This standard provides guidance on including prevention through design concepts within an occupational safety and health management system. Through the application of these concepts, decisions pertaining to occupational hazards and risks can be incorporated into the process of design and redesign of work premises, tools, equipment, machinery, substances, and work processes including their construction, manufacture, use, maintenance, and ultimate disposal or reuse. This standard provides guidance for a life-cycle assessment and design model that balances environmental and occupational safety and health goals over the life span of a facility, process, or product.

Table of Contents

1. Scope, Purpose and Application
    1.1 Scope
    1.2 Purpose
    1.3 Application
2. Referenced and Related Standards and Guidelines
3. Definitions
4. Roles and Responsibility
    4.1 Leadership
    4.2 Stakeholders
5. Relationships with Suppliers
6. Establishing Safety Specifications
7. Design Safety Reviews
    7.1 Policies
    7.2 Process
8. Management of Change
9. PtD Risk Management Process
    9.1 Leadership, Direction and Communication
    9.2 Competent Assessors
    9.3 Establish Risk Criteria
    9.4 Establish the Context
    9.5 Anticipate/Identify Risk
    9.6 Analyze Risk
    9.7 Evaluate Risk
    9.8 Select and Implement Risk Reduction and Control Methods
    9.9 Monitor and Review
    9.10 Record and Report
    9.11 Follow Up on Actions Taken
10. Risk Assessment Techniques
11. Hierarchy of Risk Treatments
Addendum A – The PtD Risk Management Process (Informative)
Addendum B – Progression of Occupational Health Issues Flow Chart (Informative)
Addendum C – Procurement Guidelines (Informative)
Addendum D – Risk Assessment Report (Informative)
Addendum E – A Design Safety Review Guide (Informative)
Addendum F – Examples of Risk Assessment Matrices and Definitions of Terms (Informative)
Addendum G – Comments on Selected Risk Assessment Techniques (Informative)
Addendum H – Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Sequence (Informative)
Addendum I – The Logic Supporting the Hierarchy of Risk Treatments (Informative)
Addendum J – Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering (Informative)
Addendum K – Management of Change (Informative)
Addendum L – Bibliography (Informative) 

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