Luca Fiorentini is owner and CEO of TECSA S.r.l international consulting company. His professional focus is on the field of loss prevention, environmental protection, process safety, functional safety, and fire engineering. He is a Senior Lead Risk Manager and an internationally recognized expert in quantitative risk assessment methods and human reliability methods applied to a wide variety of complex industries, including the onshore and offshore oil and gas, nuclear, military, energy, and chemical sectors. He is also an experienced forensic engineer for fires and explosions in industrial facilities.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of AcronymsPreface 1Riccardo GhiniPreface 2Bernardino ChiaiaPreface 3Luca MarmoPreface 4Giuseppe ContiPreface 5Claudio De AngelisPreface 6Damiano TranquilliPreface 7Enzo MatticoliPreface 8Salvatore BagnatoAuthor PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction to Risk and Risk Management1.1 Risk Is Everywhere, and Risk Management Became a Critical Issue in Several Sectors1.2 ISO 31000 Standard1.3 ISO 31000 Risk Management Workflow1.4 Uncertainty and the Human Factor1.5 Enterprise Complexity and (Advanced) Risk Management (ERM)1.6 Proactive and Reactive Culture of Organizations Dealing with Risk Management1.7 A Systems Approach to Risk ManagementChapter 2 Bow-Tie Method2.1 Hazards and Risks2.2 Methods of Risk Management2.3 The Bow-Tie Method2.4 The Bow-Tie Method and the Risk Management Workflow from ISO 310002.5 Application of Bow-Ties2.6 Level of Abstraction2.7 Building a Bow-Tie2.8 Hazards2.9 Top Events2.10 Threats2.11 Consequences2.12 Barriers2.13 Escalation Factors and Associated Barriers2.14 Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA): A Quantified Bow-Tie to Measure Risks2.15 Bow-Tie as a Quantitative Method to Measure Risks and Develop a Dynamic Quantified Risk Register2.16 Advanced Bow-Ties: Chaining and CombinationChapter 3 Barrier Failure Analysis3.1 Accidents, Near-Misses, and Non-Conformities in Risk Management3.2 The Importance of Operational Experience3.3 Principles of Accident Investigation3.4 The Barrier Failure Analysis (BFA)3.5 From Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to BFA3.6 BFA from Bow-TiesChapter 4 Workflows and Case Studies4.1 Bow-Tie Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide4.2 LOPA Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide4.3 BFA Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide4.4 Worked ExamplesConclusionsAppendix 1  Bow-Tie Easy GuideAppendix 2  BFA Easy GuideAppendix 3  Human Error and Reliability Assessment (HRA)References and Further ReadingIndex

Luca Fiorentini is owner and CEO of TECSA S.r.l international consulting company. His professional focus is on the field of loss prevention, environmental protection, process safety, functional safety, and fire engineering. He is a Senior Lead Risk Manager and an internationally recognized expert in quantitative risk assessment methods and human reliability methods applied to a wide variety of complex industries, including the onshore and offshore oil and gas, nuclear, military, energy, and chemical sectors. He is also an experienced forensic engineer for fires and explosions in industrial facilities.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of AcronymsPreface 1Riccardo GhiniPreface 2Bernardino ChiaiaPreface 3Luca MarmoPreface 4Giuseppe ContiPreface 5Claudio De AngelisPreface 6Damiano TranquilliPreface 7Enzo MatticoliPreface 8Salvatore BagnatoAuthor PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction to Risk and Risk Management1.1 Risk Is Everywhere, and Risk Management Became a Critical Issue in Several Sectors1.2 ISO 31000 Standard1.3 ISO 31000 Risk Management Workflow1.4 Uncertainty and the Human Factor1.5 Enterprise Complexity and (Advanced) Risk Management (ERM)1.6 Proactive and Reactive Culture of Organizations Dealing with Risk Management1.7 A Systems Approach to Risk