The Concepts of Hazard, Risk, and Harm in Machine Safeguarding
Leave a CommentHazard, risk, and harm are terms that are used in the world of machine safeguarding. How do these words shape the concept of machine safeguarding? Let’s look a little deeper….
Hazard, which Merriam-Webster defines as a noun, lists its first meaning as a source of danger.
1: a source of danger
2a: the effect of unpredictable and unanalyzable forces in determining events : CHANCE, RISK