Journal article
Safety-barrier diagrams as a safety management tool
Safety-barrier diagrams and “bow-tie” diagrams have become popular methods in risk analysis and safety management. This paper describes the syntax and principles for constructing consistent and valid safety-barrier diagrams. The latter's relation to other methods such as fault trees and Bayesian Networks is discussed.
Important advantages of safety-barrier diagrams as compared to other graphical risk-analysis methods are, firstly, the relative simplicity that supports communication with non-expert stakeholders and, secondly, the focus on deliberately inserted safety systems that supports the management and maintenance of these systems.
Safety-barrier diagrams provide a useful framework for an electronic data structure that integrates information from risk analysis with operational safety management.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2009 |
Pages: | 332-341 |
ISSN: | 18790836 and 09518320 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ress.2008.03.031 |
ORCIDs: | Duijm, Nijs Jan |