Quest for Intrinsic Safety

Further, the QA audit function is directly related to safety. QA audits with an encompassing scope include facility and process safety as one of the elements reviewed. 

At the 1993 International System Safety Conference, the then Chief of Air Force Safety in his keynote presentation said that the two challenges for the 90s were in software system safety and in human factors. This was true then, and it is today, more than ten years later. 

As we progress into the new century there are both opportunities and challenges. Qpportunities present themselves in the form of (1) the potential of integrating system software safety with control engineering to more closely achieve a level of intrinsic safety and (2) the proliferation of system safety as a discipline in other parts of the world. The challenges we face include the 

We define intrinsic safety as safety designed and built into a system. Yes, this is an overlap with system safety. The two concepts are converging. Intrinsic safety is certainly a noble goal and one that should be continually pursued. 

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