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Safety by design

Reduction of occupational hazards by early planning in the design process Occupational hazards Physical Chemical Biological Psychosocial Hierarchy of hazard controls Elimination Substitution Engineering controls Administrative controls Personal protective equipment Occupational hygiene Occupational exposure limit Exposure assessment Workplace exposure monitoring Study Occupational toxicology Occupational epidemiology Workplace health surveillance See also Aerosol NIOSH ratings Source control COVID-19 controls Fire fighter fatality investigation vte Prevention through design (PtD), also called safety by design in Europe, is the concept of applying methods to minimize occupational hazards early in the design process, with an emphasis on optimizing employee health and safety throughout the life cycle of materials and processes.

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