Safety Thought of the Week (from Richard I. Cook, MD)

Catastrophe requires multiple failures – single-point failures are not enoughThe array of defenses works. System operations are generally successful. Overt catastrophic failure occurs when small, apparently innocuous failures join to create opportunity for a systemic accident. Each of these small failures is necessary to cause catastrophe but only the combination is sufficient to permit failure....

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