SEATTLE — As Boeing hustled in 2015 to catch up to Airbus and certify its new 737 MAX, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) managers pushed the agency’s safety engineers to delegate safety ...

Editor’s Note: September is Safety Month in the North American railway industry. This month, Railway Age “recalls to active duty” the three-part series on System Safety by Sonia Bot and Tony Zenga, ...

Heightened reliability and safety concerns have resulted in new maintenance programs and techniquesEvery year, additional pressures are placed on operation and maintenance managers to provide a higher ...

When dealing with potentially hazardous machine systems, it’s important for industries to ensure the safety and security of the workers. Heater and boiler systems in industrial settings are critical ...

One key component that needs to be considered when designing any mass notification system (MNS) is the risk analysis. Before any design is laid out, shop drawings produced, equipment ordered or a ...

This article provides insights into the importance of an IC’s pin failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to comply with functional-safety standards such as IEC 61508 and ISO... 1. FMEA and its ...

Due to the increased complexity in safety-critical system hardware, software, and mechatronics, the functional safety development process must address systematic and random hardware failures. Numerous ...