Barrier Failure Analysis is an incident analysis technique to determine the root cause of incidents.
Barrier Failure Analysis, along with Tripod Beta and BSCAT, is among the best techniques for explaining incidents/accidents as being attributed to various degrees of failure in the organisational barriers, controls, defenses and safeguards.
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Contact usOur Barrier Failure Analysis training consists of a two-day group training. The training can be delivered in a live session or as an online course based on your preference. In the training, the following subjects are covered: incident causation theory, information gathering, interviewing techniques, information structuring, BFA analysis (with the tool), reporting (with the tool), formulating safety recommendations, effective implementation of safety measures, evaluating measures, and learning from incidents. The training can further be tailored to include:
Barrier Failure Analysis (BFA) is a relatively simple and format-free method, based on the same barrier-based thinking as Tripod Beta. Because it is based on barrier thinking, BFA offers better guidance than 5Why to identify underlying causes, and it allows for multiple causation paths. Furthermore, BFA can quite easily be connected to existing Bowtie risk analyses. Being relatively format-free, BFA offers a chance to develop a tailor-made format, and even develop a tool with guidance and for reporting that is specific for your sector.
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