XExtension Codes
Dimensions of external causes
Aspects of incidents related to devices
XE1XCProtective measures problem
XE78DFail-safe problem
XE659
category
Fail-safe did not activate
Definition Problem associated with the device fail-safe mechanism, which did not function or function in a non effective way, compromising safe use of the device.
Also indexed as
Fail-safe did not activate
Nearby in Fail-safe problem
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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