Safety-barrier diagrams

N J Duijm

Journal of Risk and Reliability, 2008, vol. 222, issue 3, 439-448

Abstract: Safety-barrier diagrams and the related so-called ‘bow-tie’ diagrams have become popular methods in risk analysis. This paper describes the syntax and principles for constructing consistent and valid safety-barrier diagrams. The relation of safety-barrier diagrams to other methods such as fault trees and Bayesian networks is discussed. A simple method for quantification of safety-barrier diagrams is proposed. It is concluded that safety-barrier diagrams provide a useful framework for an electronic data structure that integrates information from risk analysis with operational safety management.

Keywords: safety barriers; safety-barrier diagrams; risk analysis; safety management; fault tree (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR130

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