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Safety is the state of being "safe" (from French
sauf), the condition of being protected against
physical, social, spiritual, financial, political,
emotional, occupational, psychological, educational
or other types or consequences of failure, damage,
error, accidents, harm or any other event which
could be considered non-desirable. This can take the
form of being protected from the event or from
exposure to something that causes health or
economical losses. It can include protection of
people or of possessions.
Meanings
There also are two slightly different meanings of
safety, for example, home safety may indicate a
building's ability to protect against external harm
events (like weather, home invasion, etc), and the
second that its internal installations (like
appliances, stairs, etc) are safe (not dangerous or
harmful) for its habitants.
Limitations
Safety can be limited in relation to some guarantee
or a standard of insurance to the quality and
unharmful function of an object or organization. It
is used in order to ensure that the object or
organization will do only what it is meant to do.
It's important to realize that safety is relative.
Eliminating all risk, if even possible, would be
extremely difficult and very expensive. A safe
situation is one where risks of injury or property
damage are low and manageable. |
