Research on Organization-level

Safety Assurance System

CHEN Lei
Research & Development Centre
Beijing National Railway Design and
Research Institute of Signal and
Communication
5, Oct, 2010
ACCIDENT SAFETY
Introduction on CRSC
 The Main Signalling System Supplier
Introduction on CRSC
 The Top Signalling System Integrator
The key points of SAS
 The safety culture
 The project safety organization structure
 The project safety activities
 The monitor on project safety work, and
 The key safety control points (the safety
milestones)
Safety culture
 Essential for an organization to deliver safety
critical products and system integration
services
 The headline of safety policy of CRSC
Safety is the Life and Commitment of CRSC

 Example of detailed safety policy

The dynamicity of the safety policy implies that any
measure that may facilitate refining or improving the
safety policy shall be welcomed and encouraged
Project safety organizations and independence(1/2)

 Safety assurance for the project

 Project safety monitoring
Project safety organizations and independence(2/2)

 Safety organization of a project

Technical Authority Safety Authority
of CRSC of CRSC

Project Independent Internal Independent

Manager Safety Safety Safety
Validator Assessor Assessor

Test
Design Implementation Head of Safety Safety
/Verification
Group Group Engineer Group Consultant
Group

各专业/子系统
各专业/子系统
安全工程师
Safety
安全工程师
Engineers
Safety
Safety Engineer Group Organization
A Project of a project
The project major safety assurance activities(1/6)

Continuous safety assurance activities

Discrete safety assurance activities
Preliminary Hazard Analysis
(PHA)
Hazard Log maintenance
System Hazard Analysis
(SHA)
Verification
Sub-System Hazard Analysis
(SSHA) Safety validation

Interface Hazard Analysis Internal safety audit

(IHA)
Internal safety
assessment
Operational & Support Hazard
Analysis
(O&SHA)

Safety Case (Hazard Log, Risk Analysis Report, Verification Report,

Validation Report, Safety Audit Report, Safety Assessment Report)
The project major safety assurance activities(2/6)

 Discrete safety assurance activities(1/3)

◦ Illustration of hazard analysis types in a system
integration project

Levels being analysed PHA SHA SSHA IHA O&SHA

System levels √ √ √ √

Subsystems/ subcontractors levels √ √ √

The project major safety assurance activities(3/6)

 Discrete safety assurance activities(2/3)

◦ Hazard Analysis Steps
 Hazard identification,
 Cause analysis,
 Consequence analysis, and
 Loss analysis
The project major safety assurance activities(4/6)

 Discrete safety assurance activities(3/3)

◦ Hazard Analysis Techniques
 HAZard and Operability Studies (HAZOP),
 Brainstorming,
 Fault Tree Analysis (FTA),
 Event Tree Analysis (ETA),
 Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and
 Etc.
The project major safety assurance activities(5/6)

 Continuous safety assurance activities(1/2)

◦ Hazard log maintenance,
◦ Verification,
◦ Safety validation,
◦ Internal safety audit, and
◦ Internal safety assessment
The project major safety assurance activities(6/6)

 Continuous safety assurance activities(2/2)

Risk Analysis Risk Control

Hazard Identification

Control or
Safety Fulfillment of
Mitigate
Requirements Requirements
Hazard
Cause Analysis Hazard
Log Safety Related Deliver to the
Application Responsible
Condition Party

Consequence Analysis
Monitoring on project safety activities

CRSC
Independent
Safety
A Project Assessment
or
Internal Safety System
Safety Review Audit Assessment
Safety
Verification/ Internal Safety
Validation
Test Assessment
The 3rd Party
Safety milestones(1/2)
 For signalling R&D projects
◦ Generic products or generic applications
◦ Safety milestone:
SM1 PERMISSION TO SYSTEM DELIVERY
Safety milestones(2/2)
 For signalling system integration projects
◦ Specific applications
◦ Safety milestones:
SM1 PERMISSION TO FIELD TEST

SM2 PERMISSION TO TRIAL OPERATION

SM3 PERMISSION TO COMMERCIAL OPERATION

Conclusion
 An organization-level SAS is essential for top
Chinese signalling product supplier and
system integrator like CRSC.
 The SAS of CRSC combines European safety
assurance concepts and best practices.
Thank you for your attention!

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