The Legal Aspects of Industrial Hygiene and Safety

The Legal Aspects of Industrial Hygiene and Safety explores various legal issues that are often encountered by Industrial Hygiene and Safety managers during their careers. A description is presented of the various legal concepts and processes that often arise in the IH/S practice, including tort, contract, and administrative law. The goal is to provide IH/S managers with sufficient knowledge to be able to incorporate legal risk analysis into everyday decision-making and policy development. This book will explore the legal issues that arise in IH/S practice and will be helpful to new IH/S managers as they progress in their careers.

• Explores various legal issues that are often encountered by Industrial Hygiene and Safety managers during their careers
• Provides insight into the legal issues and processes to IH/S managers that are traditionally only available to attorneys
• Improves the IH/S managers' ability to communicate complex IH/S issues to in-house counsel Presents tools and knowledge to IH/S managers so they can better consider the legal risks of the decisions they make
• Covers various legal concepts and processes that can arise in the IH/S practice, including tort, contract, and administrative law

Introduction

Chapter 1 : The Legal Implications of the Employment Relationship
Chapter 2 : Tort Law and Its Impact on IH/S Contract Law
Chapter 3 : The Administrative Law System
Chapter 4 : Criminal Law Aspects of IH/S
Chapter 5 : Employment Litigation
Chapter 6 : Workers Compensation
Chapter 7 : The Consequences of Injury or Illness
Chapter 8 : IH/S Documents and Records
Chapter 9 : Legal Research and Risk Analysis

Index