ALARP: Risk Management for Engineering

Manchester City Football Club, Manchester

28 February 2023

Overview

The ALARP (as low as reasonably practicable) principle is the governing standard for safety practices in UK engineering. It requires designers and safety engineers to do everything they can to reduce risk, within the confines of what is deemed to be ‘reasonably practicable’.

This annual seminar showcases a number of case studies from industry experts exploring practical demonstrations of ALARP. In addition, it features high-level discussions on the techniques for doing so including comparisons of quantitative and qualitative arguments and legal perspectives.

This event enables safety engineers and risk managers to examine what their counterparts in a broad range of sectors are doing to improve safety performance. This in turn allows them to better apply the ALARP principle in their day-to-day work to reduce the risk of safety-critical accidents, and the exposure of their business to legal or financial penalties.

Join this seminar to:

Gain in-depth insights into ALARP methodologies employed in a range of safety-critical sectors, highlighting key takeaways to use in their own work
Understand developments around the interpretation and application of ALARP
Develop the knowledge and skills needed to successfully apply the ALARP principle to 21st century engineering challenges
Mitigate and manage risks effectively to eliminate safety-critical events
Reduce your exposure to regulatory and legal penalties by understanding expectations and meeting them fully

Delegate feedback from previous ALARP seminars:

“Well organised and structured event allowing the sharing of best practice to improve safety across the entire industrial enterprise in the UK.”
Safety Lead, Rolls-Royce

“Excellent, informative presentations, useful exposure to ALARP in differing contexts.”
Senior Consultant, Reactor and Radiation Physics, Wood

“A very informative event which facilitates discussions around the challenging topic of ALARP. A great way to share knowledge and experience between engineering professionals from a range of business sectors.”
Senior Safety Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy

“Good to learn from speakers and delegates alike about up to date developments and thinking around ALARP.”
Asset Strategy and Risk Specialist, National Grid

“Excellent event which really dissected current practices, examined the changes in industry and gave insight to how risk assessment practices can improve accordingly.”
Project Engineering Manager, Sellafield Ltd

“ALARP 2018 was above expectation and every speaker provided an interesting viewpoint on ALARP issues. This seminar is relevant to a wide range of specialists working in safety, security, environment and other related disciplines - an excellent day.”
Safety Engineer, CASE Associates Limited

“Well organised and thought-provoking event that challenged me on how I think about managing design risk.”
Design Development Manager, SSE

“Good value and quality - focused on exactly the subject.”
Senior Engineer – Maintenance, Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Organising Committee:

Safety and Reliability Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Member Credit:
Keith Miller, Member, IMechE Safety and Reliability Group

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Day 1

08:30 - Seminar Programme

	Tuesday, 28 February 2023
08:30	Registration and refreshments
09:00	Chair’s opening remarks Pete Stewart, Professional Head of Discipline, Atkins and Chair, IMechE Safety and Reliability Group WG2
	Industry case studies demonstrating ALARP
09:10	Ensuring Favourable Vehicle Safety Outcomes by Addressing Risk Profiles Through the TfL Bus Safety Standard Benedikt Koning, Senior Engineer - Road and Surface Vehicles, Transport for London Identifying London bus related Vulnerable Road User (VRU) risk profiles Developing and identifying safety features to mitigate risks appropriately Working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful implementation
09:40	ALARP vs ALoS: The role of the Civil Aviation Authority as the state regulator Ray Forster, Regulatory Safety Management System Lead, Safety Performance, Civil Aviation Authority Explaining the evolution of the regulatory approach to industry safety risk management The Key Risk Area approach and assessment of ALoS How we connect regulatory safety risk management to oversight of industry, and the connection between ALoS and ALARP
10:10	Practical ALARP Thinking in a Hydrogen Context Speaker to be announced Identifying risks associated with hydrogen Demonstrating ALARP to minimise risk and improve safety across hydrogen networks Working collaboratively with industry and regulators
	Human factors and ALARP: Practical Thinking
10:40	Networking refreshment break
11:10	Human Factors Safety Critical Tasks Analysis (SCTA) & ALARP Dominic Furniss, Senior Human Factors Consultant, Human Reliability Associates Focusing on critical tasks that have the most human performance related risk Identifying risk and predicting human failure within critical tasks Making interventions and managing human performance risks with ALARP
11:40	Case Study on Exploding Capacitors Representation from AEGIS Engineering Systems Limited
12:10	Panel Discussion: Improvements & Innovation to support Human Factors in ALARP Steve Corner, SHEQ Systems and Safety Standards Manager, BOC Gases Current thinking around HF and ALARP How technology can improve safety and reduce risk Future thinking around HF and what it means for ALARP
12:40	Networking lunch
	Working together to strengthen the ALARP principle
13:40	ALARP for Engineers; a Brief Explanation Keith Miller, Member, IMechE Safety and Reliability Group Why we needed new guidance on ALARP Why risk cannot be quantified How to undertake a legally compliant risk assessment
14:00	Panel discussion: Working Together to Progress ALARP Guidance and Thinking David Glass, Mechanical Engineering Team Lead - Chemicals, Explosives and Microbiological Hazards Division, Health and Safety Executive Ryan Maitland, Superintending Inspector - Nuclear Safety, Professional Lead – Fault Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulation. Collaboration to ensure ALARP is followed Understanding the needs of different industries Meeting existing needs and future requirements from a regulatory perspective
14:30	Legal Implications for the Application of ALARP Anne Davies, Partner, FisherBroyles LLP Defining the requirements for demonstration of ALARP in a legal setting Investigating legal precedent and its ramifications for establishing best practice Examining the impacts of technological developments in a legal context
15:00	Networking refreshment break
	Innovation and technological advancements
15:30	Showcasing the Benefits of on-the-go Technology to Enhance Fire Safety Standards Robert Norton, UK Team Lead, PlanRadar How ALARP was interpreted on a recent project Reducing our exposure to regulatory and legal penalties and identifying where you often seen the gaps relating to fire risk assessments Trying to change the mindset in organisations to ensure a better embedding of fire risk assessments and their consequent implementation Understanding expectations in the market around information management systems and around safety management systems and how those systems will manage building safety risks
16:00	A Low Technology Approach to Improving Healthcare Safety Simon Dodds, Healthcare Systems Engineer, SAASoft An overview of the project Taking a system’s engineering approach including Process design, Human factors, Objective measurement and Contact – Method - Observation (CMO) Results and lessons learned
16:30	Chair’s closing remarks
16:45	End of seminar

Dominic Furniss: Senior Human Factors Consultant, Human Reliability Associates

Dominic Furniss holds degrees in Human-Computer Interaction and Human Factors (MSc, PhD) from University College London (UCL). A member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) his areas of interest include human reliability, SCTA, usability engineering, sociotechnical system design, and Safety-II. His research has focused on the design and use of medical devices in context. He has published three books and over 70 papers in academic and professional journals. He now leads on developing the Human Reliability Academy.

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ALARP: Risk Management for Engineering

Manchester City Football Club, Manchester

Overview

The ALARP (as low as reasonably practicable) principle is the governing standard for safety practices in UK engineering. It requires designers and safety engineers to do everything they can to reduce risk, within the confines of what is deemed to be ‘reasonably practicable’.

Day 1

08:30 - Seminar Programme

Dominic Furniss: Senior Human Factors Consultant, Human Reliability Associates

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