COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-BASED METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE SAFETY OF A PROCESS INDUSTRY PLANT
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Abstract
A method and system to establish a safety assessment of a process industry plant including multiple organizational units. The method and system store scores relating to a rating of one of an inspection, undertaken in one of the organizational units regarding an aspect of the plant, and an answer, given by a human representative of one of the organizational units in response to defined questions relating to one of the aspects. The scores are assigned to respective of the organizational units and respective of the aspects. Aspect-specific scores are then calculated. Safety assessment can then be established from the aspect-specific scores of the organizational units.
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40 Claims
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21. A computer-based method for establishing a safety assessment of a process industry plant comprising multiple organizational units, the method comprising:
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storing in a computer scores, each score being related to a rating of one of an inspection, undertaken in one of the organizational units with regards to one of multiple defined aspects of the plant, and an answer, given by a human representative of one of the organizational units in response to one of a set of defined questions, each question being related to one of the aspects; assigning in the computer each of said scores to the respective one of the organizational units and to the respective one of the aspects; calculating in the computer aspect-specific scores for each one of the organizational units from the scores assigned to the respective one of the organizational units and to the respective one of the aspects, a worst case aspect-specific score being assigned to a particular one of the organizational units in presence of one worst case score assigned to the particular one of the organizational units for that respective aspect; and establishing the safety assessment from the aspect-specific scores of the organizational units. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer system for establishing a safety assessment of a process industry plant comprising multiple organizational units, the system comprising:
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a recording module for storing scores, each score being related to a rating of one of an inspection, undertaken in one of the organizational units with regards to one of multiple defined aspects of the plant, and an answer, given by a human representative of one of the organizational units in response to one of a set of defined questions, each question being related to one of the aspects, and for assigning each of said scores to the respective one of the organizational units and to the respective one of the aspects; and a calculation module for calculating aspect-specific scores for each one of the organizational units from the scores assigned to the respective one of the organizational units and to the respective one of the aspects, a worst case aspect-specific score being assigned to a particular one of the organizational units in presence of one worst case score assigned to the particular one of the organizational units for that respective aspect, and for establishing the safety assessment from the aspect-specific scores of the organizational units. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer program product including a computer readable medium which comprises computer program code for controlling one or more processors of a computer such that the computer:
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stores scores, each score being related to a rating of one of an inspection, undertaken in one of multiple organizational units of a process industry plant with regards to one of multiple defined aspects of the plant, and an answer, given by a human representative of one of the organizational units in response to one of a set of defined questions, each question being related to one of the aspects; assigns each of said scores to the respective one of the organizational units and to the respective one of the aspects; calculates aspect-specific scores for each one of the organizational units from the scores assigned to the respective one of the organizational units and to the respective one of the aspects, a worst case aspect-specific score being assigned to a particular one of the organizational units in presence of one worst case score assigned to the particular one of the organizational units for that respective aspect; and establishes a safety assessment from the aspect-specific scores of the organizational units. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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