Who better to write a definitive guide on safety than a consultant for Dupont de Nemours, Inc., who boasts a lost-time injury frequency rate of 0.24 compared to a rate of 1.86 for all U. S. industry. Dr. Thomen emphasizes the management of people and corrective actions, providing details in a no-nonsense style on how to raise the safety consciousness of workers and the level of safety in the workplace.
He outlines - steps on how management can organize itself into a leadership role in safety, health, and environmental efforts - a thorough analysis of standards of performance - principles of a novel approach to constructive safety auditing - and investigative techniques focusing on management actions that lead to nonreoccurrence of on-the-job mishaps.

Contents-Introduction. Organizations have no memory. Accidents of the coming year. Some other failures to learn from the past. Why are we publishing fewer accident reports? What are the causes of change and innovation in safety? The management of safety. An anthology of accidents. Changes in "safety" A personal view. Improving the corporate memory. Afterthoughts. Index.

At last - a simple, easy-to-understand guide to how OSHA works and the fundamentals of complying with its regulations. Whether you're completing an injury and illness log for the first time or you're a seasoned safety veteran facing an inspection, you need to understand how the safety and health system works, and employers' and employees' rights and responsibilities under the system. Filled with real-world examples from the author's fifteen years as an EH&S manager, this manual is a practical guide for you to use in applying OSHA policies and laws. Also included for easy reference are an extensive glossary, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, contact information for national, regional and area OSHA offices, and the text of the OSHAct.

The proceedings of a conference held in February 1993 in London. Contents include the cost of health and safety management, safety management as part of a total quality management programme, Health & Safety at Work regulations, process risk management, fugitive emission monitoring, public reporting of health, safety and environmental performance and incident investigation.

This reference presents a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles of ergonomics and details the practical application of ergonomic principles in solving actual problems in the workplace.

A practical teaching resource that focuses on the needs of modern health and safety professionals in today workplace. Immediate connections between principles and their practices in real-world settings. Includes the latest OSHA standards and approaches health and safety issues from the perspective of Total Quality Management and global competitiveness.

This indispensable guide is all you need to minimize your companyφs legal liability, financial exposure, risk, and loss, as well as to maintain a safer and more healthful work environment.

Acoustic emission testing can be a very convenient way of checking a vessel for invisible structural faults; in certain cases it is not even necessary to take the vessel out of service to test it. But for some applications this method is neither as easy nor as cost-effective as it may seem. This book helps in deciding whether it is the right method for a particular problem. It is a revision of the 1985 text.

Containing all the information necessary to ensure maximum protection for personnel assigned to cleanup operations, this new second edition includes current OSHA regulations and NIOSH recommendations have been cited. Several new chapters have been added to cover new federal emphasis in hazardous waste site cleanups such as radiation safety, toxicology, unexploded ordnance, OSHA training, EPA training, and site health and safety plans.

Comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date edition sets the standard for quick reference, including expanded toxic hazard reviews and updated information on exposure standards for common workplace chemicals.

There are four crucial questions in every hazardous substance encounter: What is it? How will it behave? What are the dangers? How should it be handled? Comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date, the Third Edition of Rapid Guide sets the standard for quick reference. The latest edition includes expanded toxic hazard reviews and updated information on exposure standards for common workplace chemicals.

Radio frequency radiation can be dangerous in a number of ways. Hazards can include electromagnetic compatibility and interference, electro-explosive vapors and devices, and direct effects on the human body. This book is a general introduction to the sources and nature of RF radiation. It describes the ways in which our current knowledge, based on relevant safety standards, can be used to safeguard people from any harmful effects of RF radiation.

This book looks at quantitative risk assessment techniques, and how to employ them in industrial process plants. It also looks at transport risks and chemical storage, safety systems, and safety audits.

This Second Edition is an even more comprehensive guide-with 40% expansion of text-for identifying chemical storage hazards and implementing measures for storing specific classes of chemicals. Added to this edition is an in-depth coverage of OSHA requirements and EPA legislation regarding storage. It also includes sections on the needs of the industry, in particular, people factors.
Revised chapters give you the latest code requirements and standards for storage of flammables; information of HazComm; the latest data on labeling practices; and spill response technology for emergencies.
"A very practical book that gives needed information to anyone handling and disposing chemicals...No laboratory manager should be without it."-Journal of Hazardous Materials (on the First Edition)

Includes over 1000 safety and health Internet resources! This new edition is both a comprehensive user's guide to the Internet and a "Yellow Pages" showing where safety and health information can be found on the World Wide Web. Explains what the Internet is, how you can access it, four simple steps for searching the Net for the information you're looking for, and how to avoid breaking the Net's rules. Using this book, you'll be able to quickly tap the unlimited potential of the Internet understand all of the Internet's resources, including Web sites, E-mail newsletters, and discussion groups access regulations and Federal Register notices, MSDS sheets, and other documents ╘ search archived messages for answers to highly technical and management questions ╘ collaborate with colleagues at other organizations ╘ learn how to develop and maintain your own web site ╘ and see job postings before they appear in print.