing the intelligent PPE system, and wherein each of the intelligent PPE systems is configured to transmit, to the industrial safety system, safety data corresponding to the personal and environmental characteristics of the person wearing the intelligent PPE system, sensed by the one or more intelligent PPE devices of the intelligent PPE system; and a smart device coupled to a plant device, wherein the smart device is configured to transmit, to an intelligent PPE system worn by a person located in the industrial plant, environmental data indicative of a characteristic of the plant device, and wherein the intelligent PPE system comprises an EEG sensor and is configured to communicate the environmental data indicative of the characteristic of the plant device to the person by way of the EEG sensor, and wherein the ISS is configured to: collect, from the one or more intelligent PPE systems, the safety data; determine, based on the safety data collected, whether a safety incident has occurred; and in response to determining that a safety incident has occurred, execute a response to the safety incident. an industrial safety system, ISS, configured to monitor a safety status of an industrial plant; one or more intelligent personal protective equipment, PPE, systems configured to be worn by personnel located in the industrial plant, wherein each of the intelligent PPE systems comprises one or more intelligent PPE devices configured to sense personal and environmental characteristics of a person wearing the intelligent PPE system, and wherein each of the intelligent PPE systems is configured to transmit, to the industrial safety system, safety data corresponding to the personal and environmental characteristics of the person wearing the intelligent PPE system, sensed by the one or more intelligent PPE devices of the intelligent PPE system; and a smart device coupled to a plant device, wherein the smart device is configured to transmit, to an intelligent PPE system worn by a person located in the industrial plant, environmental data indicative of a characteristic of the plant device, and wherein the intelligent PPE system comprises an EEG sensor and is configured to communicate the environmental data indicative of the characteristic of the plant device to the person by way of the EEG sensor, and wherein the ISS is configured to: collect, from the one or more intelligent PPE systems, the safety data; determine, based on the safety data collected, whether a safety incident has occurred; and in response to determining that a safety incident has occurred, execute a response to the safety incident. collect, from the one or more intelligent PPE systems, the safety data; determine, based on the safety data collected, whether a safety incident has occurred; and in response to determining that a safety incident has occurred, execute a response to the safety incident.