Diffusing Prevention Through Design Principles Through Engineering Textbooks

Richard Rinehart, NIOSH Richard Rinehart works with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Education and Information Division, and is currently on assignment to the International Labor Organization in Cairo, Egypt. He is a Certified Industrial Hygienist with a doctorate in Occupational Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He has worked in many countries to promote good occupational safety and health practices from informal enterprises to multinationals and governments. Prior to moving to Egypt, he helped NIOSH launch and coordinate the Prevention through Design (PtD) National Initiative. He continues to work on PtD through a project that brings PtD principles into engineering textbooks as they are being updated.