Details:

Alternative Title:
PtD National Initiative
Corporate Authors:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Description:
"Designing out hazards is the most effective means of preventing occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Although this concept is well known, there has not been a concerted effort to achieve broad implementation of it. In 2007, NIOSH initiated a national initiative, Prevention through Design (PtD), to foster designing out occupational hazards in equipment, structures, materials, and processes that affect workers. Drawing on the knowledge of many different stakeholders, NIOSH is now presenting the Prevention Through Design Plan for the National Initiative. This is a plan for the nation and will focus on specific goals and activities in areas of research, education, practice, policy, and small business. NIOSH will continue to seek partners to implement this plan. By having specific goals and activities, the national effort can be focused to more effectively protect workers from occupational injury and disease. Collectively, achieving these goals will influence the change in culture that is necessary to include PtD principles in all designs affecting workers."- p. iii
Content Notes:
"November 2010."

Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (903.30 KB, 56 p.).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-43).


Subject:
[+]
Accidents, Occupational
Environment Design
Human Engineering
Industrial Hygiene
Industrial Safety
Occupational Health
Program Development
Public Policy
Research
Safety Management
Standards
Work Environment
Accidents, Occupational/Prevention & Control
Environment Design/Standards
Human Engineering/Standards
Industrial Hygiene/Research/United States
Industrial Safety/Research/United States
Occupational Health/United States
Program Development/United States
Public Policy/United States
Safety Management/Standards
Work Environment/Research/United States

Series:
DHHS publication ; no. (NIOSH) 2011-121
Document Type:
Pamphlet (or booklet)
Name as Subject:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Less -
Place as Subject:
United States ; prevention & control
United States ; prevention & control Less -
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Main Document Checksum:
[+]
urn:sha256:d70d8a6f2087cb85b9491758fb7cd3074776f100b20bfa8dc3896083d702c29f
File Type:

Supporting Files

• No Additional Files

More +