Health and safety in the workplace

Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements presents a detailed and comprehensive examination of the relationship between labour and the built environment, and synergises these critical focus areas in innovative ways.

Risk science is becoming increasingly important as businesses, policymakers and public sector leaders are tasked with decision-making and investment using varying levels of knowledge and information.

The Crisis Management Cycle is the first holistic, multidisciplinary introduction to the dynamic field of crisis management theory and practice.

A clear and accessible text on work physiology, this book focuses on important issues in the modern working world.

When health and safety regulatory frameworks took their present form in the 1970s, they were seen as a triumph of welfare state intervention.

This collection covers essential concepts in the management of coastal disasters, outlining several field surveys of such events that have taken place in the 21st century, including the Indian Ocean Tsunami, the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, and the storm surges generated by Hurricane Katrina, Cyclone Nargis, and Typhoon Haiyan.

It is crucial for process safety professionals to be aware of best practices for post merger integration at any level.

This insightful book addresses recovery as a comprehensive concept for prevention of health-threats in modern societies through active lifestyles.

This book provides the reader with an understanding of the hazards involved in using electrical equipment in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres.

This book sets out the urgent changes to practices and behaviours required to build a new building safety regime in the UK and prevent a similar tragedy to the fire at Grenfell Tower from reoccurring.

Human Performance and Ergonomics brings together a comprehensive and modern account of how the context of performance is crucial to understanding behavior.

Adopting a strategic approach to risk management can maximize competitiveness and profitability.

Do you need to get to grips with health and safety principles but don't have time to wade through reams of legislation and guidance?

Exploring diagnostic mix, clinic size, on-site industrial rehabilitation program benefits, prevention medicine, and wellness and fitness strategies, this book describes how to establish an on-site occupational health program.

Introduction to Health and Safety at Work covers the fundamentals of occupational safety and closely follows the NEBOSH National General Certificate syllabus which was updated in 2019 and came into use in 2020.

The baby boom generation were born between 1946 and 1964 and are the largest population cohort in US history.

With more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas, it is vitally important that towns and cities are healthy places to live.

An increase in major natural disasters has led to heightened concerns about utility operations and public safety.

How do you prevent a critical care nurse from accidentally delivering a morphine overdose to an ill patient?

Measuring Safety Management Performance lists and explains the difference between lagging and leading measures of safety management performance.

Wie kann Arbeit zur Gesundheit beitragen?

The definitive leadership guide on safe practices The release of chemicals and other hazardous materials pose significant, potentially catastrophic threats worldwide.

This book deals with the central question of how human factors and ergonomics (HFE) might contribute to solutions for the more sustainable development of our world.

Culture by Design is about shifting focus from solely organisational outcomes and performance, towards organisational culture and wellbeing.

Recent legislation deregulating the airline and trucking industries has enhanced competition and reduced real transportation prices by putting pressure on firms to operate more efficiently.

A safety management program that blends management commitment with employee involvement is the key to meeting the myriad safety challenges in any organization.

Andrew Furness and Martin Muckett give an introduction to all areas of fire safety management, including the legal framework, causes and prevention of fire and explosions, fire protection measures, fire risk assessment, and fire investigation.

The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II.

Toxoplasmosis is caused by a one-celled protozoan parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii.

Drawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices, this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective, material, and social forms, from the most intimate scale of the body to our planetary commons.

Dynamic Risk Assessment is the key tool to support a holistic risk management framework.

In this book author Michele P.

People deal with physical hazards every day at the workplace, in their homes, on the roadways, and in many other areas.

Workplace safety has never been seen as sexy, clever or cool.

Occupational Safety and Hygiene presents selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene , SHO2013 (Guimar,, Portugal, 14-15 February 2013), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO).

Looking at the needs of small businesses, this book takes you through all the aspects of Health and Safety management in a small business step-by-step.

This book is a comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of poor indoor air quality (IAQ) characterized as sick or problem buildings.

Valuing People in Construction provides contemporary perspectives on the 'glue' that binds the construction process together; people.

Recent toxicological studies show that nanoparticles released in technological processes and combustion processes outside industry can be dangerous for humans especially when entering the body through the mouth and nose.

This book is a direct companion to Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens in that the hazardous chemicals listed in Sittig's Handbook are the source for this guide.

This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary study of occupational mental health legislation in seven countries.

OSHA frequently requires companies to implement the type of program promoted in Cumulative Trauma Disorders, the first and only book to address both the medical and ergonomic aspects of cumulative trauma.

Reflecting a decade's worth of changes, Human Safety and Risk Management, Second Edition contains new chapters addressing safety culture and models of risk as well as an extensive re-working of the material from the earlier edition.

This textbook is an essential resource for life care planners in understanding and assessing a range of medical disabilities, life care planning as a health care service delivery practice, certification under the International Commission on Health Care Certification, and the path to rehabilitation for mild to catastrophic injuries.

Siting Noxious Facilities explains and illustrates processes and criteria used to site noxious manufacturing and waste management facilities.

How far would or should you go to feel secure?

Cliff Florczak has been an integral part of a number of highly successful zero incidents safety culture development programs.

Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians shows how outdoor lighting is important for pedestrians' safety, personal security, and comfort, with major impacts on street, path, and park aesthetics and neighborhood sense of place.

Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers will give the engineer the "e;have to have information.

The Enterprise Culture of the 1980s helped transform economies of Western Europe, but left behind a legacy of stress, both for managers and shop floor workers.