Information Circular 9464: Programmable Electronic Mining Systems: Best Practice Recommendations (in Nine Parts): Part 5: 4.0 Independent Functional Safety Assessment

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Sammarco, John J. ; Fries, Edward F.
• Description:
  This report (Independent Functional Safety Assessment 4.0) is the fifth in a nine-part series of recommendations addressing the functional safety of processor-controlled mining equipment. It is part of a risk-based system safety process encompassing hardware, software, humans, and the operating environment for the equipment's life cycle. Figure 1 shows a safety framework containing these recommendations. The reports in this series address the various life cycle stages of inception, design, approval and certification, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning. These recommendations were developed as a joint project between the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Mine Safety and Health Administration. They are intended for use by mining companies, original equipment manufacturers, and aftermarket suppliers to these mining companies. Users of these reports are expected to consider the set in total during the design cycle. This report is intended to supplement the safety framework reports with guidance providing users with additional information. The purpose is to assist users in applying the concepts presented. In other words, the safety framework is what needs to be done and the guidance is the how it can be done. The guidance information reinforces the concepts, describes various methodologies that can be used, and gives examples and references. It also gives information on the benefits and drawbacks of various methodologies. The guidance reports are not intended to promote a single methodology or to be an exhaustive treatment of the subject material. They provide information and references so that the user can more intelligently choose and implement the appropriate methodologies given the user's application and capabilities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  by John J. Sammarco and Edward F. Fries.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-20).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Automation Electrical Equipment And Supplies Equipment And Supplies Mining Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Mining-equipment; Mining-industry; Electronic-equipment; Automation; Mine-safety; System-safety; Miners; Mine-workers; Safety-practices
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-138, (IC 9464), 2003 May; :1-29
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  35 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022556
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2003-104266
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6475/cdc_6475_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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