Develop or identify listings of hazardous occurrences that have repeatedly caused injury, death, and/or damage

  Identify the factors that cause a specific hazard to exist, become active and cause harm. List the changes of conditions or circumstances that were beyond the expectations of the individuals who were imperiled by the hazard. 

Identify the alternate equipment, design innovations, devices, appliances or automated systems available to reliably prevent a specific dormant hazard from becoming armed and active. List the parties with authority to ensure for the available hazard prevention feature so that the process, operation, or system is inherently safe.  

Conduct research testing and develop alternate design and/or safety appliances to eliminate or minimize hazards. When funds are available develop prototype safety devices. 

Calculate and project the lifesaving and monetary benefits safety engineering or system safety hazard prevention measures can accrue for a specific hazard relating to a product, machine, facility, or system. 

 Compile bibliographies of pertinent requirements, reference literature, patents and other materials that enhance safety performance with physical features and document ways this information relates to specific hazards and their prevention.  

Maintain a listing of commercially available designs, machines, devices, facilities, or systems that could be applied for eliminating or reducing the hazards and provide a brief evaluation of each listing.

Publish authoritative findings of hazards and preventive measures in the form of newsletters, web pages, studies, books, and/or in outside publications to ensure that the pertinent hazard information is made available to the public and satisfies their need to know. Marshal public support of needed hazard prevention via educational programs, news releases, and television documentaries to promote safety as a pro-active civil right. Challenge media misinformation and myths concerning lack of reliability of safety appliances and the erroneous assumption that controls are not needed on open and obvious hazards.

 Nominate delegates to attend and participate in hearings, standard-making committees, and other bodies involved in hazard prevention and safety. These qualified delegates shall involve themselves to the best of their education, training, and practical experience and contribute comments and presentations. These delegates will ensure that comments are compiled into a written record to reflect HIFI's position and recommendations. HIFI's participation and recommendations should be incorporated in the general proceedings. To ensure that the public is represented in these activities and has a voice these delegates will be provided supporting hazard prevention data, support studies, and funding if available to provide travel expenses, fees, and retainers. Coordinate in a cooperative and non-competitive manner by sharing information with professional societies, trade associations, public interest groups, and other not-for-profit agencies engaging bi-laterally in supportive hazard prevention programs. 

Fund, maintain, and operate a data processing facility with a staff to ensure for managing donated reference materials for easy retrieval, appropriate indexes with necessary computer software, and retention of hard copies. Provide personnel support to analyze and research reference materials as requested by public and private groups.  

Appoint no more than 13 board members who are leaders and recognized authorities in their engineering and scientific disciplines and involved with safety engineering and system safety. Establish an advisory council of authoritative specialists on specific hazards to provide technical engineering support by researching hazard prevention technology.