Program Goals and Overview
Prevention through Design (PtD) focuses on proactively addressing environmental, safety, and health (ES&H) hazards during the design and redesign phases. Its goal is to eliminate or minimize work-related hazards and risks associated with the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, processes, materials, and equipment. By addressing hazards early in the design phase, PtD provides one of the most effective approaches to risk mitigation and control.
PtD employs systematic methodologies and tools—such as design safety guidelines and formal design safety reviews—to eliminate or reduce hazards. These efforts aim to achieve the following objectives:
- Ensure risk levels are reduced to acceptable levels
- Reduce injuries, illnesses, accidents, and fatalities
- Minimize retrofitting costs by addressing hazards early
- Enhance and improve engineering safety criteria and specifications
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Program Resources
PtD Program
The PtD program establishes the policy and framework which provide direction to incorporate PtD in accordance with the guidelines provided in ANSI/ASSP Z590.3 – Prevention through Design Standard to address health, safety, and environmental risks during the design and redesign processes.
PtD Dashboard
PtD extends beyond just complying with code and regulatory requirements. It considers implementing additional design safety features, which can come from best practices, experience, and lessons learned, in order to prevent or minimize risks. The PtD Dashboard provides a set of applicable design safety guidelines and safety best practices to be incorporated into various design elements during the design phase to address construction, operations and maintenance hazards.
Projects Folders (coming soon)
Completed design safety review reports are compiled for each project
References
Set of safety standards and articles providing PtD guidelines
