NDLI: Conventions to Achieve Safer Design and Reduce Catastrophic and Routine Harm to the Environment

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Moulton, B.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	A principle of safe design is that it is preferable for a design to "eliminate" hazards, rather than "manage" them. Some of the principles of safe design appear to be enacted in Australian legislation. In addition, tort law can hold designers liable for harm attributable to their actions and inactions. Designers' desire to avoid litigation most likely serves to curb extreme examples of reckless and harmful unsafe design. However, in many instances, it seems that designers who bring about "routine" harm tend not to be held liable. Nevertheless, when litigation does occur, the court ordinarily asks what a reasonable person in the position of the designer would have foreseen and done. In this context, it is proposed that safe design conventions may play two roles. First, such conventions may serve to influence designers in all countries to appreciate and adopt principles of safe design. Second, such conventions may help to provide courts with guidance as to what is expected of a reasonable person in the position of a designer.
Starting Page	564
Ending Page	568
File Size	127286
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424433346
DOI	10.1109/ICCET.2009.184
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-01-22
Publisher Place	Singapore
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Process design Hazardous materials Capacitors Hazards occupational health and safety (OH&S) designer Information technology safe design Design engineering Manufacturing processes negligence Transformers routine ham Australia Protection
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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