Barriers are used in various forms to assure the safety of chemical plants. A deep
understanding of the literature related to safety barriers is essential to tackle the challenges …

In spite of the fact that the concept of safety barriers is applied in practice, discussed in the
literature, and even required in legislation and standards, no common terminology that is …

Aligned with the development needs of Industry 4.0, industrial cyber-physical systems
(ICPSs) are widely applied to chemical facilities to facilitate so-called intelligent production …

Chemical plants face safety hazards and security threats that may induce catastrophic
scenarios. Safety and security barriers are employed widely to protect chemical plants from …

Hydrogen–gasoline hybrid refueling stations can minimize construction and management
costs and save land resources and are gradually becoming one of the primary modes for …

Chemical facilities face threats from accidental and intentional events, including the rising
concern of cyber-physical (C2P) attacks in the digitized industrial control system era …

An integrated approach for performance assessment and management of safety barriers in a
systemic manner is needed concerning the prevention and mitigation of major accidents in …

Human factors play an important role in the completion of emergency procedures. Human
factors analysis is rooted in the concept that humans make errors, and the frequency and …

A framework is presented to identify and evaluate the risks of human error for critical steps in
the escape, evacuation and rescue (EER) process on offshore installations. A combination …

Optimal selection of safety measures (SMs) is a challenging task for safety managers due to
its importance, complexity, and incapability of traditional approaches in considering all the …