SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SAFETY PROTOCOLS
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring safeguards and procedures relating to probable potential hazardous events in a facility;
- the system comprising;
A user interface for providing a user with analysis tools and alarms relating to hazardous events in said facility;
A database of safety related documents, said documents being accessed by said user interface to determine if safety procedures for said plurality of components are being implemented;
a safety calculation module for calculating risk levels if said safeguards and procedures for said plurality of components are not operative or implemented, said risk levels being presented to said user through said user interface, said risk levels being related to at least one consequence if said safety procedures are not implemented;
Wherein said safety calculation module calculates an overall risk level for each scenario using a risk performance indicator metric, said risk performance indicator metric being calculated as tolerable risk subtracted from projected risk.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring the impact of lack of safeguards and procedures and for converting that into a metric of risk for any industrial facility or transportation of the same substances or products. A user interface allows access to a database containing safety documents for all safeguard'"'"'s and procedures. The user interface also interfaces with a safety calculation module that calculates the risk level for specific potential consequences if specific safety procedures are not implemented and if specific safeguards become unavailable in any way. The calculation module calculates risk on a per scenario basis using a risk performance indicator, (RPI), metric. This metric is calculated as the difference between projected risk and tolerable risk. A total risk for an area of a facility can be calculated by summing all risk performance indicator metrics for all scenarios in that area.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring safeguards and procedures relating to probable potential hazardous events in a facility;
- the system comprising;
A user interface for providing a user with analysis tools and alarms relating to hazardous events in said facility; A database of safety related documents, said documents being accessed by said user interface to determine if safety procedures for said plurality of components are being implemented; a safety calculation module for calculating risk levels if said safeguards and procedures for said plurality of components are not operative or implemented, said risk levels being presented to said user through said user interface, said risk levels being related to at least one consequence if said safety procedures are not implemented; Wherein said safety calculation module calculates an overall risk level for each scenario using a risk performance indicator metric, said risk performance indicator metric being calculated as tolerable risk subtracted from projected risk. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for monitoring safeguards and safety related procedures relating to Process Risk Management and Safety in a facility, the system comprising:
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A user interface for providing alarms and information relating to said specific components; a database of safety related documents, said documents being accessed by said user interface to record and display design assumptions, design conditions, design environment, and functionality of said safeguards; a safety calculation module for calculating risk levels relating to potential probable consequences if said safeguards and procedures for said specific components, devices, systems are not implemented, bypassed, failed, or inhibited in any way being presented to said users through said user interface, said safety calculation module calculating said risk levels on a per scenario basis using a severity of consequence multiplied by a difference between projected risk and tolerable risk.
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