ManagementChapter 2 Bow-Tie Method2.1 Hazards and Risks2.2 Methods of Risk Management2.3 The Bow-Tie Method2.4 The Bow-Tie Method and the Risk Management Workflow from ISO 310002.5 Application of Bow-Ties2.6 Level of Abstraction2.7 Building a Bow-Tie2.8 Hazards2.9 Top Events2.10 Threats2.11 Consequences2.12 Barriers2.13 Escalation Factors and Associated Barriers2.14 Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA): A Quantified Bow-Tie to Measure Risks2.15 Bow-Tie as a Quantitative Method to Measure Risks and Develop a Dynamic Quantified Risk Register2.16 Advanced Bow-Ties: Chaining and CombinationChapter 3 Barrier Failure Analysis3.1 Accidents, Near-Misses, and Non-Conformities in Risk Management3.2 The Importance of Operational Experience3.3 Principles of Accident Investigation3.4 The Barrier Failure Analysis (BFA)3.5 From Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to BFA3.6 BFA from Bow-TiesChapter 4 Workflows and Case Studies4.1 Bow-Tie Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide4.2 LOPA Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide4.3 BFA Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide4.4 Worked ExamplesConclusionsAppendix 1  Bow-Tie Easy GuideAppendix 2  BFA Easy GuideAppendix 3  Human Error and Reliability Assessment (HRA)References and Further ReadingIndex

Luca Fiorentini is owner and CEO of TECSA S.r.l international consulting company. His professional focus is on the field of loss prevention, environmental protection, process safety, functional safety, and fire engineering. He is a Senior Lead Risk Manager and an internationally recognized expert in quantitative risk assessment methods and human reliability methods applied to a wide variety of complex industries, including the onshore and offshore oil and gas, nuclear, military, energy, and chemical sectors. He is also an experienced forensic engineer for fires and explosions in industrial facilities.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of AcronymsPreface 1Riccardo GhiniPreface 2Bernardino ChiaiaPreface 3Luca MarmoPreface 4Giuseppe ContiPreface 5Claudio De AngelisPreface 6Damiano TranquilliPreface 7Enzo MatticoliPreface 8Salvatore BagnatoAuthor PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction to Risk and Risk Management1.1 Risk Is Everywhere, and Risk Management Became a Critical Issue in Several Sectors1.2 ISO 31000 Standard1.3 ISO 31000 Risk Management Workflow1.4 Uncertainty and the Human Factor1.5 Enterprise Complexity and (Advanced) Risk Management (ERM)1.6 Proactive and Reactive Culture of Organizations Dealing with Risk Management1.7 A Systems Approach to Risk ManagementChapter 2 Bow-Tie Method2.1 Hazards and Risks2.2 Methods of Risk Management2.3 The Bow-Tie Method2.4 The Bow-Tie Method and the Risk Management Workflow from ISO 310002.5 Application of Bow-Ties2.6 Level of Abstraction2.7 Building a Bow-Tie2.8 Hazards2.9 Top Events2.10 Threats2.11 Consequences2.12 Barriers2.13 Escalation Factors and Associated Barriers2.14 Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA): A Quantified Bow-Tie to Measure Risks2.15 Bow-Tie as a Quantitative Method to Measure Risks and Develop a Dynamic Quantified Risk Register2.16 Advanced Bow-Ties: Chaining and CombinationChapter 3 Barrier Failure Analysis3.1 Accidents, Near-Misses, and Non-Conformities in Risk Management3.2 The Importance of Operational Experience3.3 Principles of Accident Investigation3.4 The Barrier Failure Analysis (BFA)3.5 From Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to BFA3.6 BFA from Bow-TiesChapter 4 Workflows and Case Studies4.1 Bow-Tie Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide4.2 LOPA Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide4.3 BFA Construction Workflow with a Step-by-Step Guide4.4 Worked ExamplesConclusionsAppendix 1  Bow-Tie Easy GuideAppendix 2  BFA Easy GuideAppendix 3  Human Error and Reliability Assessment (HRA)References and Further ReadingIndex