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Management of Health and Safety at Work
Regulations 1992
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Introduction
"The assessment and management of risk is fundamental in the provision of a safe
and healthy working environment. In addition to being a legal requirement in many
circumstances, risk assessment is an essential tool in the determination and
prioritisation of control measures" 1.
In order to realise this risk assessment, a lot of methods have been developed by the
risk professionals and then adopted in international regulations or standards. These
methods are most of the time easily understanding, but because of the wide variety of
them, the choice is sometimes difficult. At first sight, lots of Risk Assessment ethods
seems to be all the same, but they have all different aims and results! some methods
analyse probability of ha"ard, others search the root or immediate causes of an accident,
or try to demonstrate a failure in the system,#
This essay will try to e$plain briefly %& of these methods, and also to be a guide for
the choice of the most suitable risk assessment method in each cases.
A crucial distinction between different ha"ard'risk analysis methods is whether the
analysis starts with a component failure and tries to investigate the possible effects on
the occurrence of ha"ards (that I will call ) Type 1 Methods*, or whether they start with a
specific ha"ard an try to trace back by which sorts of component failures they may be
caused Type ! Methods*2.
% +$tract from the Risk anagement niversity ourse % - /hirley 0antie, /enior 1ecturer.2
3 ) ost of this essay is e$tract from the 4eoff 5ells6 book ) 7 a#ard Identification $%isk &ssessment 7 ! Reportto this book for further information on Risk Assessment ethods.
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Type 1 MethodsType 1 Methods
11 F* T"'' A)2%$% -F* T"'' A)2%$% - FTAFTA
0ault Tree Analysis8 are widely used as communication aids to demonstrate system
failures and their development to manager, designers and operator. The use of fault tree
in 9ualitative analysis demonstrates the effect of system failure modes and design
changes.
This method starts with an identified ha"ard as the root of a tree and works
backwards to determine its possible causes. A cause can be defined as an A: or ;Rcombination of events, thereby revealing the combinations of component failures that
may cause the ha"ard. A 0ault Tree Analysis follow the system structure, such that the
upper levels in a fault tree correspond to the system, and the lower levels corresponds to
system components.
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HAZARDS
8 Investigate the possible effects on the
occurrence of haards8
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+vent Tree Analysis< can be used to analyse the probabilities of different outcomes
which have been identified during a safety study. +vent tree analysis takes at its starting
point the event that can affect the system and tracks them forward through se9uences ofinterfacing system components to determine their possible conse9uences.
0rom the event which initiates any specific accident se9uence, normally a significant
release, the functioning and failure of safety subsystems are analysed using forward
logic. This result in a tree structure with the branches developing from left to right. 3y
assigning a probability to each branch the probabilities of every possible outcome
following the initiating event can be determined.
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oncept =a"ard Analysis is used for the identification of ha"ard characteristics in an
attempt to identify areas which are recogni"ed as being particularly dangerous from
previous incidents in the past.
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A >>=A follows up the results of oncept =a"ard Analysis to provide further
information on factors such as wanted and unwanted reactions, the reduction of ha"ards
and ha"ardous characteristics on the plant, the identification of incident scenarios and
the evaluation of emissions, effluents, wastes and off-specification products.
A#7)*5'%:
Identifies the potential for ma?or ha"ards at a very early stage of pro?ect development.
>rovides basis for design and siting decisions.
=elps to ensure plant to plant and plant to environment compatibility.
0acilitates a later full ha"ard analysis.
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Is not comprehensive and must be followed by a full =A@;> before construction
begins.
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5hat-If analysis uses a creative team brainstorming 7what if7 9uestioning approach
to the e$amination of a process or operation to identify potential ha"ards and their
conse9uences. =a"ards are identified, e$isting safeguards noted, and 9ualitative severityand likelihood ratings are assigned to aid in risk management decision making.
Buestions that begin with 7what-if7 are formulated by engineering personnel
e$perienced in the process or operation.
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Team of relevant e$perts e$tend knowledge and creativity pool.
+asy to use.
Ability to focus on specific element (i.e. human error or environmental issues*.
D$%#7)*5'%:
Buality is dependent on knowledge, thoroughness and e$perience of team.
1oose structure can let ha"ards slip through.
:oes not directly address operability problems.
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Type 2 MethodsType 2 Methods
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0ailure ode and +ffect Analysis assumes that the failure modes of the system
component are known. ;n the basis of these failure modes, the causes of each failure is
then evaluated in the system. 0+A is a forward analysis method, and investigates
effects of a single component failure! it is not possible to investigate the problem caused by combinations of component failures.
