Bow-Tie Industrial Risk Management Across Sectors (eBook)

Luca Fiorentini is owner and CEO of TECSA S.r.l international consulting company. His professional focus is on the field of loss prevention, environmental protection, process safety, functional safety, and fire engineering. He is a Senior Lead Risk Manager and an internationally recognized expert in quantitative risk assessment methods and human reliability methods applied to a wide variety of complex industries, including the onshore and offshore oil and gas, nuclear, military, energy, and chemical sectors. He is also an experienced forensic engineer for fires and explosions in industrial facilities.

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Acronyms

Preface 1

Riccardo Ghini

Preface 2

Bernardino Chiaia

Preface 3

Luca Marmo

Preface 4

Giuseppe Conti

Preface 5

Claudio De Angelis

Preface 6

Damiano Tranquilli

Preface 7

Enzo Matticoli

Preface 8

Salvatore Bagnato

Author Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Introduction to Risk and Risk Management

1.1 Risk Is Everywhere, and Risk Management Became a Critical Issue in Several Sectors

1.2 ISO 31000 Standard

1.3 ISO 31000 Risk Management Workflow

1.4 Uncertainty and the Human Factor

1.5 Enterprise Complexity and (Advanced) Risk Management (ERM)

1.6 Proactive and Reactive Culture of Organizations Dealing with Risk Management

1.7 A Systems Approach to Risk Management

Chapter 2 Bow-Tie Method

2.1 Hazards and Risks

2.2 Methods of Risk Management

2.3 The Bow-Tie Method

2.4 The Bow-Tie Method and the Risk Management Workflow from ISO 31000

2.5 Application of Bow-Ties

2.6 Level of Abstraction

2.7 Building a Bow-Tie

2.8 Hazards

2.9 Top Events

2.10 Threats

2.11 Consequences

2.12 Barriers

2.13 Escalation Factors and Associated Barriers

2.14 Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA): A Quantified Bow-Tie to Measure Risks

2.15 Bow-Tie as a Quantitative Method to Measure Risks and Develop a Dynamic Quantified Risk Register

2.16 Advanced Bow-Ties: Chaining and Combination

Chapter 3 Barrier Failure Analysis

3.1 Accidents, Near-Misses, and Non-Conformities in Risk Management

3.2 The Importance of Operational Experience

3.3 Principles of Accident Investigation

3.4 The Barrier Failure Analysis (BFA)

3.5 From Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to BFA

3.6 BFA from Bow-Ties

Chapter 4 Workflows and Case Studies

4.1 Bow-Tie Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide

4.2 LOPA Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide

4.3 BFA Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide

4.4 Worked Examples

Conclusions

Appendix 1 Bow-Tie Easy Guide

Appendix 2 BFA Easy Guide

Appendix 3 Human Error and Reliability Assessment (HRA)

References and Further Reading

Index