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Posted by: Stephen Curtis
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Severity
Hazardous
Very high severity ranking when a potential failure
without 10
mode effects safe system operation without warning
warning
Hazardous with Very high severity ranking when a potential failure
9
warning mode affects safe system operation with warning
System inoperable with destructive failure without
Very High 8
compromising safety

High System inoperable with equipment damage 7

Moderate System inoperable with minor damage 6

Low System inoperable without damage 5

System operable with significant degradation of

Very Low 4
performance
System operable with some degradation of
Minor 3
performance

Very Minor System operable with minimal interference 2

None No effect 1
Probability
PROBABILITY of Failure Failure Prob Ranking
Very High: Failure is almost inevitable >1 in 2 10

1 in 3 9

High: Repeated failures 1 in 8 8

1 in 20 7

Moderate: Occasional failures 1 in 80 6

1 in 400 5
 1 in 2,000 4

Low: Relatively few failures 1 in 15,000 3

1 in 150,000 2

Remote: Failure is unlikely <1 in 1,500,000 1

Detectability
Detection Likelihood of DETECTION by Design Control Ranking
Design control cannot detect potential
Absolute Uncertainty 10
cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Very remote chance the design control will detect
Very Remote 9
potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Remote chance the design control will detect potential
Remote 8
cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Very low chance the design control will detect potential
Very Low 7
cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Low chance the design control will detect potential
Low 6
cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Moderate chance the design control will detect potential
Moderate 5
cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Moderately High chance the design control will detect
Moderately High 4
potential cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
High chance the design control will detect potential
High 3
cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Very high chance the design control will detect potential
Very High 2
cause/mechanism and subsequent failure mode
Design control will detect potential cause/mechanism
Almost Certain 1
and subsequent failure mode