0+A is a fundamental ha"ard identification and fre9uency analysis techni9ue
which analyses all the faults modes of a given e9uipment item for their effects both on
other components and the system.
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/ystematic, component by component analysis aids thoroughness.
3eneficial at all stages of a facility6s life.
an easily be updated for plant modifications.
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ot efficient for identifying combinations of e9uipment failure.
:oes not directly address siting, general safety, or environmental issues.
:oes not directly address operability problems.
an be time consuming.
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8!race back by "hich sorts of component failures they may be caused 8
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0+A is an e$tended variant of 0+A, where the criticality of each effect is
recorded.
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=A@;> is the most widely used method of analysis used in the process industries. It
is recommended for use by legislators, regulators and engineering institutions. A
=A@;> study is a formal, systematic e$amination of a processing plant in order to
identify ha"ards, failures and operability problems, and assess the conse9uences from
such maloperation.
A =A@;> study generates a list of identified problems, usually with some
suggestions for improvement of the system, and can be used for )
probabilistic safety assessment
design changes
development of operating instructions and procedures for use in training
9uality control and management standards
This method, in order to investigate the effects of deviations from normal operating
conditions during each phase of a system6s operation, use a series of guide words)
/ignificant release of material
0ailure to recover situation
:angerous disturbance of plant
Inade9uate emergency control
=a"ardous deviation
0ailure to control situation (on alarm*
>rocess deviation
Inade9uate normal control
Immediate causes of incident
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ost systematic and comprehensive of methodologies.
an be used in con?unction with =uman +rror analysis.
>rovides greatest safety assurance.
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an be time consuming and costly.
an be tedious if not well facilitated.
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Buantified Risk Assessment is widely used as a techni9ue to aid management
decision and defined by the ;A5+ organisation as) 7The identification of causes
of possible accidents followed by a technical analysis to determine the likelihood ofoccurrence and potential conse9uences of those accidents leading to a numerical
estimate of an appropriate measure of risk, together with the value ?udgements made
with regard to a significance of estimated level of risk7.
The steps of the method are )
=a"ard Identification
0re9uency +stimation
onse9uence Analysis
Risk +valuation
/ensitivity Analysis
The elements of the procedure are used both to generate information and as an aid to
decision-making.
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Task analysis has been developed as a systematic method for analysing a task into its
goals, operations and plans.
Task analysis is a process of sorting out what people might do or actually do when
carrying out operations. The analysis must answer to 9uestions such as )
5hat actions do the operators carry out F
=ow do operator respond to different cues in their environment F
5hat errors might be made an deviations caused in plant operations F
=ow might any error be recovered from, or any deviation be controlled F
=ow do operators plan their actions F
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Conclusion
Risk assessment is the scientific process of asking how risky something is. It is a
process of collecting and analysing scientific data 7to describe the form, dimension, and
characteristics of risk 7. A lot of Risk Assessment ethods e$ist, but their is no good or
bad methods. Risk assessment can take different approaches depending on the purpose
and scope of the available information or data used in an assessment. :epending of
what you want to obtain by a risk assessment, you will need to use a specific method.
Risk assessment is re9uired by law, but is firstly a very good tool to prevent in?uries,
accidents on people or properties.
0or better outcomes, or in case of doubt in the choice of the method, different ones
should be used. The results of these methods would compare after to look for the more
relevant.
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DefinitionsDefinitions
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to the environment or a combination of these7.
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specialised circumstances7.
R$% A%%'%%(')*7The act of *udging the significance of the risk and prioritise the different risks7.
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situation
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>rimaryPPHA - >reliminary >rocess =a"ard Analysis /econd
HAZOP - =a"ard and ;perability studies
FMEA - 0ailure ode and +ffect Analysis
FTA - 0ault Tree Analysis
ETA - +vent Tree Analysis
T% - Task Analysis
>RA - Buantified Risk Assessment
W+*-I6 - 5hat-If Analysis
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DEFINE SYSTEM3oundaries, aims, information
IDENTIFY HAZARDS
ANALYSEEFFECTS/CONSE>UENCES
In?ury severity, e9uipment damage,
fire'e$plosion,#
ESTIMATE OVERALL RISK (0re9uency* $ (onse9uences*
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ompare )odes of practice, e$isting situation,
targets'criteria
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heck list
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=a"ard Indices=A@;>0+ATask Analysis
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umerical :ata
(probability or fre9uency*)
Reliability Technology=uman Reliability
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ost-benefit Analysis
Tolerability of Risk 0atal Accident RateIndustry average
Target'riteria
odifications
aintenancehanges
+ /tandardsRegulations
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