Index

Acceptable risk, 593

definition, 106

Accident, 7, 15, 593

categories, 16, 138

cause, 140

component failure, 58

definition, 56

individual, 58

normal, 172

organizational, 58, 601

scenario, 3031

system, 58

Accident investigation, 7, 137, 139, 163, 385

Accident model, 141

classification, 142

energy and barrier model, 142

epidemiological, 153

event sequence model, 142

Heinrich's domino model, 142

loss causation model, 142

Reason's Swiss cheese model, 153

systemic, 143, 166

Accident prevention, 165

Accident proneness, 140

Accident ratio triangle, 88

Accident scenario, 3031, 390, 392, 594

definition, 31

reference, 32, 603

worst credible, 33, 607

worst-case, 32, 607

AcciMap, 143, 170171

Act of God, 4, 139

Action error mode analysis, 427 See also AEMA

Active failure, 70

AEMA

objective, 427

worksheet, 428

ALARA, 113

ALARP, 50, 62, 97, 108, 110113, 594

Alexander Kielland accident, 526

Annual fatality rate, 89

ARAMIS, 32, 119, 368, 525

ARIA database, 182

Asset, 5, 41, 144, 594

definition, 41

value, 72

ATHEANA, 436, 455

analysis procedure, 455

error-forcing context, 455

Availability, 594

Aven, Terje, 23, 115, 133, 181, 405

Barrier, 5, 46, 340, 363, 594

active, 366, 594

categories, 55

classification, 365

consequence-reducing, 366

definition, 54

frequency-reducing, 366

functional, 144, 369

immaterial, 144, 369

material, 369

mitigating, 366

mitigation, 55

passive, 367, 601

physical, 144

primary, 370

proactive, 54, 372

definition, 366

properties, 370

reactive, 46, 55, 372

definition, ...

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