Air Force System Safety Handbook - System Safety Society

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OTHER ENGINEERING ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN SAFETY PROGRAMS
ORGANIZATION NORMAL FUNCTIONS SAFETY FUNCTIONS
Design Engineering Prepares Equipment and system designs that
will meet contractual specifications for
performance and mission accomplishment.
Human (Factors) Engineering Ensures optimal integration of man, machine,
and environment.
Reliability Engineering Is concerned that equipment will operate
successfully for specific periods under stipulated
conditions.
Maintainability engineering Ensures that hardware will be in suitable
condition for successful accomplishment of its
prescribed mission.
Test Engineering Conducts laboratory and field tests of parts,
subassemblies, equipment, and systems to
determine whether their performance meets
contractual requirements.
Product (Field) Support Maintains liaison between customer and
producing company.
Production Engineering Determines most economical and best means of
producing the product in accordance with
approved designs.
Industrial Engineering Ensures that the company personnel are not
injured nor company property damaged by
accidents.
Training Is concerned with improving technical and
managerial capabilities of all company
personnel.
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Conduct analyses of most appropriate and
safest designs and procedures. Ensures that
safety requirements in end item specifications
and codes are met. Incorporates safety
requirements for subcontractors and vendors in
company specifications and drawings.
Conducts analyses to ensure well being of
personnel involved in equipment operation,
maintenance, repair, testing, or other tasks in the
proposed environment, especially to minimize
fatigue and possible human error. Makes
procedures analyses.
Makes failure modes and effects analyses.
Performs tests on parts and assemblies to
establish failure modes and rates. Makes
special studies and tests. Reviews trouble and
failure reports, indicating any safety
connotations.
Ensures that system or equipment will be at
design safety level by minimizing wear-out
failures through replacement of failed items and
by surveillance over possible degrading
environments. Participates in analyzing
proposed maintenance procedures for safety
aspects.
Evaluates hardware and procedures to
determine whether they are safe in operation,
whether changes are required, or whether
additional safeguards are necessary.
Determines whether equipment has any
dangerous characteristics or dangerous energy
levels or failure modes. Evaluates effects of
adverse environments on safety.
Assists customer on safety problems
encountered in the field. Constitutes the major
channel for feedback of field information on
performance, hazards, mishaps, and near
misses.
Ensures that designed safety is not degraded by
poor workmanship or unauthorized production
process changes.
Provides advice and information on accident
prevention measures for industrial processes
and procedures that are similar to those in
system operations.
Ensures that personnel involved in system
development, production, and operation are
trained to levels necessary for safe
accomplishment of their assigned tasks and can
produce a safe system or product. Certifies
workers on safety critical operations, especially
for test operations.