Occupational Safety Management and Engineering
5th Edition
Published on 17. July 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-0-13-896515-0 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in industrial safety. This classic text offers a practical, contemporary approach to accident prevention-based on legal, management, and technical aspects of the application of system safety engineering to industrial safety. *NEW - Two chapters have been added - Chapter 18, Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Chapter 26, Confined Space Entry. *NEW - Other chapters have been revised to include current topics such as: Software safety analysis, workplace violence, process safety management, nuclear waste, behavior-based safety, and various legal issues. *NEW - Other chapter contents have been revised to include new information regarding:-Workers compensation and workers compensation fraud.-Fault tree analysis.-Hearing protection, environmental protection, and fire protection.-The aging workforce, workers with disabilities.-Bloodborne pathogens.-Ergonomics.-OSHA violation policy.-Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.-System safety analysis.-Wireless radiation hazards. *NEW and updated data and statistics. - Gives the manager and engineer a broad basis that is essential to be effective.
*NEW - 54 references have been added - New regulations, other texts, journal articles, and various other publications are cited.
*NEW - 54 references have been added - New regulations, other texts, journal articles, and various other publications are cited.
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Previous edition
Willie Hammer
Occupational Safety Management and Engineering
Book
12/1988
4th Edition
Pearson
€147.23
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Content
1. Accident Losses.
2. Liabilities and Safety Legislation.
3. Workers' Compensation.
4. OSHAct and Its Administration.
5. Standards, Codes, and Other Safety Documents.
6. Engineers and Safety.
7. Management and its Responsibilities.
8. The Changing Roles of Safety Personnel.
9. Personnel.
10. Promoting Safe Practices.
11. Appraising Plant Safety.
12. Hazards and their Control.
13. Planning for Emergencies.
14. Accident Investigations.
15. Safety Analysis.
16. Acceleration, Falls, Falling Objects, and Other Impacts.
17. Mechanical Injuries.
18. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.
19. Heat and Temperature.
20. Pressure Hazards.
21. Electrical Hazards.
22. Fires and Fire Suppression.
23. Explosions and Explosives.
24. Hazards of Toxic Materials.
25. Environments.
26. Confined Space Entry.
27. Radiation.
28. Vibration and Noise.
29. Computers and Safety.
2. Liabilities and Safety Legislation.
3. Workers' Compensation.
4. OSHAct and Its Administration.
5. Standards, Codes, and Other Safety Documents.
6. Engineers and Safety.
7. Management and its Responsibilities.
8. The Changing Roles of Safety Personnel.
9. Personnel.
10. Promoting Safe Practices.
11. Appraising Plant Safety.
12. Hazards and their Control.
13. Planning for Emergencies.
14. Accident Investigations.
15. Safety Analysis.
16. Acceleration, Falls, Falling Objects, and Other Impacts.
17. Mechanical Injuries.
18. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.
19. Heat and Temperature.
20. Pressure Hazards.
21. Electrical Hazards.
22. Fires and Fire Suppression.
23. Explosions and Explosives.
24. Hazards of Toxic Materials.
25. Environments.
26. Confined Space Entry.
27. Radiation.
28. Vibration and Noise.
29. Computers and Safety.