National Prevention Through Design (PtD) Initiative

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• Personal Author:
  Geraci, Charles L. ; Heidel DS ; Okun, Andrea H. ; Rinehart, Richard D. ; Schulte, Paul A.
• Description:
  Introduction: the most effective means of preventing and controlling occupational injuries, illness, and fatalities is to "design out" hazards and hazardous exposures from the workplace. There is a long history of designing for safety for the general public and to a lesser degree for workers. Method: we now have the experience and insight from thoughtful, previous efforts to call for a comprehensive national strategy to implement a Prevention through Design (PtD) Initiative. Results: this paper describes that initiative in terms of four overarching areas where action can be directed: practice, policy, research, and education. To obtain stakeholder input for issues in these four areas and to focus implementation efforts, eight sector divisions of the economy will be addressed. A seven year strategy is envisioned. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Engineering-controls Industrial-education Industrial-environment Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-engineering Work-analysis Work-practices
• ISSN:
  0022-4375
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  115-121
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033806
• Citation:
  J Safety Res 2008 Apr; 39(2):115-121
• Email:
  pas4@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Safety Research
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:90c94ed2a4b0f0cc4999af46e548e604487a0ea83a3aa5bb71e47c5f597be86c2b4e34586322b1949fee88b1f845be908fc0cd98491019d20ae0b8465045c993
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189245/cdc_189245_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.24 MB ]