An integrated quantitative risk analysis method for natural gas pipeline network

Natural gas industry is developing rapidly, and its accidents are threatening the urban safety. Risk management through quantitative assessment has become an important way to improve the safety performance of the natural gas supply system. In this paper, an integrated quantitative risk analysis method for natural gas pipeline network is proposed. This method is composed of the probability assessment of accidents, the analysis of consequences and the evaluation of risk. It is noteworthy that the consequences analyzed here include those of the outside and inside gas pipelines. The analysis of consequences of the outside pipelines focuses on the individual risk and societal risk caused by different accidents, while those of the inside pipelines concerns about the risk of the economic loss because of the pressure re-distribution. Risk of a sample urban gas pipeline network is analyzed to demonstrate the presented method. The results show that this presented integrated quantitative risk analysis method for natural gas pipeline network can be used in practical application.     

基于RPN-BN的平台-隔水管系统遇内波风险分析

为保障内孤立波作用下的深水半潜式钻井平台-隔水管系统的安全,同时解决海洋平台系统设备失效数据的缺失问题,提出1种风险优先系数（RPN）与贝叶斯（BN）结合的定量风险分析方法。首先,基于故障树和安全屏障方法,建立平台-隔水管系统Bow tie模型和贝叶斯风险演化模型;其次,根据贝叶斯推断和风险优先系数中的事故发生频度估计,得到平台-隔水管系统失效事故的发生概率;最后,通过贝叶斯网络的逆向推理能力辨识内孤立波作用下引起平台-隔水管系统失效的主要风险节点,实现对平台-隔水管系统失效事故的定量风险分析。结果表明:RPN-BN法可应用于平台-隔水管系统遇内波的定量风险分析;加强对平台漂移量的控制,提高动力定位系统控制设备的可靠性可有效抵御内波对系统造成的影响。     

HSE管理中的风险分析方法——以中油国际委内瑞拉公司HSE管理经验为例

HSE管理的出发点应是预防为主。因此尽早识别风险、评估可能的风险是HSE管理的关键。风险分析最重要的是要承认：石油勘探开发活动不可能绝对安全，风险总是客观存在的。风险分析就是尽早识别、分析和评估可能的风险所在、大小和频率。风险管理就是在风险分析的基础上，采取有针对性地措施将风险消减到可接受的水平。本文在总结近年国内外HSE管理中风险分析方法的基础上，结合CNPC在委内瑞拉运行石油项目的经验，提出了一套风险分析的定性和定量方法，包括系统风险分析、节点风险分析、概率统计分析等。由于大力推广和应用这些方法，使CNPC在委内瑞拉运行石油项目9年来没有发生任何HSE大事故，被委内瑞拉国家石油公司誉为“国际石油投资者HSE工作的典范”。     

Software for occupational health and safety risk analysis based on a fuzzy model

Risk and safety management are very important issues in healthcare systems. Those are complex systems with many entities, hazards and uncertainties. In such an environment, it is very hard to introduce a system for evaluating and simulating significant hazards. In this paper, we analyzed different types of hazards in healthcare systems and we introduced a new fuzzy model for evaluating and ranking hazards. Finally, we presented a developed software solution, based on the suggested fuzzy model for evaluating and monitoring risk.     

浅议风险观对风险评价方法论的影响

风险观对安全科学的发展具有重要的指导意义。本文从风险本体论、风险认识论和风险方法论三个方面论述了风险观的发展变迁。简述了风险本体论从一维、二维到三维或多维的发展历程,总结了风险认识论从技术导向到社会文化导向的变化,给出了风险方法论的分类。总结了风险方法论的重要组成部分即风险评价的发展过程,探讨了确定性风险评价、概率性风险评价和定量风险评价等评价方法在风险本体论和认识论发展背景下的继承性等问题,探讨风险本体论和认识论对风险评价方法论的影响,提出风险沟通研究的必要性。     

