The system safety concept calls for a risk management strategy based on identification, analysis of hazards and application of remedial controls using...

A safety-critical system or life-critical system is a system whose failure or malfunction may result in one (or more) of the following outcomes: death...

In functional safety a safety instrumented system (SIS) is an engineered set of hardware and software controls which provides a protection layer that...

A safety management system (SMS) is a management system designed to manage occupational safety and health risks in the workplace. If the system contains...

Safety is the state of being "safe", the condition of being protected from harm or other danger. Safety can also refer to the control of recognized hazards...

Joyson Safety Systems (JSS), founded as Breed Corporation and later called Breed Automotive Corporation (BAC), Breed Technologies, Inc. (BTI), and Key...

Safety engineering is an engineering discipline which assures that engineered systems provide acceptable levels of safety. It is strongly related to industrial...

The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is a worldwide system for automated emergency signal communication for ships at sea developed by...

The three primary objectives of nuclear reactor safety systems as defined by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission are to shut down the reactor, maintain...

Functional safety is the part of the overall safety of a system or piece of equipment that depends on automatic protection operating correctly in response...