Introduction
The sixth edition of the “Master Course in Design and safety in the Workplace” is underway. The idea of training working-environment designers was born in 2012 from a discussion between INAILTuscany, funder, and the University of Florence; this followed the analysis of several accidents that were caused by non-adequately-designed working environments.
Prof. Pietro Capone, who has been the director of the educational path in all of the master's editions, has placed special emphasis on the importance of designing environments that have the safety of workers in mind. As a matter of fact, the earthquake in Emilia Romagna had just occurred (May 2012) and some workers had lost their lives due to roofs collapsing in some factories built without taking into account the most modern and effective seismic indications.