[SystemSafety] Safety Culture

[paul_e.bennett at topmail.co.uk]

On 10/12/2017 at 11:58 AM, "Andy Ashworth" <andy at the-ashworths.org> wrote:
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>Paul,
>That aspect of safety culture addresses work place employee 
>safety. The company I currently work for have a reasonably strong 
>culture with respect to such safety; with respect to funcational 
>system safety, however, their processes followed are totally 
>different matter. If design engineers are not systematically 
>considering functional safety during their work, I would suggest 
>that a company does not have a good safety cultue. A strong safety 
>culture to me is one where safety is considered during all stages 
>of a system’s deployment is considered systematically, including 
>ultimate third-party end-use, and not just focused on the 
>employees of the design/construction organisation.
>Andy

Andy,

  Whilst your observation was correct in that the examples I gave were
to do with workplace safety, I find that such a focused culture will tend to
do better when dealing with functional safety of the equipment they use
and/or deploy in their workplace. The sense of their culture makes an
impact into their supply chain. If such organisations design systems for
themselves they will have functional safety very much in mind as a
natural part of their development strategy. It is, after all, a synergistic
relationship.


Regards

Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET
Systems Engineer
Lunar Mission One Ambassador
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