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Dictionary of Safety Design

 , January 24, 2016 updated on May 20, 2017
Safety design is the practice of designing-out health and safety risks. In industries such as transportation, safety design has been a standard practice for more than 50 years. In other industries, it is a relatively new practice. Safety design begins by identifying potential risks and developing designs that reduce or avoid risk. The following are common safety design techniques.
Accelerated Life Testing
Active Safety
Defensive Design
Derating
Design Thinking
Err On The Side Of Caution
Error Tolerance
Fail-safe
Graceful Degradation
Human Error
Human Factors
Mistake Proofing
Moving Parts
Passive Risk
Passive Safety
Pokayoke
Reliability Engineering
Residual Risk
Risk Avoidance
Risk Reduction
Safety Controls
Secondary Risk
Wear And Tear

Examples

The following are common examples of safety designs.
Bulkhead
Earthquake Detection System
Flight Envelope Protection
Self-Destruct Mechanism
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