Enhancing regional process safety management

As industrial operations expand, major incidents continue to affect people, damage facilities, and impact the environment. In the last 20 years, about 50% of these incidents occurred in facilities that had implemented some form of Process Safety Management (PSM) and 50% came about in smaller facilities that did not include such planning (Demichela et al., 2004). The objective of this article is to use PSM principles to create practical recommendations at the regional level, to complement those previously developed for singular facilities. This article compares Strathcona County Emergency Service (SCES) in Alberta with Technical Standards & Safety Authority (TSSA) in Ontario, with respect to safety, facility licensing, permit requirements, risk assessment procedures and land use planning aspects to determine PSM enhancements for SCES. Furthermore, for a better overview, two supplemental provincial organisations in Alberta, namely Alberta Boiler Safety Association (ABSA) and Safety Codes Council (SCC), were also considered. We proposed that SCES could develop more detailed facility-specific licensing procedures, auditing, and inspection. SCES could also provide details of accredited organisations that carry out inspections and audits on their behalf. When reviewing the quantitative risk assessment processes for SCES and TSSA, we recommend that SCES should update their probability data sources used in their cumulative risk assessment study. Based on the authors’ experience and gathered data, the use of additional facility practices such as safety management system, internal audits, and checklists can enhance incident prevention.     

A human factors and reliability approach to clinical risk management: Evidence from Italian cases

Similarly to the industrial sector in the late 1980s, nowadays leading organizations in the healthcare sector acknowledge the fact that human errors, adverse events and system failures must be managed and controlled. Whilst Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) has been well-accepted and integrated into safety management processes in other industries, the application of such error techniques to the problem of managing the associated risks in healthcare is rare. The main purpose of this research is to analyse clinical risk management (CRM) and patient safety improvement in Italian healthcare organizations, through human factors and human reliability theories. In particular, the specific objectives are to explore the Italian state-of-the-art in CRM, with regard to organizational and managerial issues; to identify and verify the factors influencing the growth and sharing of the safety culture and to understand and describe the possibility of transferring human reliability methodologies and theories to the domain of healthcare.Six case studies belonging to the Italian scenario have been performed, in order to describe the Italian healthcare system and to identify the key influencing factors of CRM policies.Results obtained from within and cross-case analysis give an empirical contribution to the recent introduction of CRM in the Italian context and a theoretical contribution referring to the framework used to analyse CRM in healthcare organizations, and to the indications which emerged on the key factors influencing CRM.     

化工装置风险排序及其应用

化工生产装置越来越大型化和复杂化,如何在这类复杂系统中对各类装置进行风险分析和排序,确定出装置安全监管、安全维护、监测监控及淘汰更换的策略,是装置安全运行相关方直接面临和解决的问题。基于化工装置定量风险评价技术的潜在生命损失值PLL风险排序方法,可以成为化工装置安全管理和安全策略优化的有效工具,在实际工程中帮助降低系统风险、实现安全生产的目的。     

Risk analysis in research environment – Part I: Modeling Lab Criticity Index using Improved Risk Priority Number

Current available risk analysis techniques are well adapted to industry needs since they were developed for its purpose. All hazards present in industry are also met in research/academia, although quantities of some hazardous substances are smaller. Still, because of its characteristics e.g., high turnover of collaborators, rapid reorientation of research programs, freedom of research, equipment often in development stage, difficulty to obtain accidents statistics, not well described processes, etc., research/academia milieu is an environment whose risks are difficult to assess by available risk analysis techniques. In the present paper, a new methodology, Laboratory Assessment and Risk Analysis – LARA, for research and/or complex environment is proposed. When multiple hazards are analyzed, the result of assessment is a risk ranking calculated using a Lab Criticity Index – LCI, providing identification of critical areas and prioritization of safety actions. LCI is conceived through two approaches: the Risk Priority Number – RPN and the Analytic Hierarchy Process – AHP. It is suggested to estimate risk as a combination of severity, probability, detectability, worsening factors and research specificities.     

