IALA RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX

&
IMO FORMAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT (FSA)

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 How does the IALA Risk Toolbox fit with the
IMO Formal Safety Assessment?

Reference:

MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.12/Rev.1, 18 June 2015

Revised guidelines for formal safety assessment (FSA)
For use in the IMO rule-making process
Flow chart of the FSA Methodolog
Step 2, Risk Analysis – Scope
The purpose of the risk analysis in step 2 is

a detailed investigation of the causes and initiating events and

consequences of the more important accident scenarios
identified in step 1.

This can be achieved by the use of suitable techniques that

model the risk.
Step 2, Risk Analysis – Scope

This allows attention to be focused upon high-risk areas and to

identify and evaluate the factors which influence the level of
risk. Different types of risk, i.e. risks to

• people,
• the environment or
• property

should be addressed as appropriate to the problem under

consideration.
 Step 2, Risk Analysis – Methods

There are several methods/tools that can be used to perform a

risk analysis.
The scope of the FSA, types of hazards identified in step 1, and
the level of failure data available will all influence which
method/tool works best for each specific application.

Examples of the different types of risk analysis methods/tools

are outlined in appendix 3.
 Examples of Hazard Identification and
Risk Analysis Techniques (appendix 3)

• Fault Tree Analysis

• Event Tree Analysis
• Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Hazard And Operability Studies (HAZOP)
• What If Analysis Technique
• Risk Contribution Tree (RCT)
• Influence Diagrams
• Bayesian Network
• Sensitivity Analysis And Uncertainty Analysis
 Step 2, Risk Analysis – Methods

Quantification makes use of accident and failure data and

other sources of information as appropriate to the level of
analysis.

Where data is unavailable, calculation, simulation or the use of

established techniques for expert judgement may be used.
 Step 2, Risk Analysis – Methods

Quantification makes use of accident and failure data and

other sources of information as appropriate to the level of
analysis.

Where data is unavailable, calculation, simulation or the use of

established techniques for expert judgement may be used.

Technique Data Calculation Simulation Expert Judgement

IWRAP X X X
SIRA X X
PAWSA X X
Simulation X X
FSA

Basic SIRA model

 Step 2, Risk Analysis – Methods

Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty analysis should be

considered in the quantified and/or qualified risk and risk
models and the results should be reported together with the
quantitative data and explanation of models used.

Methodologies of sensitivity analysis and uncertainty analysis

would depend on the method of risk analysis and/or risk
models used.
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