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This textbook contains 30 chapters on the history and current state of occupational safety and health, the causes and consequences of accidents, the relevant laws and regulations, safety analysis, accident investigation, training, ethics, and specific concern areas. These include: ergonomics, stress, machine hazards, temperature extremes, pressure, electricity, fire, industrial hygiene, radiation, noise, emergencies, bloodborne pathogens, environmental safety, product safety, and violence.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
With an eye on the future and a finger on the pulse of today's rapid changes due to global competition, this straightforward, state-of-the-art guide addresses the key issues, concerns, and factors relating specifically to modern workplace environments in the safety and health professions. Highly functional in content and approach, it draws immediate connections between principles and their practices in real-world settings, includes the latest OSHA standards, and approaches safety and health issues from the perspective of Total Quality Management (TQM) and global competitiveness. The author examines accidents and their effects, theories of accident causation, the OSHA Act, standards, and liability, workers' compensation, ergonomic hazards, mechanical hazards and machine safeguarding, falling, impact, acceleration, industrial hygiene, safety analysis and prevention, accident investigation and reporting, ethics and safety, safety, health, and competition in the global marketplace and violence in the workplace. For safety directors and managers.

Book Info
Provides comprehensive coverage of the information students and practitioners need to understand the fundamental safety and health topics in today's rapidly changing, heavily regulated, and globally competitive work environment. DLC: Industrial safety - United States.