J. Paul Frantz, Ph.D., C.P.S.M., CPE

Dr. Frantz is a Senior Consultant and co-founder of Applied Safety and Ergonomics, Inc. His consulting activities, research, and teaching address a wide variety of issues and applications in the areas of human factors/ergonomics, product and occupational safety, and warnings and instructions. Since 1993, he has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan, teaching product and occupational safety management.

Dr. Frantz has authored numerous empirical, practical, historical, and review articles on the subject of warnings, risk communication, and human performance in the context of product safety. He has presented the results of his research and other investigations to numerous professional associations, standards organizations, and government agencies.

For more than a decade Dr. Frantz has served as the American Society of Safety Engineers’ representative on the ANSI Z535 committee that deals with warning signs, labels, symbols, and colors. Dr. Frantz is Chair of the ANSI Z535.6 Subcommittee on Safety Information in Product Manuals, Instructions and Other Collateral Materials. He is a member of various professional societies, including the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Society for Technical Communication, and the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication.

He is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) and Certified Product Safety Manager (C.P.S.M.), and he holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.