foundations-safety-engineering
Safety Engineering Foundations
Derive constraints that prevent unacceptable losses, including losses from interactions between functioning components. Scope the analysis to the requested system and decision; analysis does not authorize external actions.
When to use
Use when a task requests hazard analysis, STPA, unsafe control actions, system safety constraints, or an evidence argument connecting controls to prevention of specified losses.
For failure rates, repair/availability models, FMEA, and fault-tree probabilities, use reliability theory. For proving specified model properties, use formal methods. Operational incident response and security hardening remain with their existing owners.
Quick Reference
Hazard analysis → STPA reference; completion claims → assurance reference; deliverable → traceability worksheet.