Safety category: 688 books
Laser Safety
Tools and Training, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
New chapters and updates highlight the second edition of Laser Safety: Tools and Training. This text provides background information relating to lasers and laser safety, and examines the components of laser work and laser safety from a different perspective. Written by a working laser safety officer,...
by Charles D. Reese
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
The Annotated Dictionary of Construction Safety and Health covers the most common types of risks or hazards that impact the safety and health of construction workers. Arranged in alphabetical order for ease-of-use, the Dictionary meshes regulations, common sense, and practical construction work aspects...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Shipping is a pillar of global trade, with 90 per cent of the world’s trade in goods and raw materials carried by ship. Despite the economic benefits this delivers, maritime operations can be dangerous, and when accidents occur the consequences are serious. Consequential outcomes from hazards at...
Job Hazard Analysis
A guide for voluntary compliance and beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Job Hazard Analysis: A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond presents a new and improved concept for Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) that guides the reader through the whole process of developing tools for identifying workplace hazards, creating systems that support hazard recognition, designing an...
by R Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Health and safety issues now impose upon almost every part of business life. The system of enforcement is managed and implemented in the UK by The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – but at times it can be difficult to know exactly which bits of this elaborate spider’s web should be applied in...
Developing an Effective Safety Culture
A Leadership Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2002
Developing an Effective Safety Culture implements a simple philosophy, namely that working safely is a cultural issue. An effective safety culture will eventually lead to the desired goal of zero incidents in the work place, and this book will provide an understanding of what is needed to reach this...
Ambulatory Surgery Center Safety Guidebook
Managing Code Requirements for Fire and Life Safety
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Ambulatory Surgery Center Safety Guidebook: Managing Code Requirements for Fire and Life Safety helps guide ASC administrative and security staff meet the requirements and standards of both federal and state authorities, including the Life Safety Code, a critical designation for facilities participating...
by Alireza Bahadori
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Oil and gas companies are repeatedly cited by regulatory organizations for poor training and maintenance on providing personal protective equipment to their refinery workers. Managers of refinery and petrochemical plants are responsible for instructing their workers with the types of equipment available,...
Working Safe
How to Help People Actively Care for Health and Safety, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Written by world-renowned health and safety researcher E. Scott Geller, Working Safe: How to Help People Actively Care for Health and Safety, Second Edition presents science-based and practical approaches to improving attitudes and behavior for achieving an injury-free work environment. This book...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
When international rules and regulations governing space travel were first being developed, only a few countries had any space presence and commercial space activity was non-existent. Today, over 50 countries have on-orbit satellites and commercial space presence is essential to commercial telecommunications...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
When health and safety regulatory frameworks took their present form in the 1970s, they were seen as a triumph of welfare state intervention. Since then, as heavy industry has declined and office and retail employment have expanded, new ways of working have radically altered the context of health...
by Geoff Simpson, Tim Horberry
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The consideration of human factors issues is vital to the mining industry. As in other safety-critical domains, human performance problems constitute a significant threat to system safety, making the study of human factors an important field for improving safety in mining operations. The primary purpose...
Your Patient Safety Survival Guide
How to Protect Yourself and Others from Medical Errors
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
Each year, one out of every four hospital patients in the United States will be harmed by the care they receive. Over 400,000 will die as a result. Dr. Gretchen LeFever Watson's definitive guide empowers patients to be patient safety advocates.
It takes a village to combat preventable errors...
Semiconductor Safety Handbook
Safety and Health in the Semiconductor Industry
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1998
Interwoven within our semiconductor technology development had been the development of technologies aimed at identifying, evaluating and mitigating the environmental, health and safety (EH&S) risks and exposures associated with the manufacturing and packaging of integrated circuits. Driving and advancing...