Doug -- Good summary! Bruce Main of Design Safety Engineering has published a couple of overview books on risk assessment; you can find them on his web site. If you can't get the Table of Contents somewhere, I can scan them for you. In my recollection, it's more of an overview of what standards are used in what industries, vs. which risk assessment standards are specifically called out in which product safety standards. Mike Sherman Graco Inc.
> On 06/16/2020 5:49 PM Douglas Powell <doug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > All, > > Over the past several years, nearly all safety standards have > incorporated Risk Assessment (RA) as a part of their requirements. I did an > informal search and found that the assessment methods are used in a wide > range of disciplines from electrical products to machinery, robotics, safety > software controls, medical equipment, medical procedures, automotive, > aerospace, traffic control and even tree removal in municipalities. It is > very clear that safety professionals worldwide really do like this method and > I think it lends a certain comfort to a safety engineer's angst in marginal > situations. I probably shouldn't say it but in my personal opinion this is a > huge CYA exercise (cover your anatomy) for all involved. > > Usually the product RA goes before construction review, testing and > certification. It is often used to identify areas not covered well by the > body of the standard and where additional testing may be required. Virtually > all standards describing the use of RA mention the scheme found in FMEA/FMECA > of identifying a tasks, operations, or events and assigning numerical values > to the parameters of interest, followed by the product of these values to > identify level of risk. Commonly these parameters are severity, frequency of > exposure, and possibility of avoidance. Today the use of FMEA goes far beyond > design, manufacturing, and processes. > > Often times, a particular standard will say something like " documents > that can be used as guidance for the safety analysis include..." followed by > a short list of standards from IEC, EN, ISO, ANSI, MIL STD and so on. Notable > to me is the use of the word "can" or "may" which implies the user has some > leeway in selecting which document they prefer. Additionally, further > guidance is often given for "active" protection devices and software/firmware > controls for safety function (i.e. safety integrity levels and performance > levels). Once again, using the methodology of FMEA as a way of assigning risk > levels. > > So after all that, here is my question. Given wide-ranging product types > and use models, the long list of risk assessment standards, has anyone > produced a comprehensive list or matrix correlating products to applicable > standards? I believe a list such as this would be very helpful. > > Stay safe and stay frosty all, > > Doug > > -- > > Douglas E Powell > Laporte, Colorado USA > doug...@gmail.com mailto:doug...@gmail.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 > > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <emc-p...@ieee.org mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org > > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site > at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in > well-used formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org mailto:sdoug...@ieee.org > > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org mailto:mcantw...@ieee.org > > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org mailto:j.bac...@ieee.org > > David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com mailto:dhe...@gmail.com > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
