TY - JOUR
T1 - A Safety Management System Model with Application to Fire Safety Offshore
AU - Beard, Alan N.
AU - Santos-Reyes, Jaime
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - A systemic approach has been adopted to construct a model for a safety management system (SMS). It has been applied to the case of fire safety for an oil and gas organization as an illustration, although the approach is general. The essential purpose has been not merely to identify functions but to create a "structure" for a SMS, within which necessary "process" or action takes place. Fire loss may be seen as a "systemic" failure, not a result of a single "cause". The approach aims to help to maintain fire risk within an acceptable range in an oil and gas organization's operations in a coherent way. The concept of "viability" of a safety management system is introduced and given a probabilistic interpretation. It is hoped that this approach will lead not only to more effective management of fire safety in an oil and gas organization, but also to more effective management of safety, health and the environment for any organization.
AB - A systemic approach has been adopted to construct a model for a safety management system (SMS). It has been applied to the case of fire safety for an oil and gas organization as an illustration, although the approach is general. The essential purpose has been not merely to identify functions but to create a "structure" for a SMS, within which necessary "process" or action takes place. Fire loss may be seen as a "systemic" failure, not a result of a single "cause". The approach aims to help to maintain fire risk within an acceptable range in an oil and gas organization's operations in a coherent way. The concept of "viability" of a safety management system is introduced and given a probabilistic interpretation. It is hoped that this approach will lead not only to more effective management of fire safety in an oil and gas organization, but also to more effective management of safety, health and the environment for any organization.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0142119232&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1468-0440.00234
DO - 10.1111/1468-0440.00234
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:0142119232
SN - 1018-5895
VL - 28
SP - 413
EP - 425
JO - Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice
JF - Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice
IS - 3
ER -