This paper provides estimates for the average Rate of Occurrence of Failures, ROCOF ("failure rate"), for critical failures when also degraded failures are present. The estimation approach is exemplified with a data set from the offshore equipment reliability database "OREDA". The suggested modelling provides means to predict how maintenance tasks will affect the rate of critical failures.
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