Safety
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Definitions
European Definitions
Council of Europe
EU JRC
Other International Definitions
CARICOM
The maintenance of an environment that is relatively free from actual or potential hazards that can injure people (ref. Industrial Accident Prevention Association).
IAEA
(nuclear/radiation) safety: the achievement of proper operating conditions, prevention of accidents or mitigation of accident consequences, resulting in protection of workers, the public and the environment from undue radiation hazards. [4]
National Definitions
Colombia
Seguridad: función del subprograma de auxilio que consiste en la acción de proteger a la población, en los casos de trastornos al entorno físico, contra los riesgos de todo tipo, susceptibles de afectar la vida, la paz social y los bienes materiales durante el impacto de una calamidad. [5]
Finland
Turvallisuus: tila, jossa uhkat ja riskit ovat hallittavissa.
Safety is a condition in which the threats and risks are controllable. -unofficial translation- [6]
Safety is a condition in which the threats and risks are controllable. -unofficial translation- [6]
Italy
Sicurezza: Prevenzione, eliminazione parziale o totale dei danni, pericoli, rischi; condizione di essere al sicuro: osservare le norme di sicurezza stradale; dare garanzie di sicurezza. [7]
New Zealand/AOTEAROA
Safety is the process of assessing hazards and developing measures to ensure safety of personnel. [8]
Poland
Bezpieczeństwo – teoria i praktyka zapewniania możliwości przetrwania (egzystencji) i realizacji własnych interesów przez dany podmiot, w szczególności poprzez wykorzystywanie szans (okoliczności sprzyjających), podejmowanie wyzwań, redukowanie ryzyk oraz przeciwdziałanie (zapobieganie i przeciwstawianie się) wszelkiego rodzaju zagrożeniom dla podmiotu i jego interesów. [9]
Spain
Seguridad: función del subprograma de auxilio que consiste en la acción de proteger a la población, en los casos de trastornos al entorno físico, contra los riesgos de todo tipo, susceptibles de afectar la vida, la paz social y los bienes materiales durante el impacto de una calamidad. [5]
United States
DoD
Safety: Freedom from those conditions that can cause death, injury, occupational illness, damage to or loss of equipment or property, or damage to the environment. [10]
Standard Definition
ISO/IEC
Safety is the condition of the system operating without causing unacceptable risk of physical injury or damage to the health of people, either directly, or indirectly as a result of damage to property or to the environment. [11]
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ GLOSSAIRE MULTILINGUE DE LA GESTION DU RISQUE pour usagers francophones (2007)/European Centre of Technological Safety (TESEC) - TESEC-EUR-OPA 2001)
- ↑ Definition of an assessment framework for projects of common interest in the field of smart grids, 2014.
- ↑ Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Regional Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy and Results Framework 2014-2024
- ↑ IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NP-T-3.12
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 GLOSSAIRE MULTILINGUE DE LA GESTION DU RISQUE pour usagers francophones (2007)/Asociación Iberoamericana de Organismos Gubernamentales de Defensa y Protección Civil, groupe de travail constitué par différents organismes de cette association dirigé para la Direction Générale de Défense Civile colombienne en étroite collaboration avec la Direction Générale de Protection civil et émergences espagnole
- ↑ Vocabulary of Comprehensive Security. Helsinki (TSK 47) (2014)
- ↑ GLOSSARIO DI PROTEZIONE CIVILE Regione Sicilia
- ↑ The New Zealand Coordinated Incident Management System, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand. (2014)
- ↑ (MINI)SŁOWNIK BBN: Propozycje nowych terminów z dziedziny bezpieczeństwa (2015) - proposed definition
- ↑ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STANDARD PRACTICE FOR SYSTEM SAFETY, MIL-STD-882D (2000)
- ↑ ISO/IEC Guide 55:1999
