1 Scope
This document can be used where a risk assessment according to ISO 12100 has been conducted for a machine or process plant and where a safety related control
function has been selected for implementation as a protective measure against specified
hazards. This document describes an example basic logical rationale to assign a safety
integrity requirement to the selected function.
The description is generic and as far as reasonably possible independent from any
specific tool or method that can be used for assignment of a safety integrity requirement.
The requirement can be expressed as a safety integrity level (SIL), or performance
level (PL).
An example basic rationale is described that is embodied by such methods and tools,
as far as they follow a risk based quantitative approach.
Conversely, the logic described in this document can be used as a reference for assessing
specific methods or tools for safety integrity assignment. This can clarify how far
the respective tool/method is following a risk based quantitative approach, and where
deviations from that approach are imposed by other considerations. In real applications,
the quantitative risk based approach can be modified or overridden by other considerations
in many cases and for good reasons. It is not within the scope of this document to
discuss or evaluate such reasons. Usually the reasons for deviations from a given
tool or method from a quantitative logic are provided, so that this can be disc...