Browsing Faculty of Science and Technology by Subject "safety"
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A discussion of Basel II and operational risk in context of risk perspectives
(Conference object, 2014-03)The Basel II Capital Accord, established in 2007, provides guidelines on management of operational risk including requirements for regulatory capital. In the quantitative analysis of operational risk the guidelines require ... -
A Resilience Engineering Approach for Preventing Accidents due to Human Factors
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-14)Human factors are emerging as the main concern for the oil and gas industry. All the major accidents in the offshore industry will have a direct cause or some way or the other linked to the human factors. The main aim of ... -
A risk-based study of safety barriers in multicultural work environments
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-14)11 of 13 studies show that foreign employees are about 1,6 to 13 times more often injured in occupational accidents compared to Norwegian employees. Even though, both national and non-national employees are involved in ... -
Comparison of safety factor approach and the risk-based approach
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Safety is at the Centre of most human endeavor. The safer a system, process, technology, or service is the easier and faster it gets embraced by the people. In order to ensure the safety of people, environment and the asset ... -
Control of safety barriers through maintenance system
(Master thesis, 2014-06)Measures used to reduce the likelihood of hazardous events and limit the consequences of major accidents are generally referred to the term ‘safety barriers’. There are challenging to identify due to the wide variability ... -
Developing an Early Warning Tool for Use in Risk Management and Decision-Making
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)This thesis is written in light of recent concerns in the Norwegian petroleum industry about increased risk exposure and lowered safety due to the cost cutting measures implemented in the last few years. The objective was ... -
Development of a framework for application of Bayesian networks in fire safety engineering in Denmark
(Master thesis, 2014-07-28)Studies have found that deterministic performance-based fire safety design leads to unnecessary high safety levels in buildings in Denmark. Other studies have described that prescribed fire safety regulations leads to ... -
Et kulturelt puslespill – En kvalitativ analyse av sikkerhetskultur i relasjon til skoleskyting
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06)Flere nærliggende land har i nyere tid opplevd skoleskyting og enkelte hevder det kun er et tidsspørsmål før en lignende hendelse skjer i Norge. Skoleskyting er av den grunn en tematikk skoler må forholde seg til. Samtidig ... -
Oppdragsrelatert risikovurdering i politiet: Hvilken metodikk egner seg best?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-19)Debatten om hvilken metodikk som egner seg best for risikovurderinger har pågått noen år i Norge. Dette har avstedkommet mange artikler og det er utgitt to norske standarder om temaet. Det eksisterer imidlertid få artikler ... -
Preventing high-potential incidents: A case study of effective organizational measures and learning processes in the aftermath of hydrocarbon leaks
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)According to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA, 2017), the safety trend within the oil and gas industry is moving in the wrong direction with regard to high-potential incidents. In order to achieve a positive ... -
Re-visiting the Piper Alpha accident
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-16)The main objective of this thesis has been to re-visit the Piper Alpha accident using the latest version of the FLACS simulation code. In 1988/89 simulations of the gas explosion in the C Module of Piper Alpha were performed ... -
Risikotilnærming i Stavanger kommune – enhetlig praksis eller oppstykket og tilfeldig?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-10-22)Risikobildet i Norge har hatt en endring i løpet av de siste årene, og hendelser både i Norge og i verden har medført et større fokus på både safety og security. På den ene siden har vi ekstremvær som flom og kraftige ... -
Security-kultur - en organisasjons intensjoner og dens praksis. En studie om sammenhengen mellom hva som sies og hva som gjøres i en organisasjons arbeid med security.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-07-12)Sammendrag Vi lever i et risikosamfunn, hvor vi er preget av nye former for trusler. Terrorhendelser, cyberangrep og bevisste anslag av varierende karakter representerer en del av vårt samfunns risikobilde, og tilkjennegir ... -
What are the effects of changing the test interval of land based safety critical valves in hydrocarbon transport systems
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2008, Master thesis, 2008)In this master thesis, the effects of changing the test interval of the land based safety critical valves have been highlighted. Compliance with the regulations given by the PSAN (Petroleum Safety Authority Norway) ...