Safety Factors and Exposure Limits

Sven Ove Hansson
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Sven Ove Hansson: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Chapter 8 in Risks in Technological Systems, 2010, pp 113-122 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Numerical decision tools are abundantly employed in safety engineering. Two of the most commonly used tools are safety factors and exposure limits. A safety factor is the ratio of the maximal burden on a system not believed to cause damage to the highest allowed burden. An exposure limit is the highest allowed level of some potentially damaging exposure.

Keywords: Safety Factor; Safety Margin; Exposure Limit; Occupational Exposure Limit; Governmental Industrial Hygienist (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-641-0_8

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