Book: Offshore Safety Management
Chapter 6 - Safety Cases

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Overview

The discussions to do with offshore safety up to this point in the book have focused on the management systems that are used primarily in the United States, i.e., SEMP and SEMS. However, as discussed in Chapter 1, another way of managing offshore safety is through the use of “Safety Cases” — an approach widely used in Europe, Australasia and Southeast Asia.

For many safety professionals, particularly in the United States, the very phrase “Safety Case” is curious, but the concept behind it is quite simple. A safety case is simply the case that the designers and operators of a facility make to all interested parties that the facility is safe. It is analogous to the case that a company may have to make in its defense in a law suit following a major accident.

A safety case is built upon the following three principles.

1. Those who create risks are responsible for controlling those risks.
2. Safe operations are achieved by setting and achieving goals rather than by following prescriptive regulations.
3. All risks must be reduced such that they are below a threshold of acceptability.

Contents

Chapter 6 - Safety Cases
Introduction
Safety Case Definition
Different Industries
Features of a Safety Case
   Duty-Holder Responsibility
   Participation and Commitment
   Information Availability
   Risk Management System
   Safety Management Systems
   Auditor / Assessor Responsibility
   Program Steps
   Timing
   ALARP Demonstration
Length of the Safety Case
Major Accidents
   Major Accident Event
   Safety Critical Elements
   Performance Standards
IADC HSE Case Guidelines
Structure of a Safety Case
   Section I - Executive Summary
   Section II - Introduction
   Section III - Policies, Objectives, Regulations and Standards
      Policies
      Objectives
      Regulations
      Standards
   Section IV - Facility Description
   Section V - Safety Management System
   Section VI - Formal Safety Assessment
   Section VII - Audit and Review
      Audits
      Performance Measurement
   Section VIII - References
Maintaining the Safety Case
   Changes in Risk Perception
   Changes in Operating Conditions
   Bridging Documents
Effectiveness of Safety Cases