Industrial Health Safety category: 514 books
by Thomas D. Schneid, Shelby L. Schneid
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
The goal of this book is to prepare safety and health professionals to recognize and address human resource issues, applicable laws and regulations, as well as change management techniques used to alter the safety culture within their operations. This book will provide awareness to avoid or address...
by Jacqueline Jeynes
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
In the same way as the 4Ps of marketing are a fundamental principle of business theory, this book puts forward the 10Ps of Risk Management as a consistent and comprehensive approach to the subject.
The 10Ps of Risk Management offers a holistic approach, bringing together all elements of risk...
by Dennis P. Nolan
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Written from the perspective of industrial users, this is the only book that describes how to install an effective firewater pumping system in a pragmatic and budget-conscious way rather than with purely the regulatory framework in mind. Based on the wide-ranging industrial experience of the author,...
Health and Safety, Environment and Quality Audits
A Risk-based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Internal auditing is an essential tool for managing compliance, and for initiating and driving continual improvement in any organization’s systematic HSEQ performance.
Health and Safety, Environment and Quality Audits includes the latest health and safety, environmental and quality management...
by Thomas D. Schneid
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
20 murders every week. 18,000 assaults in the same time. All on the job.
Sharp increases in workplace violence continue to take an unfortunate toll on American business-and its employees, families and communities. Preventative measures may be well-intentioned, but pose troubling conflicts in themselves,...
by Jonathan Backhouse
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
Studying for exams, working in teams, writing detailed yet succinct reports and importantly time management aren’t second nature to most, so this book provides clear guidance and will be an essential tool for anyone taking a health and safety course.
For many students the learning experience...
The ETTO Principle: Efficiency-Thoroughness Trade-Off
Why Things That Go Right Sometimes Go Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Accident investigation and risk assessment have for decades focused on the human factor, particularly 'human error'. Countless books and papers have been written about how to identify, classify, eliminate, prevent and compensate for it. This bias towards the study of performance failures, leads to...
The Safety Anarchist
Relying on human expertise and innovation, reducing bureaucracy and compliance
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Work has never been as safe as it seems today. Safety has also never been as bureaucratized as it is today. Over the past two decades, the number of safety rules and statutes has exploded, and organizations themselves are creating ever more internal compliance requirements. At the same time, progress...
Risky Work Environments
Reappraising Human Work Within Fallible Systems
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Risky Work Environments provides new insights into the multiple and dynamic trajectories of both near misses and mistakes in complex work environments, based on actual case examples. It also studies the interactions between various activity systems or work practices (design, maintenance, incident...
Chemical Process Safety
Learning from Case Histories
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Chemical Process Safety: Learning from Case Histories, Fourth Edition gives insight into eliminating specific classes of hazards while also providing real case histories with valuable lessons to be learned. This edition also includes practical sections on mechanical integrity, management of change,...
Health Systems Improvement Across the Globe
Success Stories from 60 Countries
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Following on from 2015’s Healthcare Reform, Quality and Safety: Perspectives, Participants, Partnerships and Prospects in 30 Countries, this book encompasses a global perspective on healthcare while shifting the focus from reform to showcasing success stories of healthcare systems worldwide. It...
Prevention of Accidents at Work
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017), October 3-6, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Prevention of Accidents at Work collects papers presented at the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017) held in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 3-6, 2017, organized by the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava. The conference on current issues within occupational...
by Ian Sutton
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Plant Design and Operations provides practical guidance on the design, operation, and maintenance of process facilities. The book is based on years of hands-on experience gathered during the design and operation of a wide range of facilities in many different types of industry including chemicals,...
by Patrick A. Michaud
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Accident Prevention and OSHA Compliance contains all the information you need to reduce or avoid injuries, illnesses, fires, and equipment damage resulting from an accident. The book provides valuable insight into how OSHA conducts its inspections and how to avoid losses and increase profits by complying...