I got a new car. The process was a bit disturbing. It took over an hour to go through the “set-up” menu. And it was suggested that I return for a second training session after spending time studying the manual and testing different settings. I was thinking how different things…
exida explains Blog
- by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
- Tuesday, November 12, 2019
- Functional Safety
How Cars Relate to exida’s Site Safety Index (SSI)
- by Julia V. Bukowski
- Tuesday, November 05, 2019
- Certification
Guest Blog: Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Failure Data
Failure data collection can seem tedious, time consuming and expensive. Just figuring out what data to collect can be challenging. Failure data analysis can be overwhelming with a sense of “I don’t even know where to begin.” So it is not surprising that these useful, vital activities are often neglected especially when…
- by Loren Stewart, CFSE
- Thursday, October 31, 2019
- Functional Safety
Back to Basics 16 - PFDavg
PFDavg (the average Probability of Failure on Demand) is the probability that a system will fail dangerously, and not be able to perform its safety function when required. PFDavg can be determined as an average probability or maximum probability over a time period. IEC 61508 and IEC…
- by Jonathan Moore
- Tuesday, October 29, 2019
- Certification
Why Does My Risk Assessment Require an FMEDA?
If you find yourself faced with this question you might be wondering why it is that having successfully used risk assessments without FMEDA your team are suddenly faced with the complexity of executing FMEDAs.
Maybe us safety people answer with a follow…
- by Steve Gandy, CFSP
- Thursday, October 24, 2019
- Functional Safety
PES Refinery – CSB Initial Report
I'm sure you are aware of the preliminary findings of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) Refinery explosion. If not, have a look at the video below. It is very interesting, but sad. I think we all can learn a lot from it.