A key concept emerging from the analysis of celebrated accidents is that of latent hazard s. A latent hazard is defined as an hazard of which the operators are not aware. A main goal and challenge in resilience assurance is to prevent latent hazards, namely, to enable and enforce the operators awareness of hazards.
A main goal in resilience assurance is to disclose latent hazards.
Many incidences involve unpredictable situations, due to situations in which the operators are not aware of a disturbance, resulting in a hazard .
Hazards can be detected by checking the system compliance with the operational rules.
Updated on 28 Dec 2016.