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Safety is the condition of being protected against physical, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event. 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.
Types of potential problem situations
A person or organization may want safety from numerous types of actual or potentially detrimental situations such as:
- personal physical injury
- financial/economic damage
- injury to one's political influence
- emotional injury
- psychological damage
- damage to one's personal reputation
- damage to a company's image in the community
- reduction in market share from business competition
- reduction in business efficiency
- governmental regulation
- regulation by industry organizations
- governmental penalties
- tax increases
- increased expenses
- personal property damage
- damage to real estate
- air, water or land pollution
Safety-critical systems
Safety-critical systems, sometimes referred to as mission-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 Engineering
System Safety and Reliability Engineering is an engineering discipline. Continuous changes in technology, environmental regulation, public safety concerns make the analysis of complex safety-critical systems more and more demanding.
Risk Management
Risk management is the art and science of identifying risks, determining how significant they are, deciding whether they are worth taking, and recommending measures to reduce or eliminate particular risks.
Safety measures
Safety measures are activities and precautions taken to improve safety or reduce risk.
See also
- Air safety
- Aisles: Safety and regulatory considerations
- Bicycle safety
- Risk management
- Road safety
- Safety engineering
- Workplace safety
See also
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