Any real or potential condition that can cause injury, illness, or death to personnel; damage to or loss of a system, equipment or property; or damage to the environment (MIL-STD-882D). |
1. Hazardous elements (HE) |
2. Initiating mechanism (IM) |
3. Target and Threat (T/T) |
This is the basic hazardous resource creating the impetus for the hazard, such as a hazardous energy source such as explosives being used in the system. |
This is the trigger or initiator events causing the hazard to occur. The IM causes actualization or transformation of the hazard from a dormant state to an active mishap state. |
i. Threat: | This is the mishap outcome (incident or accident) and expected to cause consequential damage and loss. |
ii. Target : | This is the person or property that is vulnerable to injury and/or damage, and also describes the severity of the mishap event. |