企业应急管理脆弱性分析

在阐述脆弱性的概念和分析方法的基础上,以某企业安全状况和应急管理中存在的脆弱性为例,从安全学的角度对7个区域的21类脆弱指标进行专家评分,运用主成分分析法研究企业安全和应急管理中各区域存在的脆弱性,分析各单元脆弱性特征和分布规律,并得出各单元综合脆弱性程度,运用脆弱性定量分析对企业进行安全评价,为评估应急预案和应急能力提供了一种新的定量评价方法。     

Risk-based maintenance (RBM): a quantitative approach for maintenance/inspection scheduling and planning

The overall objective of the maintenance process is to increase the profitability of the operation and optimize the total life cycle cost without compromising safety or environmental issues. Risk assessment integrates reliability with safety and environmental issues and therefore can be used as a decision tool for preventive maintenance planning. Maintenance planning based on risk analysis minimizes the probability of system failure and its consequences (related to safety, economic, and environment). It helps management in making correct decisions concerning investment in maintenance or related field. This will, in turn, result in better asset and capital utilization.

This paper presents a new methodology for risk-based maintenance. The proposed methodology is comprehensive and quantitative. It comprises three main modules: risk estimation module, risk evaluation module, and maintenance planning module. Details of the three modules are given. A case study, which exemplifies the use of methodology to a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system, is also discussed.     

3-Parameters SPW technique: A new method for evaluation of target safety integrity level

Introduced by IEC-61508 standard, safety integrity levels (SIL) have been used for assessing the reliability of safety instrumented functions (SIF) for protection of the system under control in abnormal conditions. Different qualitative, semi-qualitative and quantitative methods have been proposed by the standard for establishing target safety integrity levels amongst which “Risk Graph” has gained wide attention due to its simplicity and easy-to-apply characteristics. However, this method is subject to many deficiencies that have forced industry men and experts to modify it to fit their demands. In this paper, a new modification to risk graph parameters has been proposed that adds more flexibility to them and reduces their subjective uncertainties but keeps the method as simple as before. Three parameters, namely severity (S), hazard avoidance probability (P), and demand rate (W) are used instead of former four parameters. Hence, the method is named SPW. The outcome results of this method can be directly converted to probability of failure on demand (PFD) or risk reduction factor (RRF). The proposed method has been tested on an example case that has been studied before with conventional risk graph and LOPA techniques. The results show that new method agrees well with LOPA and reduces costs imposed by conservative approximations assumed during application of conventional risk graph.     

Conceptual compression discussion on a multi-linear (FTA) and systematic (FRAM) method in an offshore operation’s accident modeling

Risk assessment can be classified into two broad categories: traditional and modern. This paper is aimed at contrasting the functional resonance analysis method (FRAM) as a modern approach with the fault tree analysis (FTA) as a traditional method, regarding assessing the risks of a complex system. Applied methodology by which the risk assessment is carried out, is presented in each approach. Also, FRAM network is executed with regard to nonlinear interaction of human and organizational levels to assess the safety of technological systems. The methodology is implemented for lifting structures deep offshore. The main finding of this paper is that the combined application of FTA and FRAM during risk assessment, could provide complementary perspectives and may contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of an incident. Finally, it is shown that coupling a FRAM network with a suitable quantitative method will result in a plausible outcome for a predefined accident scenario.     

LPG leakage and explosion accident analysis based on a new SAA method

The petrochemical industry has inherently high safety risks. On 5^th June 2017, a liquefied petroleum gas tanker in the storage and transportation department of Linyi Jinyu Petrochemical Co., Ltd. leaked during unloading, causing a major explosion and fire. Ten people were killed and nine were injured. To prevent the recurrence of similar accidents, a retrospective accident analysis was conducted using the system accident analysis method known as ‘24Model’. This analysis proved the coupling relationship between accident causes involving multiple organisations and multiple factors. The analysis results show that the five modules of maintenance and design, that is, loading and unloading valves, emergency training, management of subsidiaries and contractors, multi-level supervision, and task arrangement need to be checked from top to bottom by relevant organisations.In order to verify the reliability of 24Model analysis results, three SAA methods, namely STAMP, FRAM, AcciMap, were used to analyse the accident, and results obtained by the four methods were evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively. The results show that the output of 24Model is reliable and has a more understandable framework, which can be used as reference for the development of other linear accident cause models and application of system accident analysis methods to real applications.     

