Company B Engineers Public Safety at Risk from Disputed Machinery Design
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/160#Company_B_Engineers_Public_Safety_at_Risk_from_Disputed_Machinery_Design
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From Company B engineers' identification of safety deficiencies through resolution of the safety dispute or withdrawal from the project
Affected parties
Company A
Company B
Engineers of Company B
Public (end users of machinery)
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Subject
The public health and safety risk posed by the machinery design that Company B engineers believe is unsafe, which would be realized if production proceeds under the original plans and specifications
Terminated by
Design modification addressing safety concerns, impartial expert determination that design is safe, or withdrawal of Company B engineers preventing their participation in unsafe production
Triggering event
Company B engineers' assessment that the machinery as designed by Company A would be unsafe to the public if produced and deployed
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
they did not believe the project would be successful as designed by the engineers of Company 'A'
Text references
Section 2(c) of the Code is specific in holding that engineers will not complete, sign, or seal plans and/or specifications that are not of a design safe to the public health and welfare
the engineer will not participate in any way in engineering operations which endanger the public health and safety
they did not believe the project would be successful as designed by the engineers of Company 'A'
TTL
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case160:Company_B_Engineers_Public_Safety_at_Risk_from_Disputed_Machinery_Design a proeth:PublicSafetyatRisk,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Company B Engineers Public Safety at Risk from Disputed Machinery Design" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From Company B engineers' identification of safety deficiencies through resolution of the safety dispute or withdrawal from the project" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Company A",
"Company B",
"Engineers of Company B",
"Public (end users of machinery)" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "160" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T14:27:29.252806+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "160" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T14:27:29.252806+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "they did not believe the project would be successful as designed by the engineers of Company 'A'" ;
proeth:stateclass "Public Safety at Risk" ;
proeth:subject "The public health and safety risk posed by the machinery design that Company B engineers believe is unsafe, which would be realized if production proceeds under the original plans and specifications" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Design modification addressing safety concerns, impartial expert determination that design is safe, or withdrawal of Company B engineers preventing their participation in unsafe production" ;
proeth:textreferences "Section 2(c) of the Code is specific in holding that engineers will not complete, sign, or seal plans and/or specifications that are not of a design safe to the public health and welfare",
"the engineer will not participate in any way in engineering operations which endanger the public health and safety",
"they did not believe the project would be successful as designed by the engineers of Company 'A'" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Company B engineers' assessment that the machinery as designed by Company A would be unsafe to the public if produced and deployed" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 160 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:53:00.991849"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 160 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
160
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T14:27:29.252806+00:00
First case
160
Generated
2026-03-02T14:27:29.252806+00:00
Attributed to
Case 160 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T14:53:00.991849
Generated by
ProEthica Case 160 Extraction