Developing a method to improve safety management systems based on accident investigations: The SAfety FRactal ANalysis

Accou, Bart; Reniers, Genserik

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.02.016

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“…Compared to the 'Dutch" generic SMS model, three distinct process=related type of activities are defined (process performance, process implementation and process control) and an additional organizational component is added to cover the impact that task design and organizational structure could have on process performance. This results in the representation of a safety fractal that is describing, in a self-similar way, a five-step safety management delivery system with the following logic (see also [44]):…”

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“…The main reason for this is that the scope of these investigations is often limited to the immediate causes and decision-making close to the adverse event, insufficiently addressing essential elements of safety management. The authors have already used the concept of the safety fractal to develop an innovative accident and incident analysis method that guides investigators to explore the composite elements of an SMS in a natural and logic way [44,68]. Starting from the findings close to operations that explain the occurrence (being the elements accident investigators are first confronted with), the same simple five steps, inspired from the safety fractal, are iterated to evaluate the performance of relevant SMS processes.…”

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Introducing the Extended Safety Fractal: Reusing the Concept of Safety Management Systems to Organize Resilient Organizations

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Reniers

2020

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Although mandatory in most high-risk industries, the safety management system (SMS) is often criticized as burdensome and complex. Through its requirement to formalize all main activities, the SMS is perceived as bureaucratic and a vehicle for pure compliance and Safety I (one). Furthermore, the SMS is often detached from an organization’s core activities, goes against local practice and does not deliver the safe performance that was hoped for. By comparing the model behind SMS with specific requirements for process capability, this paper identifies a safety fractal that reflects the basic requirements that are needed to control safety related activities at all levels within an organization. It is further argued that the constituent elements of this safety fractal are particularly suitable to organize resilient performance, provided that resilience is explicitly identified as the safety strategy to follow and, as such, consequently implemented. This approach is then positioned against common safety management concepts as management system maturity, leadership and safety culture, leading to a systematic and a more comprehensive view on how to measure safety performance and resilience.

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Section: The Resulting Safety Fractalmentioning

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Introducing the Extended Safety Fractal: Reusing the Concept of Safety Management Systems to Organize Resilient Organizations

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2020

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“…In order to develop and implement an effective safety management system, many factors have to be considered to represent the whole system. Many authors in literature [13][14][15] have supported the effectiveness of system dynamics as a useful tool to highlight the interrelations among the components of a system: People, things, business functions, socio-technical elements, psychophysical characteristics, etc.…”

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“…Failure risk: The risk of failure/breakage is based on probability of failure of an equipment/plant and the consequences deriving from it. This estimate is more accurate if the information about it is more precise relative to the type of failure/break (type of damage) [14]. This will depend on information derived from the historian of the inspections and maintenance carried out, on the planning data for inspection, on process data (temperature, pressure, etc.…”

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Modelling a Safety Management System Using System Dynamics at the Bhopal Incident

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In a safety management system (SMS), risk management plays a key role for the prevention of accidents. This study aims to propose a safety management model by using a system dynamics approach applied to the Bhopal incident. The model proposed in this paper discusses the relationships among the main causes that have contributed to the occurrence of the incident studied, such as broken safety devices, inadequate personnel experience, operator decisions, manager production strategy, policy decision, as deduced from the relevant literature about the Bhopal incident dynamics. The simulation and the results clarify how to manage the key factors to make the plant safe. Moreover, we want to underline how these key modern aspects of safety could be enhanced by using the enabling technologies of industry 4.0.

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“…Based on the evaluated probability scenarios of the analysed incidents, it is then possible to propose preventive measures for a specific incident scenario. Incident scenarios assessed in this way provide a framework for defining and selecting preventive measures [14].…”

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Cost benefit analysis within organization security management

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Zvaríková

2020

SHS Web Conf.

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The present time is constantly evolving, advancing and bringing new challenges and threats that may have an adverse impact on individuals and organizations. Each organization must adapt its activities to the current situation. It must also take care of its security, which it needs to ensure its existence, successful functioning and continuous improvement of its position within the global environment. Security must therefore be part of the organization’s main strategies. Therefore, appropriate attention should be paid to security and the organization should regularly allocate sufficient resources to ensure its security. The aim of this article is to point out the possibilities of using the CBA method in the framework of security management in the concept of socially responsible business. The CBA method provides scope to develop and incorporate its methodological framework into standard risk management practices within a company by assessing the costs and benefits of the proposed preventive measures related to ensuring the required level of security within the organization.

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Developing a method to improve safety management systems based on accident investigations: The SAfety FRactal ANalysis

Cited by 26 publications

References 19 publications

Introducing the Extended Safety Fractal: Reusing the Concept of Safety Management Systems to Organize Resilient Organizations

Introducing the Extended Safety Fractal: Reusing the Concept of Safety Management Systems to Organize Resilient Organizations

Modelling a Safety Management System Using System Dynamics at the Bhopal Incident

Cost benefit analysis within organization security management

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