In the UK, 3000 people a year die in road accidents – that’s roughly 10 a day, 2/3 of which are driving on business – in an average lifetime of driving your chance of dying in a road accident is 1 in 200.
This does not stop cars being sold or companies prohibiting business driving........... How have you come to the 1ppm fatality figure – have you looked at comparable accident/fatality figures for similar products – you’d probably be amazed with what and how people injure and kill themselves. The standard kitchen chair probably accounts for a good majority................. Regards, Chris _____ From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Haynes, Tim (SELEX) (UK Capability Green) Sent: 18 January 2007 15:45 To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Outside the realm of standards Hi all, Outside the field of standards - if I assess that the chance of a hypothetical product causing a death is, say, one in a million per annum then there is a million-to-one chance (1x10e-6) of a product related death in one year of operation. I assume that that risk is acceptable. If I sell 100 million units and they have a life of 10 years, it would seem that there is a chance that 1000 people being killed as a result of this hypothetical product. The general risk of death (in the UK) in all the population from all causes is just less than 1 in 100 (1 in 88 was the last number I saw quoted), so a risk of 1 in 1 million would be very a small risk. But 1000 people dead in 10 years seems a lot of people - so... What is the flaw in the logic please? Tim ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc _____ This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this message. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosing, copying, distributing, or taking any action based on this message is strictly prohibited. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
