ARTICLES
Do You Know What Is Really Critical? by Dennis C. Hendershot
Designers must insure that the easiest way to operate a plant is also the safest and most correct way.
Our Children: Who is Designing for their Sport and Play Activities? by Cindy Roth
The author explores how fitting the equipment to the user, specifically with respect to basketball and bicycling, helps keep our children safe.
Safety Through Design: A Brief Synopsis, Part II edited by Wayne C. Christensen and Fred Manuele
How to build safety into the job, from the design stage through production. This synopsis focuses on integration into business processes. (See ordering information at right for the complete book.)

LINKS
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Consumer Products Safety Commission
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

ARCHIVE
Who Is Designing for Our Children? by Cindy Roth
Engineering Criteria 2000 from ABET
Integrating Safety During the Machine Design Stage by Hani Raafat and Perry Simpson
Introduction to "Safety Through Design" edited by Wayne C. Christensen and Fred Manuele

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