Research Guides: Occupational Safety & Health: Books

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Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health by Mark A. Friend; James P. Kohn
Publisher: Bernan Press, 2014

This book provides practical information on technology, management, and regulatory compliance issues, covering crucial topics like organizing, staffing, directing, and evaluating occupational safety programs and procedures. The author addresses all major occupational safety and health topics, including safety-related laws and regulations, hazardous materials, workplace violence, the threat of terrorism, and OSHA's recordkeeping standard.
Safety Professional's Reference and Study Guide by W. David Yates
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020

This Guide provides a single-source reference that contains all the information required to handle the day-to-day tasks of a practicing industrial hygienist. It also provides a quick desk reference as well as a resource for preparations for the Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST), and the Construction Health and Safety Technologist (CHST) examinations.
Global Occupational Safety and Health Management Handbook by Thomas P. Fuller
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019

This Handbook is a broad presentation and discussion of the issues and obstacles facing the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) profession today in providing safe workplaces globally. Seasoned OSH professionals can expect to learn about new ways to look at complicated and controversial topics. Young professionals and students can read this book to better understand the important global OSH interrelationships and challenges of the future.
Concise Guide to Workplace Safety and Health: What You Need to Know, When You Need It by Gary Chambers
Publisher: CRC Press, 2011

Addresses core issues such as relevant regulations, required program elements, and definitions of key terms. It demystifies required documentation, training elements, medical requirements, recordkeeping, and more. The guide covers safety and health topics of interest, including emerging issues such as such as injury and illness prevention programs, and the rapidly growing field of nanotechnology, to a wide cross section of industries and businesses.

Accident/Incident Prevention Techniques by Charles D. Reese
Publisher: CRC Press, 2011

The A to Z hands-on guide to the responsibilities, principles, tools, and techniques involved in accident investigative planning and preparation. The book details tried and true techniques that have been used by the occupational safety and health community for many years. It also presents the best theoretical methods to help those responsible for occupational safety develop the best prevention initiative for them and their workforce.
Slip, Trip, and Fall Prevention: A Practical Handbook by Steven Di Pilla
Publisher: CRC Press, 2009

More than one million people suffer from a slip, trip, or fall each year and 17,700 died as a result of falls in 2005. They are the number one preventable cause of loss in the workplace and the leading cause of injury in public places. This handbook examines the many options available in the design and maintenance of facilities that can reduce or eliminate the potential for slips and falls.
Fall Prevention and Protection by Hongwei Hsiao, (Editor)
Publisher: CRC Press, 2016

Covers the best ways to understand, prevent, and control fall-related risk exposures. Featured are subjects on: (1) a public health view of fall problems and strategic goals; (2) the sciences behind human falls and injury risk; (3) research on slips, trips and falls; (4) practical applications of prevention and protection tools and methods in industrial sectors and home/communities; (5) fall incident investigation and reconstruction; and (6) knowledge gaps, emerging issues, and recommendations for fall protection research and fall mitigation.

Risk-Reduction Methods for Occupational Safety and Health by Roger C. Jensen
Publisher: Wiley, 2012

This book covers system safety methods related to occupational health and safety. It argues for anticipating hazards, risk reduction strategies for hazards processes, and making sure workers' tasks correspond to human capabilities. The text provides pro-active methods for identifying hazards, assessing risk, analyzing hazards, using tools from system safety, conducting post-incident investigations, considering human errors, applying risk reduction strategies, and managing process safety.
Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications by Sebastian Martorell, Guedes Soares, and Julie Barnett (Eds.)
Publisher: CRC Press, 2008

contains the papers presented at the joint ESREL (European Safety and Reliability) and SRA-Europe (Society for Risk Analysis Europe) Conference (Valencia, Spain, 22-25 September 2008). The book covers a wide range of topics, including accident and incident investigation, crisis and emergency management, dynamic reliability, human factors, integrated risk management, and more.

Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers by David L. Goetsch
Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2011

This text covers all aspects of occupational safety and health in today's global workplace. Appropriate for safety management, engineering and technology programs, the book provides a historical perspective and overview, covers the laws and regulations, discusses the human element, examines hazard assessment, prevention, and control, and covers management of safety and health.
American National Standard: Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (ANSI/AIHA/ASSE Z10-2012)
Publisher: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2012

this updated standard is the blueprint for widespread benefits in health and safety, as well as in productivity, financial performance, quality, and other organizational and business objectives. Sections include Management Leadership and Employee Participation, Planning, Implementation and Operation, Evaluation and Corrective Action, and Management Review. Appendices address roles and responsibilities, policy statements, assessment and prioritization, audits, and more.
Advanced Safety Management: Focusing on Z10.0, 45001, and serious injury prevention by Fred A. Manuele
Publisher: Wiley, 2020

Establishes sound safety management principles and focuses on the revised Z10.0 safety standard, the new 45001 safety standard, and serious injury prevention, It covers the provisions of ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019, the American standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems and expands in detail on the principles for advanced safety management, the content of the revised Z10.0 standard, and the newly adopted international standard, ISO 45001.
The Design, Implementation, and Audit of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems by Ron C. McKinnon
Publisher: CRC Press, 2019

This book covers the design, implementation, and auditing of structured occupational health and safety management systems (SMS), sometimes referred to as safety programs. It describes some of the elements that constitute an SMS, the implementation process, and the auditing of the conformance to standards. Guidelines and examples show how to design and implement the risk-based processes, programs and standards, and how to audit them against standards.
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety by Jeanne Mager Stellman (Editor)
Publisher: International Labour Organization (ILO), 2012

The latest edition of the Encyclopaedia has evolved into an online knowledge-sharing resource, with a user-friendly interface in English, French, and Spanish. The transformation from print to an electronic, online platform enables quick and easy access to the most up-to-date information in the occupational safety and health (OSH) field. It is updated regularly by different contributors around the world. The online platform is also connected to a wide variety of ILO health and safety resources and third party information sources (such as online databases and websites).

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