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Occurrence potential (O) for the process

Potential Failure Causes rated according to the criteria below. Consider Prevention Controls when determining the best Occurrence
estimate, Occurrence is predictive qualitative rating made at the time of evaluation and may not reflect the actual occurrence. The
occurrence rating number is relative rating within the scope of FMEA (process being evaluated). For Prevention Controls with multiple
Occurrence Ratings, use the rating that best reflects the robustness of the control.
OCC Incidents per 100 item/vehicles Type of controls Prevention controls
10 >=100 per thousands 1/=1 in 10 None No prevention control.

9 50 per thousands 1 in 20
Prevention control will have little effect in preventing failure
Behavioral
cause
8 20 per thousands 1 in 50

7 10 per 1000 1 in 100

Prevention control somewhat effective in preventing failure
cause
6 2 per thousand 1 in 500
Behavioral or
technical
5 .5 per thousand 1 in 2000
Prevention control are effective in preventing failure cause
4 .1 per thousand 1 in 10000

3 .01 per thousand 1 in 100000 Best practices:

2 <.001 per thousand 1 in 1000000
Failure is eliminated through prevention
1 Technical
control
Prevention control are highly effective in preventing failure
Behavioral or
cause
technical
Prevention control are extremely effective in preventing
failure cause from occurring due to design ( e.g. part
geometry) or process (e.g. fixture of tooling design). Intent of
prevention controls- failure mode cannot be physically
produced due to the failure cause.

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