definition v1 of safety-goals

Safety-goals are human-made constructs: a structured set of objectives, derived from risk assessments and management commitments, that define the desired state of safety performance within an organization. The parameters that bound this concept are: (1) they must be derived from systematic risk evaluation, (2) they must be communicated across organizational levels, and (3) they must be subject to periodic review and revision. The mechanism by which they persist is organizational documentation — policy statements, safety management system manuals, regulatory filings, and audit records — reinforced through repeated managerial practice and external certification requirements. Without this documented persistence, safety-goals would collapse into informal intentions rather than operating as a stable construct.\n\n[formal: finis | substrate: mind | horizon: a life | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]