Table 3.5 Typical failure intensities (per 106 hours)
|
Event |
Failure intensity |
|
Space
shuttle catastrophic failures during launch1 |
██ |
|
Potentially
significant safety incidents, US nuclear
power plants, 1984-19872 |
██ |
|
Horseback
riding injuries |
██ |
|
Electric
light bulb burnouts |
██ |
|
Automatic
safety shutdowns (scrams) of US nuclear power plants, 1984-19872 |
██ |
|
|
██ |
|
Motorcycling
injuries |
██ |
|
Fires in a
specified household (US average)4 |
██ |
|
Burglaries
in a specified household(US average)4 |
██ |
|
Disabling
injuries at home (US per person)4 |
██ |
|
Thefts of
a specified car (US average)4 |
██ |
|
Deaths at
age 35 (per person)5 |
██ |
|
Fatal auto
accidents (New Jersey, 1988) per auto6 |
██ |
|
Commercial
airline (US) fatal accidents |
██ |
|
Deaths by
fire (US per person)4 |
██ |
|
Deaths by
electrocution (US per person) |
██ |