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• assessing each hazard and associated accident in terms of probability and impact, and to establish evidence
(set out in a Hazard Log) to support the conclusions drawn - drawing on the experience of Suitably Qualified
and Experienced Personnel (SQEP);
• planning a way forward to reduce the probability of the hazard and/or the severity of the accident: through
product redesign, by adopting additional precautions in its use, by testing to resolve uncertainty or through
other recognised means;
• implementing the action (redesign, establishing new precautions, additional testing etc) as part of the
updated project plan;
• validating the sufficiency of what has been achieved through continual review of the emerging Safety Case
(facilitated by an Independent Safety Advisor - ISA);
• establishing, in due course, a consensus between the contractor and the customer (scrutinised by the ISA)
that each hazard and associated accident has been reduced to a state that is As Low As Reasonably Possible
(ALARP) in the circumstances.
Safety management should be built in from the outset of the product design lifecycle, as an integral and key
aspect.
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Product Safety Management
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Product Evolution
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Performance
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SAFETY
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Supportability
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Timeliness
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Affordability
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Product Safety Management has become a keen focus of MoD and Defence Industry interest; driven by the
desire to take a responsible attitude towards product procurement, by the evolution of the accepted outlook
upon product priorities, by legislation and by the increasingly litigious nature of society.
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Formal safety management involves a systematic
process of:
• analysing the product to identify every hazard to
which its use may be subject and every accident
to which such hazards may give rise (affecting any
of the people who may conceivably be affected -
and at any and all stages of the product's usage);
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