Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPs) are multiple independent operations that occur on a location at the same time. Events of any one operation may impact the safety of personnel or equipment of another operation (i.e., construction, welding or working at heights).Continue Reading

BowTie Methodology is a brainstorming method that utilises a diagram in ‘bowtie’ shape which visualises an overview of multiple plausible scenarios and hence, it provides a simple visualisation of risk.Continue Reading

Identify the risk to be examined in the bow-tie analysis. Typically used for high risks events (i.e. the MAH of the facility) that are expected to have a high level of consequence. Identify the events that can cause the hazard (MAH) to occur. Identify and list down the causes and the consequences to the hazard...Continue Reading

Barrier based risk management is about identifying the critical controls (barriers) and understanding the status and effectiveness of the barriers to managing the risk.Continue Reading

BowTie is analysed by evaluating the relationship between potential threats, preventive/ control barriers in place and the ultimate consequences associated with each MAH and also by identifying potential escalation factors that could defeat or reduce the effectiveness/ reliability of a barrier, as well as control barriers in place to prevent or mitigate the effect of...Continue Reading

The BowTie method is a visual way of understanding the impacts of a hazard, the risk it presents, the consequences and the controls that should be put in place. This allows us to easily conduct Risk Management. BowTie diagrams also identify potential escalation factors that could defeat or reduce the effectiveness/ reliability of a barrier,...Continue Reading

BowTieXP is the most used risk assessment software that is based on the BowTie Method to assess risk. It allows users the ability to visualize complex risks in a clear way while still being detailed.Continue Reading

BowTie is an approach that integrates a fault tree (on the left side) and an event tree (on the right side) to represent causes, threats (hazards) and consequences in a common platform. The Bowtie technique offers a powerful visual tool for analyzing hazard scenarios and communicating to the workforce how hazards are released, how they...Continue Reading

Bow-Tie diagrams are used to identify potential escalation factors that could reduce the effectiveness or reliability of a barrier, as well as control barriers in place to prevent or mitigate the effect of these escalation factors.Continue Reading

BowTie is a risk evaluation method that gives a visual summary of all plausible accident scenarios that could exist around a certain hazard as well as the control measures that a company has in place to control those scenarios.Continue Reading