A practical guide for eliminating safety and health hazards from construction worksites, the Handbook of OSHA Construction Safety and Health addresses the occupational safety and health issues faced by those working in the construction industry. The book covers a vast range of issues including program development, safety and health program implementation, intervention and prevention of construction incidents, regulatory interpretations, understanding, and compliance, OSHA's expectations, health and safety hazards faced by those working in the construction industry, and sources of information....
A practical guide for eliminating safety and health hazards from construction worksites, the Handbook of OSHA Construction Safety and Health addresses...
Each of the four volumes in the Handbook of Safety and Health for the Service Industry demonstrates how to tackle particular safety and health dangers in sub sectors of the service industry. They cover materials and goods services, infrastructure services, administrative services, and people-oriented services. Closely examining hazard identification, intervention, and prevention, the books provide readers with the practical information and tools necessary to assess and address the specific occupational safety and health issues of their industry sector while adhering to...
Each of the four volumes in the Handbook of Safety and Health for the Service Industry demonstrates how to tackle particular safet...
Industrial Safety and Health for Goods and Materials Services focuses on the safety requirements of the wholesale and retail trades, including warehousing. This detailed text describes the hazards associated with chemicals, compressed gases, and fire. In addition to discussing the ergonomics behind hand tools, ladders, machine guarding, material handling, and industrial trucks, the book:
Addresses interventions and preventive approaches to help ensure a safe workplace
Uses real-world examples and relevant illustrations
Provides guidance on...
Industrial Safety and Health for Goods and Materials Services focuses on the safety requirements of the wholesale and retail trades, including ware...
Industrial Safety and Health for Infrastructure Services provides an in-depth look into the areas of transportation, utilities, administrative, waste management, and remediation. It covers OSHA regulations in reference to the major safety and health hazards associated within these five fields. This user-friendly text:
Provides guidance on removal, delimiting, and mitigation of safety and health hazards
Includes a checklist and other tools to assist in assuring the achievement of a safer workplace, reasonably free from safety and health hazards
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Industrial Safety and Health for Infrastructure Services provides an in-depth look into the areas of transportation, utilities, administrative, was...
Industrial Safety and Health for Administrative Services constitutes a much-needed source for the identification and prevention of most of the injuries and illnesses occurring in the financial and information sectors. The text thoroughly explains the issues of office health management, major safety and electrical hazards, and emergency response to violence. This volume:
Uses real-world examples and relevant illustrations as an integral part of each chapter
Provides guidance on removal, delimiting, and mitigation of safety and health hazards
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Industrial Safety and Health for Administrative Services constitutes a much-needed source for the identification and prevention of most of the inju...
Industrial Safety and Health for People-Oriented Services focuses on the safety requirements of the tertiary sector of industry s education, health, and hospitality services. This is an instruction manual on managing a safe and healthy environment one free of biological, chemical, and ergonomics hazards while adhering to OSHA regulations. In addition to addressing interventions and preventive approaches to help ensure a safe workplace and applicable safety standards, this book:
Explains workplace fire prevention relating to hot processes and radiation (both ionizing and...
Industrial Safety and Health for People-Oriented Services focuses on the safety requirements of the tertiary sector of industry s education, health...
The Annotated Dictionary of Construction Safety and Health covers the most common types of risks or hazards that impact the safety and healt h of construction workers. Arranged in alphabetical order for ease-of- use, the Dictionary meshes regulations, common sense, and practical co nstruction work aspects in a logical style.
The Annotated Dictionary of Construction Safety and Health covers the most common types of risks or hazards that impact the safety and healt h of cons...
Most workers spend the majority of their day in an office building environment. Protecting office workers from safety, health, and security risks is a key task of many safety and health professionals, particularly those responsible for the management of very large office complexes and high rise buildings. This book provides a comprehensive look at office building safety and health. It covers topic areas such as managing, safety and health, emergencies, safe buildings and security. It also includes issues such as workers' compensation and OSHA compliance. The author discusses the most common...
Most workers spend the majority of their day in an office building environment. Protecting office workers from safety, health, and security risks is a...
Reflecting changes in the current health and safety landscape, Occupational Health and Safety Management: A Practical Approach, Third Edition includes examples and tools to facilitate development and implementation of a safety and health management approach. This how-to book is not just an information providing text. It shows you how to write a program and identify hazards as well as involve workers and attain their cooperation. It emphasizes the need for better and more effective communication regarding safety and health.
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Reflecting changes in the current health and safety landscape, Occupational Health and Safety Management: A Practical Approach, Third Edition
Most occupational safety and health books explain how to apply concepts, principles, elements, tools of prevention and develop interventions, and initiatives to mitigate occupational injuries, illnesses and deaths. This is not a how-to book. It is a book that addresses the philosophical basis for all of the varied components and elements needed to develop and manage a safety and health program. It is a book designed to answer the questions often posed as to why should we do it this way. It is the -Why- book and the intent is to provide a blueprint and a helpmate for the philosophical basis...
Most occupational safety and health books explain how to apply concepts, principles, elements, tools of prevention and develop interventions, and i...
