From Risk to Safety Concept

Authors

  • Volker Arndt BASF SE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17560/atp.v53i01-02.185

Keywords:

Risk, Safety Concept

Abstract

Best Practice Methods and Tools

Risk is defined as the product of frequency of occurrence and severity. Three areas are distinguished: an area being not acceptable, a tolerable area, and a commonly acceptable area. One gets from risk to the safety concept by identifying and assessing hazard scenarios. Several tools are available for the assessment of the scenarios. These include deterministic methodologies without risk consideration, the risk graph, layers of protection analysis (LOPA), risk matrix as well as quantitative risk analysis. In this paper, the way from the identified risk to a safety concept is demonstrated.

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Published

2011-01-01