Workplace Design Solutions: Supporting Prevention through Design (PtD) Using Business Value Concepts

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Biddle, Elyce A. ; Afanuh, Susan E.
• Description:
  The NIOSH PtD study showed that companies can have very different reasons for adopting a PtD engineering design solution. When a PtD solution is being considered for use, all possible benefits, both financial and non-financial, should be explored and included in the business case analysis. Reasons for making business decisions at individual companies need to be understood and addressed to ensure that effective PtD solutions are adopted and that PtD principles are integrated into the overall occupational safety and health management system. Recommendations: Safety and health professionals at all levels and positions in the organization should do the following to promote adoption of PtD design solutions [AIHA 2009; AIHA 2010; Biddle et al. 2011]: 1. Understand and align PtD solution strategies with the company's strategic business objectives, core mission, and goals. 2. Solicit input from the company's safety and health management chain about their decision making techniques. 3. Identify and seek support from key decision makers who are responsible for (or can influence the adoption of) the PtD solution. 4. Secure the support of senior management for adopting the PtD solution. 5. Derive and present the business case, including financial and non-financial benefits of the design solution alongside the more commonly conducted risk assessment to demonstrate the benefit of the PtD solution to the company. For more information see the CDC Business Case Resource Guide and the AIHA Value Strategy Manual. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Engineering Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Control-technology; Engineering-controls; Manual-lifting; Health-care-facilities; Health-care-personnel; Ergonomics; Agricultural-processes; Agricultural-workers; Agricultural-industry; Dry-cleaning-solvents; Dry-cleaning-industry
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-198, 2015 Aug; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Design Solutions
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2015198
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• 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:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046684
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2016-100005
• CAS Registry Number:
  Tetrachloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d2be2144b0a302c1c7c4d2a59471703b65c9e466a5c9d302e8307040907664d5958e73099f62c129d6fefb7d344c60ca7531e6bd364e40d4edfd43818afca050
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34875/cdc_34875_DS1.pdf
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