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Safety is the condition of being protected against failure, damage, error, accidents, or harm. Protection involves here both causing and exposure. It can include physical protection or that of posessions. Safety is often in relation to some guarantee of a standard of insurance to the quality and unharmful function of a thing or organization. It is used to ensure that the thing or organization will do only what it is wanted to do. Safety is the state of being safe. If you push it to the limit, your safety is not guaranteed.
Safety-critical systems are those systems whose failure could result in loss of life, significant property damage, or damage to the environment. There are many well-known examples in different areas, such as medical devices, aircraft flight control, weapons, and nuclear systems. Many modern information systems (systems involving software) are becoming safety-critical in a general sense because financial loss and even loss of life can result from their failure.
System Safety and Reliability is an engineering field. Continuous changes in technology, environmental regulation, public safety concerns make the analysis of complex safety-critical systems more and more demanding.
See also
- Air safety
- Aisles: Safety and regulatory considerations
- Bicycle safety
- Risk management
- Road safety
- Safety engineering
- Workplace safety
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