Health and Safety by Design: An Introduction (publication from WorkSafe)
Designers are ‘upstream PCBUs’. An upstream PCBU’s duties are important because they can influence the health and safety of products and structures before they’re used at work. The guidelines explain these designer duties, and describe how designers can manage health and safety risks (called ‘Health and Safety by Design’). These guidelines could be used for projects of varying sizes.
WorkSafe has just published a new guidance – Health and Safety by Design: An Introduction.
›Designers have an important role in managing health and safety risks.
›There are key principles of Health and Safety by Design that designers should follow.
›There are specific things to consider when designing structures, plant or substances.
People who have responsibility for designing work processes and systems have a key role in Health and Safety by Design. This includes a wide range of work health and safety professionals such as:
- generalist health and safety practitioners
- occupational hygienists
- hazardous substances professionals
- safety, risk and reliability engineers
- occupational health physicians and nurses
- human factors professionals/ergonomists.
Please see the link to the completed guideline on the WorkSafe website below.