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Eisler, Leslie R., Smith, M. Gregory and Booth, Lewie E. (1995): System Safety Analysis of the Yucca Mountain Tunnel Boring Machine. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. p. 933.

“The purpose of the analysis was to systematically identify and evaluate potential hazards to personnel related to the design and use of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project, Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF), Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). The analysis was performed in accordance with MIL-STD-882C, System Safety Program Requirements. The analysis required three steps -- hazard/scenario identification, consequence assessment, and frequency assessment. The result was a "risk evaluation" of events, breakdowns, incidents, or other occurrences that may have a negative effect on personnel safety. Four techniques were used to aid in the identification and analysis of hazards -- Scenario Analysis; Hazards Analysis; Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis; and Human Factors Engineering Analysis. A Process Evaluation Tree Analysis was also performed to confirmed that there was at least one scenario for each hazard and one mitigation feature for each scenario. Once the hazards were identified they were placed in context by developing scenarios that illustrated how the hazards could harm personnel. Each scenario contained at least one mitigation feature to mitigate the hazard; most scenarios contained more than one mitigation feature. For each scenario a hazard frequency, a consequence, and an overall risk rating was established. Risk was defined as a function of frequency and consequence. Five frequency categories and four consequence categories were used to generate a five by four, or 20 cell, risk matrix. Each cell was assigned a qualitative risk rating -- high, medium, low, extremely low. Since a significant portion of the analysis was performed after the design had been completed hazard mitigation relied heavily on design retrofits and the development of training and procedures.”

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“ ... there are no simple 'right' answers for most web design questions (at least not for the important ones). What works is good, integrated design that fills a need--carefully thought out, well executed, and tested. ”

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