12 October, 2006

Design Methodology and The Myth of Common Sense — Episode V1N2

by DougNix
in Podcasts, Show Notes
Laptop computer set up with two microphones and an audio mixer for posdcasting production

Design methodology and the Myth of Common Sense

Transcript

TimeTop­icRelat­ed Links
00:00What’s on this episode? 
1:34Design Method­ol­o­gy

The Risk Reduc­tion Hier­ar­chy: Eliminate/Substitute, Safe­guard, Warn, Train, PPE
Dis­cussing the effec­tive­ness of each step in reduc­ing risk.		EN 292–1 (obso­lete), EN 292–2 (obso­lete), ISO 12100–1 (obso­lete), ISO 12100–2 (obso­lete), CSA Z432
EN 292 and ISO 12100–1/-2 were replaced by EN ISO 12100:2010 and ISO 12100:2010.
5:23Haz­ard Based Safe­ty Engi­neer­ing approach to risk reduction 
7:45Haz­ard Warn­ing LabelsANSI Z535 fam­i­ly, ISO 3864, ISO 7000
10:45CSA Z321 – Not a prod­uct labelling standard!CSA Z321 This stan­dard has been with­drawn by CSA.
11:30ANSI Z535.6 – Haz­ard warn­ings in user documentation. 
12:30Why do Risk Assess­ments on your prod­uct? Advan­tages and Disadvantages 
19:05The Myth of Com­mon Sense! Kitchen knives, laser cut­ters and why com­mon sense isn’t so common. 
21:37The Angle Grinder Case 
24:00Is the prod­uct Safe Enough? US OSHA, Ontario OHSA & Ontario Reg­u­la­tion 851. 


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In the next episode, we’ll be dis­cussing Risk Scor­ing Sys­tems with Tom Doyle of Indus­tri­al Safe­ty Inte­gra­tion.