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ArticleProcess safety and environmental protection : transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B2021

Application of bow tie analysis and inherently safer design to the novel coronavirus hazard.

Kayleigh Rayner Brown, Peter VanBerkel, Faisal I Khan, Paul R Amyotte

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Article in Process safety and environmental protection : transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Assessment of COVID-19 barrier effectiveness using process safety techniques.Process safety and environmental protection : transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B · 2022
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  6. Safety, environmental and risk management related to Covid-19.Process safety and environmental protection : transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B · 2022
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  7. Pandemic risk management using engineering safety principles.Process safety and environmental protection : transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Kayleigh Rayner BrownDepartment of Process Engineering & Applied Science, Dalhousie University, 5278 DaCosta Row, PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Peter VanBerkelDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University, 5269 Morris Street, PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Faisal I KhanCentre for Risk, Integrity and Safety Engineering (C-RISE), Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.
Paul R AmyotteDepartment of Process Engineering & Applied Science, Dalhousie University, 5278 DaCosta Row, PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work involves the application of process safety concepts to other fields, specifically bow tie analysis and inherently safer design (ISD) to COVID-19. An analysis framework was designed for stakeholders to develop COVID-19 risk management plans for specific scenarios and receptor groups. This tool is based on the incorporation of the hierarchy of controls (HOC) within bow tie analysis to identify priority barriers. The analysis framework incorporates inherently safer design (ISD) principles allowing stakeholders to assess the adequacy of controls along with the consideration of degradation factors and controls. A checklist has also been developed to help stakeholders identify opportunities to apply the ISD principles of minimization, substitution, moderation, and simplification. This work also considers barrier effectiveness with respect to human and organization factors (HOF) in degradation factors and controls. This paper includes a collection of bow tie elements to develop bow tie diagrams for specific receptor groups and scenarios in Nova Scotia, Canada. The pandemic stage (At-Peak or Post-Peak) and its influence on different scenarios or settings is also considered in this work. Bow tie diagrams were developed for numerous receptor groups; bow tie diagrams modelling a generally healthy individual, a paramedic and a hair salon patron contracting COVID-19 are presented in this work.

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Bow tie analysisCOVID-19Hierarchy of controlsHuman and organization factorsInherently safer design

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PMID34230775
PMCPMC8247331

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