The digital representation of safety systems at “Seveso” plants and its potential for improving risk management

Bragatto, Paolo; Agnello, Patrizia; Ansaldi, Silvia; Pittiglio, Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2010.05.013

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“…], trough documented experiences, best practices, and expert references'' (Norheim and Fjellheim, 2007:2). Keeping these documents up to date is important, and although most documents are developed according to a top-down approach, a Safety Management System can also be an instrument for knowledge flow the other way so the practical experience and implicit knowledge of the workers can be incorporated in the living documents (Hale et al, in press;Hale and Borys, 2013;Blakstad et al, 2010;Bragatto et al, 2010). Safety Management Systems are integrated mechanisms in the organizations, and the purpose is to control the hazards that can affect workers' health and safety , to maintain risk within an acceptable range in the operations of any organization , and to help the organization meet the regulatory requirements .…”

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Safety Management Systems as communication in an oil and gas producing company

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2015

Safety Science

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Safety Management Systems as communication in an oil and gas producing company

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2015

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“…SMS in a formal sense is a framework, holding a large package of documents, containing different procedures, manuals, charts, reports, records, emergency plans, etc. [12]. The safety management system is considered to be a basic component of the organisations' safety culture [13,14].…”

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“…The integration of legally required and standardised management systems is possible and recommendable due to the fact that they have several analogous or similar system components, although structured in different ways. In principle the activities for the prevention of accidents and the mitigation of consequences generically follow the PDCA management scheme, on which the ISO standards are based [12]. It is important to implement the SMS in consistence with a broader management system, like an integrated health, safety and environment (HSE) management system, total quality management (TQM) system, etc.…”

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Integration of the SMS to IMS in Estonian Seveso II establishments: selected case studies

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This paper concerns the integration of Safety Management Systems of the Estonian Seveso II establishments into ISO-based Integrated Management Systems (IMS). Estonia has an obligation to follow the requirements of the EU Seveso II Directive since joining the EU in 2004. Today altogether 51 enterprises with major accident hazards are in the official register. According to the data available at the Estonian Association for Quality, seventeen of these establishments have certified quality (ISO 9001), environmental (ISO 14001) management integrated systems. Therefore it is useful and politically sound to integrate the SMS to the IMS. The essential goal of the current study is to explain the application of the unified management system and to find characteristic features for further recommendations. The results have demonstrated that, in spite of different approaches, a number of common factors exist, enabling general recommendations to be worked out.

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“…The study and analysis of near misses leads to the rediscovery of hidden or forgotten knowledge and the learning of how to improve safety [15]. Although the analysis of near misses is an adopted and consolidated approach in major hazard industries, it is also developing in other sectors where the frequency of severity is very high, e.g., the construction sector.…”

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Near Miss Archive: A Challenge to Share Knowledge among Inspectors and Improve Seveso Inspections

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Pirone³

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In European Seveso Legislation for the control of the hazard of major accidents (Directive 2015/12/UE), the Safety Management System SMS is an essential obligation for managers and the authorities are required to periodically verify its adequateness through periodical inspections at Seveso sites. One of the pillars of the SMS is the collection and analysis of documents on accidents, near misses, and possible anomalies, in order to identify weaknesses and implement continuous improvement. In Italy, for a few years, the documents, gathered from all Italian Seveso sites by the inspectors, have been archived and used for research purposes. The archive currently contains some 4000 reports, collected in 5 years by some 100 inspectors throughout Italy. This paper discusses in detail the challenges faced to extract the knowledge hidden in the documents and make it usable through the design of a robust model. For this aim, machine learning techniques have been used for preprocessing of the reports for extracting the concepts and their relations, organized into an entity-relation model. The effectiveness of this methodology and its potentiality are pointed out by investigating a few hot topics, exploiting the information contained in the repository.

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The digital representation of safety systems at “Seveso” plants and its potential for improving risk management

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Safety Management Systems as communication in an oil and gas producing company

Safety Management Systems as communication in an oil and gas producing company

Integration of the SMS to IMS in Estonian Seveso II establishments: selected case studies

Near Miss Archive: A Challenge to Share Knowledge among Inspectors and Improve Seveso Inspections

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