Risk acceptance Prevention through Design

In the previously mentioned standard on prevention through design (ANSI/ASSE, 2011), these definitions of acceptable risk and ALARP... 

Although the prevention through design standard applies to occupational hazards and risks, the previously given definitions of acceptable risk and ALARP apply to all hazards-related exposures (fire protection, transportation safety, environmental safety, etc.). 

The goals of applying prevention through design concepts are to Achieve acceptable risk levels. 

When the outcome of a risk assessment indicates that risks are not at an acceptable level, reductions would be achieved through the application of a hierarchy of controls, which is discussed in Chapter 18, Prevention through Design The Standard. ... 

Since it is well established that the most effective and economic method of achieving and maintaining acceptable risk levels it to address hazards and risks in the design and redesign processes, prevention through design must be given prominence in a systemic causation model. 

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