Towards a New Way of Understanding the Resilience of Socio-Technical Systems: The Safety Fractal Analysis Method Evaluated

Despite the systems approach to accident analysis being the dominant research paradigm and the concept of SMS being introduced in high-risk industries already for several years, accident investigation practice is still poor in analysing the basic elements that compose a safety management system (SMS) and in embracing system theory. In search of...

Een praktische, kwalitatieve aanpak voor het voorspellen van majeure ongevallen in de proces- industrie op basis van organisatorische factoren

OCI Nitrogen aims to build up knowledge of (leading, proactive) indicators that provide insight into the process safety performance of the ammonia production process. Three sub-studies have already been published in TtA. The main question of this sub-study is whether major accidents in the ammonia production process can be predicted from...