Easy to learn. Easy to use. The most powerful safety analysis technique ever available.

FLOWCHARTING, FAULT TREE ANALYSIS,
and EVENTS & CAUSAL FACTORS all use the same basic operating steps. Want to be able to draw a process flowchart, computer flowchart, or an organization chart? CLICK, draw a box. The same simple process is used to draw connecting lines. Work process flowcharts are often used during process safety audits and appraisals. All are easy to learn. In less than one hour, you can be drawing basic diagrams. If you know how to operate one, you can operate them all. No more reasons for out-of-date charts. EVENTS & CAUSAL FACTORS ANALYSIS gives you a way to draw EVENTS & CAUSAL FACTORS charts during investigations. Select one symbol at a time or create a macro which includes a series of symbols. You can draw events, conditions, and presumptive events or conditions. Bold lines are used for primary lines, thin lines for secondary lines, and dashed lines for conditions. You can quickly and easily create or modify even complex diagrams of any size. These diagrams can be saved and later recalled. You can even combine two diagrams into a new single diagram. In the end, you will have a complete and detailed picture of who did what, when, where, how, and, most importantly, WHY?

CHANGE ANALYSIS Like the cartoon - "What's wrong with this picture?", CHANGE ANALYSIS prompts the user to look for the causes of problems in changes that have occurred. By laying out information about the accident circumstances and safe circumstances in parallel, differences are identified and listed. Finally, those differences are analyzed for their effects on the mishap. You can also use CHANGE ANALYSIS to evaluate the effects of a potential change (under consideration). A thoughtful evaluation of modifications and changes means fewer problems later. This is a very easy technique to learn and is also very efficient. When completed, a spreadsheet style printout is available.

HAZARD-BARRIER-TARGET ANALYSIS
This is a quick, system-oriented analytical technique set in the form of a spreadsheet. The user is prompted to identify what was damaged or who was hurt in the mishap. Then, you identify what hazard was involved. Now the work begins. The barriers intended to prevent the mishap are identified, listed and analyzed. Each barrier is coded as to where it fits on the safety precedence sequence. Then each barrier is classified as to: did not fail, failed, did not use, or did not provide. Printouts suitable for report inclusion can be produced. This technique by itself is often sufficient for "minor mishaps".

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS The analysis of hardware failures is often assisted by the use of qualitative FAULT TREE ANALYSIS. A fault tree provides a detailed picture of all the different failure scenarios. The user identifies the critical path to failure. FAULT TREE ANALYSIS provides the user with the symbols, connecting lines, and logic gates needed. You can quickly and easily produce or modify the tree. Because they can be saved, you can create a "library" of trees to be used later. A printout of the tree can be generated for demonstration or report use.

OPERATIONAL READINESS/APPRAISAL TREE Starting a new or modified facility requires coordinating many elements and attending to many details. The OPERATIONAL READINESS/APPRAISAL TREE can help you make sure that ten major areas are not overlooked. Comprehensive "checklists" are provided for evaluating safety in each of the following areas: Industrial Safety Emergency Preparedness Fire Protection Industrial Hygiene Radiation Protection Third Party (Contractor) Reactor Safety Vehicle & Traffic Safety Criticality Safety Environmental Protection For each element, you can rate, color code, store notes, organize and modify your analysis. OPERATIONAL READINESS/APPRAISAL TREE operates on the same principles as the MORT, SASS, and MERIT software. If you can use one, you can operate all.

MANAGEMENT EVALUATION AND RISK IDENTIFICATION TREE (MERIT) is the application of the MORT technology to evaluate a system before an accident/mishap happens. MERIT is used to find holes in the management system. MERIT was recently used on a project to find the strengths and weaknesses in a licensing process by a federal agency. The software walks the user systematically through a series of comprehensive questions. The depth and breadth of an evaluation can be established by predetermining which levels of questions are answered. If you have wondered if your organization or part of your organization could withstand a major regulatory audit, use MERIT and you'll find your answer.

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