System Safety Program Plan

Overview

The Safety policy shall be formulated during the 'Concept and Demonstration phase of the system life cycle.
A 'System Safety Program Plan' shall be prepared when applicable in accordance with the requirements defined in the SOW. The primary purpose of the system safety program plan is to establish the organization and define activities to identify possible hazards (risk of damage, injury, or death) and to analyze and reduce the risk of their occurrence.

Only Safety of the system, that is, avoidance of danger to life, health or property while in use including storage, transportation, and test shall be considered. The safety of personnel during its design and production shall be the responsibility of the individual company or site management (Health and Safety laws).
The 'System Safety Program(me) Plan' shall define:

The document shall be prepared to the requirements stated in the 'Technical Documentation Standard' and the appended model-text.

Initially, a 'Preliminary Hazard Analysis' shall be performed to determine the potential hazards that may occur as a result of the system. This analysis shall be conducted following the guide-lines and procedures defined in the 'Preliminary Hazard Analysis Procedure'.

Hazard Log
Preliminary Hazard Listing
Preliminary Hazard Analysis
System Hazard Analysis



See MIL-STD-882, DEF STAN 00-56, DEF STAN 00-58, for more information.
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