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84 Module 10: System Safety for the High-Potential Accident Loss Control Management (LCM)

System Safety Engineering

System Safety Engineering has been defined as an element of systems engineering involving the
application of scientific and engineering principles for the timely identification of hazards and initiation of
those actions necessary to prevent or control hazards within the system.

It draws upon professional knowledge and specialized skills in the mathematical, physical and
related scientific disciplines, together with the principles and methods of engineering design and analysis

to specify, predict and evaluate the safety of the system.

Two Basic and Interrelated Aspects of System Safety Engineering
1. System Safety Management
• Provides the framework wherein the findings and recommendations resulting from th e
application of system safety analysis techniques can be effectively reviewed and

implemented.

2. System Safety Analysis
• Employ the three basic elements of identification, evaluation and communication to
facilitate the establishment of cause.

High Potential Accidents

High potential accidents are those that did, or under similar circumstances (or slightly different ones)
could, result in serious injury or damage. This includes:

• near misses in which no injury occurs, and

• incidents in which a person receives only a minor injury

Principle of Loss Control

This principle stated that certain sets of circumstances can predictably produce severe injuries and that
these potential severe injuries can be identified and thus controlled.

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