2. Identify and characterize the safety barriers in place
Safety barriers are designed to prevent (prevention barrier) or mitigate (mitigation barrier) the occurrence of a dreaded event. In its OMEGA 20 report, INERIS suggests dividing safety barriers into three categories (see "Classification of safety barriers"):
human barriers;
technical barriers ;
manual safety action systems (SAMS).
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