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BowTie has found utility in many high-risk sectors from Oil and Gas, Chemical safety and mining through to the rail industry and Aviation sector (both civilian and military).
BowTie finds its roots in the chemical industry course notes for a lecture on hazard analysis given at the University of Queensland in 1979. The exact origin is unclear but the mainstream use started in the aftermath of the Piper Alpha disaster with Royal Dutch/Shell adopting the methodology as the company standard for analysing and managing risk. It is widely regarded as a suitable visual tool to keep an overview of risk management practices, rather than replacing existing processes or systems.
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Keywords
Risk Management
Risk Assessment
Chemical
Risk
Safety
