<p>This report standardizes the types and categories of process safety barriers. The target audience is all leaders and workers that contribute to process safety performance on an asset.</p> <p>The terminology provides a basis of common understanding which companies can use to further refine or develop more detail as appropriate to their activities.</p> <p>The use of consistent and simple terminology is aimed at personnel at all levels and will assist in communication.</p> <p>Standardization and common understanding</p> <ul> <li>will assist the review of bow ties and related tools to ensure clarity and completeness </li><li>provides the means to identify areas of shortfall in a consistent way, gathering data from more operations (and operators) enabling trending and focus on the specific causes of failure on certain barriers and facilitate improvements. </li></ul>