From input to outcome: Changes in OHS-education and training

Work organization, technology and working population characteristics change rapidly in many countries, although not always in the same direction. In many industrialized countries new trends are a growing services sector, an aging working population, and an increased work pressure.The participation rate of women is growing in the Netherlands, in contrast with the rate of handicapped workers. In the working population, work-related musculoskeletal diseases and psychic problems like mental break-down and burn-out prevail. Sickness absence and disability are important issues. Risk assessment and health and safety information are new duties of the employer.Nowadays Occupational Health and Safety Services are more multidisciplinary organized and have to prove their quality and utility. Therefore, occupational health and safety professionals have to learn skills like risk assessment, health and safety promotion, consultation, rehabilitation, and interdisciplinary cooperation.Experiential learning connects the practical experience of the participants with reflection and new insights during the course.     

HAZOP方法的定量改进措施研究

HAZOP方法通过结构化和系统化的方式识别潜在的危险与可操作性问题,在化工安全评价中得到了广泛应用.但其做为一种定性评价方法,定量化是其发展的趋势.探讨了定量化风险矩阵技术在HAZOP分析中应用的问题,研究提出了将火灾、爆炸危险指数方法应用于风险矩阵事故后果严重度的计算和将事故树评价方法应用于风险矩阵事故发生概率的计算,实现了风险矩阵的定量化并应用于不饱和聚酯树脂工艺HAZOP分析,为HAZOP分析的定量化提供了一种新的技术方法.     

基于风险度量理论的煤矿安全的系统评价

对风险理论最新进展的评述认为 ,安全就是零风险 ,凡事总有风险 ,安全只是相对的 ;安全问题是系统风险问题 ,风险和安全是同一个系统不确定性状态的两种对称的描述 ;安全程度或风险大小不仅取决于客观自然因素也决定于主观因素。笔者根据姜青舫提出的满足风险度量公理的险度函数 ,对矿井风险体系的结构分析 ,提出了矿井风险集、矿井险度和安全度新型综合评价指标。使矿山的安全评价建立在合理风险理论的基础之上 ,其中相对险度指标可直接作为风险预警指标使用。     

危险点分析预控理论在锅炉设备中的应用

危险点分析预控理论,是电力职工从反事故的实践中摸索出来的新方法.将其应用于火力发电厂的安全工作中,使电厂工作人员通过分析危险而认识危险.分别对锅炉运行中的锅炉制粉系统和锅炉检修中的焊接作业进行危险点分析,提出了控制措施.     

改进的HAZOP风险评价方法

HAZOP方法是一种使用简单却高度专业化、系统化,能够覆盖过程工业安全评价各个环节的危险辨识与评估方法。但是,HAZOP方法作为一种定性风险分析方法,仅仅是从定性方面分析装置中是否存在的潜在风险,对于存在的潜在风险,不能量化其严重度和可能性,HAZOP定量/半定量化分析成为本研究领域的发展趋势。本文从三个方面提出了改进HAZOP分析方法。首先,由于工艺参数和引导词构成偏差,根据工艺参数的分类,将偏差划分为数值型和逻辑型,进行了一步半定量化;其次,引入了毒性参数,对后果严重等级重新划分为五级;最后根据风险矩阵理论,运用风险矩阵C=X＋Y规则,计算出风险矩阵,按照风险评价的需要并且根据生产的实际安全管理状况,划分风险等级为四级,得到了新的风险矩阵,从而把HAZOP分析法从一种定性的方法改进为一种半定量的方法。