A novel representation of the Seveso III Directive to manage dangerous substances in modern industrial plants

A novel representation of the Seveso III Directive to manage dangerous substances in modern industrial plants RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 1 Nakhal Akel A. J.1, Simone F.1, Stefana E.1, Agnello P.2, Vallerotonda M. R.3, Ansaldi S. M.2, Alvino A.4, Fargnoli M.1, Di Gravio G.1, Patriarca R.1 1 Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Eudossiana, 18, 00184, Roma (RM) –Italia 2 Dipartimento Innovazione Tecnologica, Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione Infortuni sul Lavoro, Via Fontana Candida, 1, 00078, Monteporzio Catone (RM) –Italia 3 Dipartimento Innovazione Tecnologica, Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione Infortuni sul Lavoro, Via Roberto Ferruzzi, 38, 00198, Roma (RM) –Italia 4 Dipartimento Innovazione Tecnologica, Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione Infortuni sul Lavoro, Via del Torraccio di Torrenova, 7, 00133 Roma (RM) –Italia International Conference on Safety & Innovation Rome, Italy 11 – 13 March 2025 06/11/2025 Research funding 06/11/2025 RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 2 This research is funded by the project “RE-SET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition” under the INAIL BRIC 2023 funding scheme Background 06/11/2025 RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 3 Industrial and societal landscape → rapidly changing → technological advances and rise of automation and globalization Modern industrial systems → critical safety management Establishments involved in the storing, handling, production, and use of dangerous substances → European Directive 2012/18/EU Social systems Organization People Technical systems Technologies Processes Background 06/11/2025 RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 4 Socio-Technical systems Social systems Organization People Technical systems Technologies Processes Background 06/11/2025 RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 4 Socio-Technical systems COMPLEXITY Motivation 06/11/2025 RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 5 Research aim To translate the Directive into a Safety Control Structure, further converted in a Knowledge Graph. Through Systemic view of the Directive → STAMP principles Data driven model → Knowledge Graph •Building the SCS •STAMP principles •Identification of the system agents •Relationships among the agents •Ontology’s definition •Identification of the classes and the relationships •Identification of the sub-classes •Translation of SCS into a KG Methods 06/11/2025 RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 6 System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP) 06/11/2025 RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 7 Model transforming a safety management system in a control problem Accidents result from inadequate control or enforcement of safety related constraints on the development, design, and operations of the system The interactions must be established to accomplish the control of the system’s behavior by enforcing the safety constraints in its design and operations System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP) 06/11/2025 RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 8 The STAMP model is based on: •Controllers •Controlled Process •Control actions •Feedback Human controller Automated controller Controlled process Control action Control action Feedback Feedback Novel representation of the Directive for supporting operators of modern industrial plants in the management of dangerous substances The complexity to navigate a SCS was managed thanks to its translation into a KG → KG allowed quantitative analyses on critical agents and paths. The approach links data from multiple sources revealing new insights in safety domains Practical implications & concluding remarks 06/11/2025 RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 15 A novel representation of the Seveso III Directive to manage dangerous substances in modern industrial plants RESET: Resilience Engineering for Safe Energy Transition 16 Antonio Javier Nakhal Akel [email protected] International conference on Safety & Innovation Rome, Italy 11 – 13 March 2025 06/11/2025