Safety
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
Safety is the need to ensure that the people involved with the company, including employees, customers, and visitors, are protected from harm.
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- Safety is the need to ensure that the people involved with the company, including employees, customers, and visitors, are protected from harm.
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- freedom from risk which is not tolerable
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- property of a system such that it does not, under defined conditions, lead to a state in which human life, health, property, or the environment is endangered; [safety involves reducing both the probability of expected harms and the possibility of unexpected harms].
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- (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
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- a score in American football
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- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
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- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
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- a safe place
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- the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions