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Podcast: The Occupational Safety Leadership Podcast
Episode: Episode 208 - Bruce Main - Prevention Through Design (PTD)
Description: In this episode, Dr. Ayers interviews Bruce Main, a leading expert in machine safety and risk assessment, to explore how Prevention Through Design (PtD) can dramatically reduce workplace hazards. Bruce emphasizes that the most effective safety solutions are those built into the design of equipment, processes, and systems — not added after the fact.
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🧠Key Themes
1. The Best Time to Control Hazards Is Before They Exist
Bruce explains that PtD focuses on eliminating hazards during the design phase, when changes are:
Cheaper
More effective
More reliable
Less disruptive
Once e...