scope:

SCOPE AND PURPOSE

This Technical Report provides guidance on including prevention through design concepts and processes as a specifically identified element in a safety and health management system so that decisions pertaining to occupational risks are incorporated into the design and redesign processes, including consideration of the life cycle of facilities, materials, and equipment.

This Technical Report complements but is not intended to replace existing specific standards and procedures, but rather to support those that meet the performance objectives defined in this document or other standards.

The goals of applying prevention through design concepts are to:

Achieve that state for which risks are at an acceptable level.

Reduce the occurrence of occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.

NOTE: This Technical Report pertains principally to the elimination, reduction or control of occupational safety and health risks. Incidents or exposures that have the potential to result in occupational injuries and illnesses can also result in damage to property and business interruption, and damage to the environment. Reference is made in several places in this Technical Report to those additional loss potentials.