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Safety can be all things to all men — that is, different people in different situations will, quite legitimately, interpret the term “safety” in different ways. This paper expresses a personal perspective on safety as an engineering concern.
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Anderson, T. (1993). Safety — status and perspectives. In: Górski, J. (eds) SAFECOMP ’93. SAFECOMP 1993. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2061-2_1
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