Title: Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health : What You Need to Know, When You Need It Author: Gary Chambers ISBN: 1439807329 / 9781439807323 Format: Soft Cover Pages: 409 Publisher: CRC Press Year: 2011 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Description
Contents
Every organization must comply with occupational health and safety regulations. Yet it is frequently unclear which actually apply in a given real-life situation, plus the field is loaded with technical terminology and complicated regulations. Many managers, trainers, even safety and health professionals therefore find it hard to know how to comply, with exactly what.
Written to make this important discipline more understandable, Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health: What You Need to Know, When You Need It systematicallyaddresses, for each of the 34 topics covered, core issues such as relevant regulations, required program elements, and definitions of key terms.
Organized for quick access to information, this handy reference book demystifies required documentation, training elements, medical requirements, recordkeeping, and more. Conveniently, the author uses the same 20-part format for every topic. For example, if you want to know only about the documentation required, you can immediately turn to a topic’s Section 9 (Written Documentation Required). If training requirements are the issue, simply go to a chapter’s Section 12 (Training Requirements). Also provided for each topic are links to quality background and training information, with sample forms and programs where available.
The guide covers safety and health topics of interest to a wide cross section of industries and businesses. The author’s relaxed, yet focused approach and consistent format allow efficient access to a broad range of occupational health and safety information. The topics covered include not only those that are currently regulated, but also emerging issues such as injury and illness prevention programs, and the rapidly growing field of nanotechnology.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Asbestos Chapter 2 : Bloodborne Pathogens Chapter 3 : Combustible Dusts Chapter 4 : Compressed Gases Chapter 5 : Confined Spaces Chapter 6 : Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, and Slings Chapter 7 : Electrical Safety Chapter 8 : Emergency Preparations (Exit Routes, Emergency Action, and Fire Prevention Plans) Chapter 9 : Ergonomics Chapter 10 : Flammable and Combustible Liquids Chapter 11 : Guarding Powered Hand, Table, and Fixed Machine Tools Chapter 12 : Hazard Communication Chapter 13 : Hearing Protection Chapter 14 : Heat and Cold Stress Chapter 15 : Hexavalent Chromium Chapter 16 : Highway Worksite Safety Chapter 17 : Indoor Air Quality and Indoor Environmental Quality Chapter 18 : Injury and Illness Protection Program Chapter 19 : Ionizing Radiation Chapter 20 : Laboratory Safety and Health Chapter 21 : Lead Chapter 22 : Lockout/Blockout/Tagout (Control of Hazardous Energy) Chapter 23 : Medical Services and First Aid Chapter 24 : Nanotechnology Chapter 25 : Office, School, and Retail Safety Chapter 26 : Personal Protective Equipment Chapter 27 : Pesticide Use Chapter 28 : Powered Industrial Trucks Chapter 29 : Process Safety Management Chapter 30 : Respiratory Protection Chapter 31 : Spray Finishing Chapter 32 : Ventilation (Industrial) Chapter 33 : Welding Chapter 34 : Workplace Violence Prevention