Occupational Health and Safety has been a growth industry for several decades and has moved beyond the realm of the human resource department and workers' compensation claims.
Safety in the Chemical Laboratory and Industry: A Practical Guide provides an authoritative reference on chemical safety procedures and the handling and disposal of chemicals at both the laboratory and industrial level.
This book is an evaluation of the effectiveness of housing enforcement and tenant protection in England's private rented sector using policy analysis to evaluate regulatory provisions and local authority guidance to identify the advantages and limitations of existing policies.
By examining the history of the legal regulation of union actions, this fascinating book offers a new interpretation of American labor-law policy-and its harmful impact on workers today.
During World War I, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) rose to prominence as an effective, militant union and then was destroyed by a devastating campaign of repression launched by the federal government.
This book investigates over 30 major catastrophes and reveals the critical necessity of transitioning from identifying lessons to implementing actionable changes in workplace safety.
Explains the NHS as a political environment, and concentrates on understanding the relationships of power rather than on the role of apparent authority.
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.
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.
Natech Risk Assessment and Management: Reducing the Risk of Natural-Hazard Impact on Hazardous Installations covers the entire spectrum of issues pertinent to Natech risk assessment and management.
Frisch ausgebildete Fachkräfte für Arbeitssicherheit stehen nach Rückkehr in den Betrieb oft vor dem Problem, dass die Umsetzung des erlernten Wissens schwer ist: Entweder ist die Erwartungshaltung des Unternehmers/Arbeitgebers sehr hoch oder es müssen Maßnahmen und Vorhaben im Betrieb durchgesetzt werden – vielleicht sogar gegen gewisse Widerstände.
Valores, profesionalismo y bioética aplicada es un trabajo que traslada al lector, la que fuera su tesis para alcanzar la titulación de Experto en bioética aplicada al ámbito clinico y experimentación por la Universidad Europea del Atlántico, España.
Despite the vast amount of work building the foundations of safe operations, aviation accidents still happen, and prior to many accidents and other safety-related events, there was unexpressed or ignored disquiet as the 'last minute' approached - the last minute being that time when there is no longer time for discussion or analysis, only 'safety first' action.
En un rincón del dormitorio, en la mesa del comedor, incluso en la cocina; la inmediatez con la que tuvimos que trasladar la oficina a casa nos obligó a instalarnos donde podíamos.
The stories of vibrant eastern European Jewish communities in the Appalachian coalfields Coalfield Jews explores the intersection of two simultaneous historic events: central Appalachia's transformative coal boom (1880s-1920), and the mass migration of eastern European Jews to America.
"e;As with Milt Dentch's previous ASQ books on ISO management systems (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001), his coverage of ISO 45001:2018 manages to be both concise, yet fully informative.
La investigacion sobre los vinculos entre mineria y salud tradicionalmente se ha realizado de manera ex post, es decir, se evaluan los efectos que tiene la explotacion minera en los perfiles de salud de los mineros o las personas expuestas, tiempo despues del inicio de este tipo de actividad economica.
This study will develop and apply the concepts of "e;legitimacy"e; and "e;mandate"e; in order to clarify the manner in which organizational goals affect the demands made upon government and upon other organized groups by interest-group leaders.
Exploring why prison officers leave His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the processes and trajectories involved in returning to 'civilian life', this book examines the reasons that prison officers want to leave HMPPS and how they transition back to 'civvy street'.
This completely updated fourth edition is designed to provide safety professionals or those studying to become safety professionals with the basic methods and principles necessary to apply statistics properly.
An excellent introductory reference for both students and professionals, this completely updated eighth edition of Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health provides practical information on technology, management, and regulatory compliance issues, covering crucial topics like organizing, staffing, directing, and evaluating occupational safety programs and procedures.
A Guide to Hazard Identification Methods, Second Edition provides a description and examples of the most common techniques leading to a safer and more reliable chemical process industry.
In this timely and detailed examination of the intersections of feminism, labor politics, and global studies, Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow reveal the ways in which women across the world are transforming labor unions in the contemporary era.
The exceptional experiences of South Korea and Taiwan in combining high growth and liberal democracy in a relatively short and similar timetable have brought scholarly attention to their economic and political transformations.
Dynamic Risk Assessment and Management of Domino Effects and Cascading Events in the Process Industry provides insights into emerging and state-of-the-art methods for the dynamic assessment of risk and safety barrier performance in the framework of domino effect risk management.
Case Studies in Nanotoxicology and Particle Toxicology presents a highly-illustrated analysis of the most prominent cases on the adverse effects of nanoparticles and their impact on humans and the environment.
Research suggests that ergonomists tend to restrict themselves to two or three of their favorite methods in the design of systems, despite a multitude of variations in the problems that they face.
Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors: CANDU, the seventh volume in the JSME Series on Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation series, provides a comprehensive and complete review of a single type of reactor in a very accessible and practical way.
Air Transportation Industry considers the influence of political, legal, economic, social, and technological factors on the developments in the industry.
This book studies the role of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as an advocate for greater environmental responsibility and analyses the major achievements and outcomes of two landmark conferences - Stockholm (1972) and Rio (1992) - which set the agenda for the future role of the UNEP.
This book studies the role of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as an advocate for greater environmental responsibility and analyses the major achievements and outcomes of two landmark conferences - Stockholm (1972) and Rio (1992) - which set the agenda for the future role of the UNEP.
"e;As with Milt Dentch's previous ASQ books on ISO management systems (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001), his coverage of ISO 45001:2018 manages to be both concise, yet fully informative.
