TECSA S.r.l., a pioneering company in the field of industrial risk assessment, has developing a unique product for the dissemination of the Bow-Tie risk assessment method, called TECSA Bow-Tie Cards.
Together with Chaos Consulting S.r.l., a company expert in enterprise risk management (ERM) and organization complexity and resilience assessment, an analog tool has been developed, consisting of a thematic pack of cards to be simply used with post-it notes, paper, and pen, to accompany individual or group Bow-Tie analysis sessions.
Evaluation of the type of barriers and controls
The tool, designed by pioneering experts in Bow-Tie, authors of numerous publications on the method at the national level and at the international level, is a simple and immediate tool to learn in an effective and structured way the methodology of analysis in the specific declination of process industry risks.
This product contains a series of ‘canvas’ that drive the user in the application of the method to process safety, enabling specific in-depth studies to be carried out, including: identification of hazards (HAZID), evaluation of the type of barriers and controls, verification of their criticality for safety purposes, and definition of their performance level.
The tool, accompanied by a concise manual for the application of the method, is aimed at experts in analysis for the improvement of sessions, at novices who wish to deepen the “barrier-based” approach to the management of risks typical of the process industry, at students and trainers in the field of safety, as well as Safety and HSE Managers.