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safety

Activities that seek to minimize or to eliminate hazardous conditions that can cause bodily injury. Occupational safety is concerned with risks in areas where people work: offices, manufacturing plants, farms, construction sites, and commercial and retail facilities. Public safety is concerned with hazards in the home, in travel and recreation, and in other situations that do not fall within the scope of occupational safety.


See machine safety, intrinsic safety, safety integrity level, safety instrumented system and safety network.


safety - See safe, safety-critical system.

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