[SystemSafety] WG: words you cannot use at GM

[Peter Bernard Ladkin]

On 2014-05-22 14:31 , Nancy Leveson wrote:
> I think saying that "acceptably safe" is safe is a ridiculous definition. 

Nevertheless, it is de rigeur in Europe. The UK Health and Safety Executive says that is how it
judges, with "acceptably safe" usually meaning a one in a million elevated chance of dying:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/theory/r2p2.htm

PBL

Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Faculty of Technology, University of Bielefeld, 33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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