Basics of Occupational Safety, The
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Description
For all courses in Basics of Occupational Safety and Health, Workplace Safety, Occupational Safety, Safety Management, or Safety Technology.
Today’s concise, up-to-date guide to basic safety and health in the workplace.
Basics of Occupational Safety, Second Edition is today’s most complete, concise, and up-to-date basic guide to the most critical aspects of occupational safety and health. Designed to be a highly-effective teaching and learning tool for both classroom and on-line settings, it contains helpful pedagogy supported by comprehensive web content and resources. It concisely addresses all applicable standards from OSHA, NIOSH, and other US federal and state government regulatory agencies, and covers a wide range of new and emerging trends. Up-to-the-minute coverage includes: emerging roles of safety professionals, the safety professional’s role in product recalls, maintenance requirements of NFPA 70E-2009 for electric shock, “hot work,” nanoscale materials in industrial hygiene, global harmonization of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard, MRSA in the workplace, and establishing a safety-first corporate culture.
Teaching and Learning Experience
This concise book will prepare students for occupational and safety health responsibilities in today’s complex environments.
- Concise, focused, basic coverage of the field’s latest issues and trends: Thoroughly prepares students for current and future realities in the field of occupational safety and health
- Supported with exceptional pedagogical features: Includes well-crafted chapter summaries, key terms and concepts, review questions, and many boxed features
- Combines theory and principles in realistic settings: Focuses on the new challenges of occupational safety and health in global workplace environments, and the changing roles of safety/health professionals
Features
Concise, focused, basic coverage of the field’s latest issues and trends
- Presents basic, focused coverage of everything students need to become safety managers, safety engineers, safety technology specialists, or assume other professional safety responsibilities—enabling students to assume a wide spectrum of roles related to workplace safety and health
- Careful, efficient 20-chapter organization follows the sequence requested by most adopters—with each chapter focusing on one major area of concern
- NEW! Updated coverage of new OSHA, EPA, NFPA, ANSI/NFSI, and other standards, wherever they have been established or revised—preparing students to comply with the latest regulations and best practices
- NEW! Coverage of global harmonization of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard—helping students operate more successfully in global organizations
- NEW! Explanation of MRSA in the workplace, and prevention techniques—preparing students to defend against the growing risk of serious workplace infection associated with MRSA
- NEW! Coverage of nanoscale materials in industrial hygiene—helps students anticipate the growing use of nanotechnology and any possible opportunities and risks that may be identified in connection with it
Supported with excep
For all courses in Basics of Occupational Safety and Health, Workplace Safety, Occupational Safety, Safety Management, or Safety Technology.
Today’s concise, up-to-date guide to basic safety and health in the workplace.
Basics of Occupational Safety, Second Edition is today’s most complete, concise, and up-to-date basic guide to the most critical aspects of occupational safety and health. Designed to be a highly-effective teaching and learning tool for both classroom and on-line settings, it contains helpful pedagogy supported by comprehensive web content and resources. It concisely addresses all applicable standards from OSHA, NIOSH, and other US federal and state government regulatory agencies, and covers a wide range of new and emerging trends. Up-to-the-minute coverage includes: emerging roles of safety professionals, the safety professional’s role in product recalls, maintenance requirements of NFPA 70E-2009 for electric shock, “hot work,” nanoscale materials in industrial hygiene, global harmonization of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard, MRSA in the workplace, and establishing a safety-first corporate culture.
Teaching and Learning Experience
This concise book will prepare students for occupational and safety health responsibilities in today’s complex environments.
- Concise, focused, basic coverage of the field’s latest issues and trends: Thoroughly prepares students for current and future realities in the field of occupational safety and health
- Supported with exceptional pedagogical features: Includes well-crafted chapter summaries, key terms and concepts, review questions, and many boxed features
- Combines theory and principles in realistic settings: Focuses on the new challenges of occupational safety and health in global workplace environments, and the changing roles of safety/health professionals
1. Safety and Health Movement: An Overview
2. Accidents and Their Effects
3. Theories of Accident Causation
4. Roles and Professional Certifications for Safety and Health Professionals
5. The OSH Act, Standards, and Liability
6. Workers’ Compensation
7. Accident Investigation and Reporting
8. Ergonomic Hazards: Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) and Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs)
9. Stress and Safety
10. Mechanical Hazards and Machine Safeguarding
11. Falling, Impact, Acceleration, Lifting, and Vision Hazards
12. Hazards of Temperature Extremes
13. Pressure Hazards
14. Electrical Hazards
15. Fire Hazards and Life Safety
16. Industrial Hygiene and Confined Spaces
17. Violence in the Workplace
18. Noise and Vibration Hazards
19. Preparing for Emergencies and Terrorism
20. Bloodborne Pathogens in the Workplace
Today’s concise, up-to-date guide to basic safety and health in the workplace.
