designsafe® testimonials
These are just some of the things designsafe® users are saying about the software:
“The designsafe® software was selected because of its ease of use and clarity of the reports it generates, and its suitability to machinery risk assessment.”
“The designsafe® program is based on well-grounded system safety principles. designsafe® was found to provide an easy way to organize and complete this machinery risk assessment.”
-NIOSH investigators report of a categorical risk assessment based on the MIL STD 882 and ANSI B11- TR3 procedures for risk assessment
“To further help the somewhat complicated task of performing a risk assessment, there are now software programs, such as designsafe®, by design safety engineering that can help users consider, evaluate and document the assessment.”
-“Future Trends in Machine Safeguarding” by Joseph J. Lazzara Occupational Hazards, January 2004
These are some excerpts from an independent review on designsafe’s prevention capabilities:
“designsafe® is an exciting product with great potential:
“[designsafe®] lists are quite comprehensive, providing excellent guidance to the designer.”
“designsafe® is an impressive product that can be used not only proactively during design, but also for conducting hazard analyses of current operations and products.”
-“Safety By Design” by Michael J. Blotzer Occupational Hazards, May 1999
Vanderbilt University Professor Dr. Paul King on Vanderbilt’s Biomedical Engineering program:
Click here for King’s report on designsafe®.
“We found out the designsafe® facilitated quick and easy evaluation of safety issues.”
“After using the program for about thirty minutes, we felt we had a good grasp of what the program was asking us to do and how the data was being organized.”
“There were no surprises in this program: every aspect was visible and straightforward.”
“We believe this program is beneficial in recognizing all possible hazards and also is a good utility that lists procedures for a unit operation.”
-Michigan Technological University Chemical Engineering Students’ evaluation of designsafe®