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Why Does My Risk Assessment Require an FMEDA?

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.

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  • by Ted Stewart, CFSP, exidaCSP
  • Friday, February 22, 2013
  • Certification

Why Personnel Functional Safety Certification Programs are Needed

The publication of the international functional safety standards IEC 61508 (1999), IEC 61511 / ISA-84 (2004) and IEC 62061 (2005) were significant milestones in the effort to increase equipment and process safety. 1,2,3  Unfortunately, the release of safety standards does not by itself make the world a safer place.…

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