Safety Management

In order to achieve the maximum possible safety, products as well as organization activities have to be optimally aligned. The standard IEC 61508 describes technical and organizational methods that guarantee the effective specification, development and installation of engineering and plant construction.

It provides the protection of men, environment and products. 

Experience shows that many accidents can be traced back to organizational mismanagement. Responsibility problems, missing information or a lack of knowledge are often the causes of safety problems that can already happen in the product development stage. For this reason, current safety requirements place special importance on functional safety management. The idea of safety management (FSM) corresponds to a quality management system focussing on defining all technical and management activities for phases of the entire life cycle. Furthermore, the responsible persons, departments and organisations must be named and be responsible. Everyone can contribute in their responsible phase of the life cycle to the prevention of subsequent accidents. Potential risks must be identified during the specification, development, production, commissioning and maintenance, including the modification. 

The consideration of safety management over the entire life cycle always includes all groups involved in the process: component manufacturers, system manufacturers, users or operators and maintenance personnel.