Engineering for safety: engineering for safety requires a new understanding between engineers and safety professional an understanding of the positive impact safety professionals can have if they are brought in at the beginning of the design process.

From: Occupational Hazards | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

The awareness of the positive impact safety professionals can have on design seems to have eluded engineers, myself included, in years past.

For me, the problem became most apparent when I was thrust into the position of communicator and mediator between engineering and safety departments. To fulfill my responsibilities in this role, I had to commit time and effort to learning the safety side of the equation. Ultimately, I passed the Certified Safety Professional exam. Through this process, I came to understand that effective "engineering for safety" lies in the ability of ...

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