Four perspectives on safety analysis

Tor Ståhlhane, Timo Malm

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    Abstract

    We have studied the reports from four Nordic companies which did safety analysis of the same system. The system’s safety requirements were based on the EN 954 series and the system is required to comply with this standard’s requirements for category 4. We wanted to study what they did the same way, what they did different and how the differences influenced their assessment of the system. We
    went through each company’s report and compared the methods used and the results obtained. These results were then compared – noting what was equal and what was different. They often used different methods and if they used the same method, it was used in different ways and focussing on different part of the system. When they identified the same safety problem, they used different term to describe it and it was thus problematic to compare the results. In order to control that a safety analysis is done according to a specified international standard we need to specify analysis methods, how they will be used and the vocabulary to use when describing the results.
    Original languageEnglish
    Number of pages8
    Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2020
    MoE publication typeNot Eligible
    Event30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM15 2020: Online - Virtual, Venice, Italy
    Duration: 1 Nov 20205 Nov 2020
    https://www.esrel2020-psam15.org/index.html

    Conference

    Conference30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM15 2020
    Abbreviated titleESREL 2020 PSAM 15
    Country/TerritoryItaly
    CityVenice
    Period1/11/205/11/20
    Internet address

    Keywords

    • safety analysis
    • safety analysis methods
    • system vocabulary
    • subcontractor agreement

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