Description
| Product ID: | 9781138749573 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Occupational Health and Safety Management |
| Subtitle: | A Practical Approach, Third Edition |
| Authors: | Author: Charles D. Reese |
| Page Count: | 608 |
| Subjects: | Personnel and human resources management, Personnel & human resources management, Health and safety in the workplace, Health & safety issues |
| Description: | A complete practical guide for the development and management of occupational safety and health programs in any industry setting, this book includes examples and tools to facilitate development and implementation of a safety and health management approach. This is how to book not just an information providing text. It shows readers how to write a program, how to identify hazards, how to involve workers and attain their cooperation. It expounds on the need to place a particular emphasis on better and more effective communication regarding safety and health. Reflecting changes in the current health and safety landscape, Occupational Health and Safety Management: A Practical Approach, Third Edition includes examples and tools to facilitate development and implementation of a safety and health management approach. This how-to book is not just an information providing text. It shows you how to write a program and identify hazards as well as involve workers and attain their cooperation. It emphasizes the need for better and more effective communication regarding safety and health. See What’s New in the Third Edition:
A complete and practical guide for the development and management of occupational safety and health programs in any industry setting, the book supplies a management blueprint that can be used for occupational safety and health in any organization, from the smallest to the largest, beginning to develop or wanting to improve its safety and health approach. It includes comprehensive guidelines for development of occupational health and safety programs to a variety of industries and is especially useful for start-up companies. The author takes a total management approach to the development of written programs, the identification of hazards, the mitigation of hazards by the use of common safety and health tools, the development of a safe workforce through communications, motivational techniques, involvement, and training. He addresses the tracking and acceptable risk from both safety and health hazards. He also discusses how to work with and within the OSHA compliance approach as well as how to deal with the OSHA regulations, workers’ compensation, terrorism, and Lean safety. As you understand and apply the guidelines in each chapter, you can put your company on the way toward building a successful and effective safety and health effort for its employers and employees. |
| Imprint Name: | CRC Press |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-07-26 |
