Safety category: 688 books
by David W. Apts
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Back injuries can be controlled and prevented! They are not and should not be accepted as a cost of doing business!
Written in plain language for the industrial professional, this book presents back injury prevention methods that have proven effective for cost containment. Such techniques include...
Infectious Connections
How Short-Term Foodborne Infections Can Lead to Long-Term Health Problems
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Explains how short-term infections from foodborne diseases can lead to long-term health issues. Details food-processing to agricultural practices, global warming and imported foods. This book is an eye-opener for anyone concerned with the safety of our food sources.
Gas Mixtures
Preparation and Control
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
Gas Mixtures provides practical suggestions and calculations for producing multicomponent test gas atmospheres. General topics addressed include sorbent evaluation, methods development, dosimeter testing, instrument calibration, atmospheric simulation, and gas analysis. Learn the tricks of the trade...
Avoid, Prepare, Defend
25 Essential Tips on How to Stay Safe from Crime
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
AVOID the threat. PREPARE for the attack. DEFEND yourself and stop the assailant.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (2015), roughly every 26 seconds a violent crime occurs in America and every 4 seconds a property crime is committed.
Will YOU...
by Neal Martin
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Master Essential Self Defense Skills and Establish Good Habits for a Lifetime
— Discover a complete blueprint to help you train and teach combatives
— Uncover a fully explained combatives syllabus
— Understand essential training practices
— ...
Risk Assessment and Management of Repetitive Movements and Exertions of Upper Limbs
Job Analysis, Ocra Risk Indicies, Prevention Strategies and Design Principles
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2002
In industrialised countries, musculo-skeletrical disorders of the upper limbs represent one of the commonest work-related diseases. All working activities habitually requiring repetitive upper limb movements and exertions represent a potential risk for these disorders under certain conditions. This...
by Stuart D. Summerhayes
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
The CDM Regulations require all those involved in construction to adopt an integrated approach to health and safety management. This Procedures Manual provides a documentation system for compliance with the statutory requirements. It is being thoroughly revised to take account of major changes to the CDM Regulations 2015.
Eat, Drink, and Be Wary
How Unsafe Is Our Food?
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
In one of the wealthiest nation’s on the planet, one might expect the food we eat to be safe and free of deadly bacteria and other organisms that might make us sick, but the truth is that there is very little oversight of our food and its delivery, and that foodborne illnesses are at their highest...
Douglas
Pays The Price For Not Paying Attention
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Douglas would lay awake at night thinking about flying.
Soaring through the skies, he would pretend to swoop over castles and through valleys, touching the crystal water with the tip of his wing before bursting through clouds and elegantly landing to a roaring cheer from the onlookers....
Hear Me Roar
How to Defend Your Mind, Body and Heart Against People Who Suck
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Hear Me Roar is a way to take back your power once and for all. Through personal stories, self confidence exercises, personal safety techniques and social media activities, Jennifer and Lindsey will teach you how to: Combat the energy vampires that suck the life out of you. Kick the creeps in your life...
by Kirk Mahoney, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Are you noticing that you are getting into unsafe situations when using a cellphone while you are out running or walking? Are you sometimes left with a feeling that you have been discourteous when you have used your cellphone around other runners or walkers? Are you having trouble making sense of...
Oil and Gas, Technology and Humans
Assessing the Human Factors of Technological Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2018
The oil and gas industry is going through a major technological shift. This is particularly true of the Norwegian continental shelf where new work processes are being implemented based on digital infrastructure and information technology. The term Integrated Operations (IO) has been applied to this...
by Tim Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, Lisa J. Steiner
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Human-Centered Design for Mining Equipment and New Technology first introduces Human-Centered Design (HCD) and outlines the benefits of this approach for mining equipment and new technology: HCD is a process that aims to make equipment and systems more usable and acceptable by explicitly focusing...
Industrial Hygiene
Improving Worker Health through an Operational Risk Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Over the past forty years, the Industrial Hygiene profession has significantly grown, and is expected to continue to grow as workplaces evolve in the development, management, and usage of hazardous materials. This growth in the profession is also related to the shift in public knowledge and perception...