Guideline summary

  Many celebrated accidents involve latent hazard, not disclosed in time.

  hazard disclosure requires investment in sensors and indicators.

  The requirements documents should include specification of all expected hazards.

  The design should include means (safety add-ons) to detect all safety-critical components.

$  The investment in safety add-ons might be too high, making it impractical to include in the requirements.

  Adding sensors and indicator introduce secondary risks, due to complexity.

  The design should include a means, such as the Situation analyzer, to enable indirect hazard detection.

 

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Updated on 18 Apr 2016.