Institute for Safety through Design

Professor Crowl has an active research program on flammability and reactivity and has published numerous papers in these areas. He serves on several AICHE/CCPS committees, including the Undergraduate Education Committee, the Technical Steering Committee, the Inherent Safety Committee, and the Risk Assessment Committee. He is also a member of the advisory committee for the Institute for Safety Through Design of the National Safety Council. 

A development at the National Safety Council is another indicator of the awareness that has developed with respect to the societal benefits that can be obtained if hazards are addressed in the design process for the workplace, environmental considerations, and products. In 1995, the Council created an Institute for Safety Through Design, with the following being two of its stated purposes ... 

As the brochure of the Institute for Safety Through Design indicates, if hazards are properly addressed in the design processes, the benefits to society would be... 

I served as chair of a committee at the National Safety Council whose efforts resulted in the Council creating an Institute For Safety Through Design. In the exploratory work to establish the basis for a proposal to create the Institute, I needed to collect actual cases where initiatives undertaken by safety professionals to resolve injury and illness problems also resulted in improved productivity and cost efficiency. 

Decision makers at the National Safety Council (NSC) gave authority to this author to form a committee to study the feasibility of the NSC promoting the idea of having safety and environmental needs incorporated in the design process. In 1995, the outcome was that the NSC established the Institute for Safety through Design. 

Many companies have applied the principles of safety through design, and their successes have impacted favorably on productivity and cost efficiency, in addition to safety. Their successes became evident in the work that culminated in the creation of an Institute for Safety Through... 

Chapter 20, Applied Ergonomics Significance and Opportunity, and Chapter 21, On Quality Management and the Practice of Safety, address the design, engineering, and risk assessment aspects that are fundamental in those endeavors. Comments are included in Chapter 18, Prevention through Design The Standard, on the extensive involvement at the National Institute for Safety and Health (NIOSH) on its PtD initiative. 

Design for Safety Toolbox. Assists in designing facilities with construction worker health and safety at the fore. It is available through the Construction Industries Institute at http //www.constmction-institute.org... 

On September 1,20011, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved the standard ANSI/ASSE Z590.3— 2011. Prevention through Design Guidelines for Addressing Occupational Hazards and Risks in the Design and Redesign Processes. It must be understood that activities at NIOSH are limited to occupational safety and health. 

Managing Worker Safety and Health, (n.d.). Illinois OSHA Onsite Safety Health Consultation Program, Public Domain, Adapted for Use. Retrieved from http //bit.ly/WTsneh Occupational Health and Safety Systems. (2012). The American Industrial Hygiene Association, ANSI/AIHA ZIO. Prevention through Design. (June 2012). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Pubic Domain. Retrieved from http //l.usa.gov/llf7iTQ. 

NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health). 2013. Prevention Through Design Initiative. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http //www.cdc.gov/ niosh/topics/ptd/. Accessed December 31,2013. 

Prevention through Design. (2012). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Pubhc Domain. Retrieved from http //l.usa.gov/llf7iTQ... 

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