Basics of Occupational Safety, Second Edition is today’s most complete, concise, and up-to-date basic guide to the most critical aspects of occupational safety and health. Designed to be a highly-effective teaching and learning tool for both classroom and on-line settings, it contains helpful pedagogy supported by comprehensive web content and resources. It concisely addresses all applicable standards from OSHA, NIOSH, and other US federal and state government regulatory agencies, and covers a wide range of new and emerging trends. Up-to-the-minute coverage includes: emerging roles of safety professionals, the safety professional’s role in product recalls, maintenance requirements of NFPA 70E-2009 for electric shock, “hot work,” nanoscale materials in industrial hygiene, global harmonization of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard, MRSA in the workplace, and establishing a safety-first corporate culture.
Teaching and Learning Experience
This concise book will prepare students for occupational and safety health responsibilities in today’s complex environments.
- Concise, focused, basic coverage of the field’s latest issues and trends: Thoroughly prepares students for current and future realities in the field of occupational safety and health
- Supported with exceptional pedagogical features: Includes well-crafted chapter summaries, key terms and concepts, review questions, and many boxed features
- Combines theory and principles in realistic settings: Focuses on the new challenges of occupational safety and health in global workplace environments, and the changing roles of safety/health professionals
Concise, focused, basic coverage of the field’s latest issues and trends
- NEW! Updated coverage of new OSHA, EPA, NFPA, ANSI/NFSI, and other standards, wherever they have been established or revised—preparing students to comply with the latest regulations and best practices
- NEW! Coverage of global harmonization of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard—helping students operate more successfully in global organizations
- NEW! Explanation of MRSA in the workplace, and prevention techniques—preparing students to defend against the growing risk of serious workplace infection associated with MRSA
- NEW! Coverage of nanoscale materials in industrial hygiene—helps students anticipate the growing use of nanotechnology and any possible opportunities and risks that may be identified in connection with it
Supported with exceptional pedagogical features: Includes well-crafted chapter summaries, key terms and concepts, review questions, and many boxed features
- NEW! Updated Instructor’s Resources, including PowerPoint lecture notes for all chapters, an Instructor’s Guide containing a test bank and answers to review questions for all chapters, and selected illustrations from the text—making it easier for instructors to organize courses and teach effectively
Combines theory and principles in realistic settings
- NEW! Updated coverage of the emerging roles of safety professionals, including their roles in product recalls, establishing a safety-first corporate culture, and maximizing the ROI of safety and health management—preparing students to operate effectively as safety/health professionals, and move into management roles
- NEW! Updated to fully reflect the current realities of safety and health in global businesses facing global competition—helping students succeed in occupational safety and health in today’s more challenging global workplace environments
New in each chapter:
- Chapter 1: Includes new section on Return on Investment (ROI) in safety and health management, and a new case study about a factory fire in Bangladesh
- Chapter 2: Updates section and data on death rates by industry, and adds a new section on establishing a safety-first corporate culture
- Chapter 3: Adds new material on Heinrich’s theory and corrective action, and on limitations of event-chain accident causation theories
- Chapter 4: Adds a new section on the emerging role of safety and health professionals
- Chapter 5: Thoroughly rewritten to reflect changes to OSHA standards, resources, incentives, enforcement, whistleblower programs, and more
- Chapter 6: Adds material clarifying when employees covered by Workers’ Compensation can and cannot sue
- Chapter 7: Adds new material on the “what and why” of workplace accidents; the latest version of OSHA Form 301; the team approach to accident investigations; how to add perspective to accident scene photographs, and how to follow up an accident investigation
- Chapter 8: Adds new material on the repeal of OSHA’s short-lived Ergonomic Program Standard, and updates statistics on the extent of MSDs and CTDs
- Chapter 10: Adds new material on minimum general requirements for machine safeguards, and a new section on Permanent Electrical Safety Devices in Lockout/Tagout Programs
- Chapter 11: Covers the new ANSI/NFSI B101.1 Standard for measuring wet SCOF traction, OSHA’s Fall Protection Standard, and head protection (rating of hard hats); also adds a new section on OSHA’s Fall Protection Standard for Construction
- Chapter 12: Adds material on PPE for cold work environments.
- Chapter 14: Updates and expands coverage of Electrical Hazards Self-Assessment, and adds a new section on Permanent Electrical Safety Devices
- Chapter 15: Adds new material on flammable and combustible liquids
- Chapter 16: Updates OSHA’s Process Safety Management Guidelines and the section on Material Safety Data Sheets or MSDS (now Safety Data Sheets or SDS) and Global Harmonization of Hazard Communication (GHS); adds new standards for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) investigations; and new sections on Fungal Growth, Chemical Process Standards, EPA Risk Management Programs, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), the OSHA Confined Space Standard, and Nanoscale Materials and Industrial Hygiene
- Chapter 18: Adds new material on fit testing and a new section on Hearing Conservation and Noise Reduction Ratings
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| Dimensions | 1.25 × 7.65 × 9.35 in |
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| Subjects | careers, higher education, Vocational / Professional Studies, Engineering Technology, Industrial Safety / Health |
