Health and safety in the workplace

The built environment influences health and well-being in a myriad of ways.

Risk assessment is the key to successful management of health and safety at work.

Museums and Well-being outlines the historical development of well-being within museums and offers a critical engagement with this field from a museum studies perspective.

Safety Management Systems: Applications for the Aviation Industry provides an in-depth review of specific applications of an aviation-related Safety Management System (SMS) by following it from design through application.

This revised edition of a best-selling book continues to provide a basis for the identification and evaluation of chemical reaction hazards for chemists, engineers, plant personnel, and students.

Introduction to Environmental Toxicology is designed as a concise text, introducing students to the fundamentals of this important subject.

The old saying 'safe as houses' is being challenged around the world like never before.

Over recent years, many companies have developed an awareness of the importance of an active, rather than passive, approach to wellbeing at work.

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

This text focuses on the applied physiology of work in modern industry.

Work-related injuries, such as back injuries and carpal tunnel syndrome, are the most prevalent, most EXPENSIVE, and most preventable workplace injuries, accounting for more than 647,000 lost days of work annually (according to OSHA estimates).

This second edition of the well-regarded Multiple Choice Questions and Revision Aid in Occupational Medicine continues as a comprehensive revision and study resource for those preparing for professional examinations in occupational health, occupational medicine and occupational health & safety.

MDI and TDI are polymer building blocks with a wide range of applications in industry.

This book is devoted to the efforts of Environmental Health Practitioners (EHPs), their employers and supportive professional bodies world-wide in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Workplace Walk-Through is the first volume in a series dedicated to providing physicians with more advanced tools for performing not only the routine tasks involved in occupational medicine, but also the most unusual and challenging assignments.

This book covers how to analyze awkward working postures, particularly of the spine and lower limbs, in specific groups exposed.

This reference work covers the breadth of cognitive ergonomics in human*b1computer interaction (HCI).

This tenth edition of the most popular and trusted guide reflects all the latest amendments to the Building Regulations, planning permission and the Approved Documents in England and Wales.

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

Divided into four sections-public safety agencies, key issues like interoperability and cybercrime, management skills, and emerging trends like the transfer of military technologies to civilian agencies, Managing Public Safety Technology illustrates how essential managing technology is to the success of any project.

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.

Much has been written about the care of research animals.

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.

This textbook - now thoroughly revised and updated - provides a practical guide for those in training, or practising within, occupational health nursing.

The key to success and reaching peak performance is integrating three processes to optimize business through the use of human performance improvement tools, lean thinking, operational excellence, along with a strong organizational culture as the underpinning.

Engaging with some of the most debated topics in contemporary organizations, Health at Work: Critical Perspectives presents a critical, contingent view of the healthy employee and the very notion of organizational health.

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 Exposome: A Primer is the first book dedicated to exposomics, detailing the purpose and scope of this emerging field of study, its practical applications and how it complements a broad range of disciplines.

Batch reaction systems pose unique challenges to process safety managers because they do not operate in a steady state.

In the last twenty years considerable progress has been made in process safety, particularly in regard to regulatory compliance.

In the early twentieth century, asbestos had a reputation as a lifesaver.

THE ESSENTIAL HANDBOOK FOR EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY, AND HEALTH RISKS, FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED Now in its sixth edition, Risk Communication has proven to be a valuable resource for people who are tasked with the responsibility of understanding how to apply the most current approaches to care, consensus, and crisis communication.

This softbound workbook is the ideal guide for readers of Gulatis Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices, 2nd edition, as well as for students in a classroom or seminar/workshop setting.

This interesting book offers an analysis of man-made catastrophes and asks why they continue to occur.

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.

Explains in detail how to perform the most commonly used hazard analysis techniques with numerous examples of practical applications Includes new chapters on Concepts of Hazard Recognition, Environmental Hazard Analysis, Process Hazard Analysis, Test Hazard Analysis, and Job Hazard Analysis Updated text covers introduction, theory, and detailed description of many different hazard analysis techniques and explains in detail how to perform them as well as when and why to use each technique Describes the components of a hazard and how to recognize them during an analysis Contains detailed examples that apply the methodology to everyday problems

Over the last three decades the process industries have grown very rapidly, with corresponding increases in the quantities of hazardous materials in process, storage or transport.

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm.

The more than 200,000 men and women that make up the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) workforce have been entrusted with the ultimate responsibility - ensuring that the homeland is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards.

The problem of removing water which is emulsified with produced oil has grown more widespread and often times more difficult as producers attempt to access more difficult reserves.

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.

New EU Physical Agents Directives on Noise and Vibration will be incorporated into UK law by February 2006.

This book is a leadership guide to the effective implementation of the ISO 45001:2018 standard.

CE Marking can be regarded as a product's trade passport for Europe.

Health and Safety at Work: Key Terms provides instant information to readers on a range of key terms used in health and safety at work.

Over two million people worldwide die every year due to work-related accidents and illness, which corresponds to over 6000 deaths every day (International Labour Organisation, 2020).

This book provides comprehensive coverage of electrical system installation within areas where flammable gases and liquids are handled and processed.

This book presents findings from EU (and other) projects on the theme of science in society, focusing on nanotechnology and the potential for democratisation of science.

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