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bowtie·CCPS / Energy Institute 2018·engineering, energy·complexity 3/3·since v0.6.6

Hot work — ignition of flammable atmosphere

A bowtie with escalation factors on both wings — a preventative and a mitigative barrier are each degraded by a named condition with its own escalation-factor barrier, exercising the full element vocabulary.

For the permit issuer assessing hot-work controls

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Hot work — fire bowtie Bowtie: hazard "Hot work near flammable materials", top event "Ignition of flammable atmosphere"; 2 threats, 2 consequences, 7 barriers, 2 escalation factors. Hot work — fire bowtie Ignition offlammableatmosphere Hot work near flammablematerials Sparks / hot slag Hot-work permit Fire watch Fire watch leavespost early Post-workmonitoring period(60 min) Static discharge Bonding +grounding Antistatic PPE Flash fire Fixed firesuppression Suppressionisolated formaintenance Impairmentregister + MoC Asset loss Fire-ratedseparation Business-continuityplan Threat Barrier (prevent / mitigate) Top event Consequence Escalation factor
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The complete element vocabulary, with escalation factors on both wings — because a mitigative barrier can be degraded just as a preventative one can. On the left, the "Fire watch" barrier is defeated if the watch leaves early, controlled by a mandatory post-work monitoring period. On the right, the "Fixed fire suppression" barrier is defeated when isolated for maintenance, controlled by an impairment register and management-of-change.

The left wing is taller than the right (its escalation drops deeper), so it sets the diagram height while the right wing stays centred about the knot. Each escalation hangs into the whitespace between bands on a muted degrades connector, never colliding with the next line.

Bowtie syntax