%0 Journal Article
%T Safety hierarchy
%J Journal of safety research
%D 1986
%A Brickman, DB
%A Barnett, Ralph Lipsey
%V 17
%N 2
%P 49-55
%X Outside of the judicial oath, the most popular litany heard in a product liability trial is "the safety hierarchy." It is associated with a number of misconceptions which are explored in this paper. First, there is no such thing as the safety hierarchy; there are many hierarchies. Secondly, "it" is not a scientific law but rather a useful rule of thumb whose genesis is consensus. Finally, its complete form is broader than that reported in any single reference.<p />
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0022-4375
%U http://dx.doi.org/