A Safety Program Framework and its application on a Weapon Control System

摘要

This paper presents a real-life Safety Program Framework, which has been applied on some Weapon Control System projects at Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. It starts with preparing the plan for the safety effort throughout the project and specifying the safety requirements (including hazard acceptance criteria). It continues with identifying potential hazards based on a checklist of energies present in or controlled by the system. The potential hazards are highlighted and brought to the attention to the design and construction team. Safety is considered an inherent property of the system to be developed, thus emphasizing the important role and responsibility of this team. The system resulting from the design and construction process is then subject to safety verification. Each residual hazard is evaluated with respect to hazard control measures, and resulting combination of hazard probability and severity (the risk assessment code) is assessed and compared with specified hazard acceptance criteria. The safety program concludes with a summary of the safety tasks conducted, including a final statement of the safety of the system.