Occupational Hygiene Management Guide

Occupational Hygiene Management Guide
Author: Shirley K. Jones
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1990-02-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780873712552

Applicable worldwide, this valuable guide will enable you to develop, implement, and maintain the effective occupational health programs for your company needs. Authored by four experts responsible for environment, health, and safety at different General Electric businesses, it can help you avoid costly business as well as personal liabilities resulting from occupational health problems. This book describes the hazard recognition and control procedures essential to employee preventive health programs. Details the auditing and measurements process, and outlines the procedures necessary to monitor and ensure total effectiveness of your program, both immediate and long-term. A prime feature is the 1989-1990 TLVs (Threshold Limit Values) and BEIs (Biological Exposure Indices) published with permission of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.

Occupational Hygiene Management Guide

Occupational Hygiene Management Guide
Author: Shirley K. Jones
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000114902

Applicable worldwide, this valuable guide will enable you to develop, implement, and maintain the effective occupational health programs for your company needs. Authored by four experts responsible for environment, health, and safety at different General Electric businesses, it can help you avoid costly business as well as personal liabilities resulting from occupational health problems. This book describes the hazard recognition and control procedures essential to employee preventive health programs. Details the auditing and measurements process, and outlines the procedures necessary to monitor and ensure total effectiveness of your program, both immediate and long-term. A prime feature is the 1989-1990 TLVs (Threshold Limit Values) and BEIs (Biological Exposure Indices) published with permission of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.

Global Occupational Safety and Health Management Handbook

Global Occupational Safety and Health Management Handbook
Author: Thomas P. Fuller
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2019-02-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0429509359

This book was written with the belief that everyone globally has the right to a safe and healthy workplace. An 8-year old carrying bricks in the mid-day sun in Nepal, a pharmaceutical business executive on assignment in Bangladesh, or a mother polishing stone in her home in Tanzania; each has a fundamental right to a workplace free from risk of injury, illness, and death. Global Occupational Safety and Health Management Handbook is a broad presentation and discussion of the issues and obstacles facing the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) profession today in providing safe workplaces globally. Readers can use this book to find resources to assist in the development of their programs and to become informed about the basic structures of international OSH development and governance. Readers can also rely on this book to become more aware of global OSH issues and problems that they may be personally or professionally willing and able to help address. Seasoned OSH professionals can expect to learn about new ways to look at complicated and controversial topics. Young professionals and students can read this book to better understand the important global OSH interrelationships and challenges of the future. Features Serves as a one-stop resource for information on important international safety and health topics and issues Provides detailed information about international OSH tripartite, nongovernmental, and professional organizations Describes the various global OSH educational and professional development needs, and international approaches to expanding capacity and awareness of the profession Discusses controversial international OSH working conditions and explains their global impacts

Guide to Environment Safety and Health Management

Guide to Environment Safety and Health Management
Author: Frances Alston
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2015-07-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1482259419

Although an integral part of the corporate world, the development and execution of a successful Environmental Safety and Health (ES&H) program in today's profit-driven business climate is challenging and complex. Add to that the scarcity of resources available to assist managers in successfully designing and implementing these programs and you'

Industrial Hygiene Management

Industrial Hygiene Management
Author: Jack T. Garrett
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1988-04-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780471851288

Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology Volume 3A, 2nd Edition:Theory and Rationale of Industrial Hygiene Practice: The WorkEnvironment Edited by Lewis J. Cralley & Lester V. Cralley Thisaddition to Patty's classic reference series discusses themaintenance of standards to assure a safe and healthful workingenvironment. Twenty-one leading authorities cover a broad range oftopics, including: rationale; health promotion in the workplace;occupational health nursing; detecting disease produced byoccupational exposure; health surveillance programs in industry;and more. 1985 0 471-86137-5 822 pp. Patty's Industrial Hygiene andToxicology Volume 3B, 2nd Edition: Theory and Rationale ofIndustrial Hygiene Practice: Biological Responses Edited by LewisJ. Cralley & Lester V. Cralley Volume 3B discusses thebiological responses of the body to the various chemical andenvironmental hazards and stresses in the industrial workplace.Twenty-one leading authorities cover a broad range of topics,including: rationale; role of animal toxicology and pharmacokineticdata in the safety evaluation of chemicals; and more. 1985 0471-82333-3 753 pp. Industrial Hygiene Aspects of Plant OperationsVolume 1: Process Flows Editors: Lester V. Cralley & Lewis J.Cralley This reference is the first of a three-volume work thatconstitutes the most comprehensive treatise available on therecognition, measurement, and control of potential hazardsassociated with plant operations. Volume 1 fills an especiallyimportant and urgent need with its flow-sheet style of presentationdesigned to help readers graphically compare their own companyprocesses with those of other companies. 1986 0 471-62493-4 630 pp.Industrial Hygiene Aspects of Plant Operations Volume 2: UnitOperations and Product Fabrication Editors: Lester V. Cralley &Lewis J. Cralley In the first section, the contributors discussunit operations as distinct entities along an industry-wideconcept. In the second section, they cover the operations andprocedures for assembling parts and materials into final products.Each step in the unit operation and product fabrication flowincludes a discussion of specific health hazards with suggestionsfor their monitoring and control. 1986 0 471-62492-6 537 pp.Industrial Hygiene Aspects of Plant Operations Volume 3:Engineering Considerations in Equipment Selection, Layout, andBuilding Design Editors: Lester V. Cralley & Lewis J. CralleyStressing cost-effective design and sound engineering practicesthroughout, every chapter of this volume shows professionals how toestablish practical, long-term hazard control programs that willcontinue to meet high standards of industrial hygiene andconstantly changing government regulations. 1986 0 471-62491-8 785pp.

Occupational Health and Safety Management

Occupational Health and Safety Management
Author: Charles D. Reese
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2008-10-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1420051814

Developed to provide safety and health students with an understanding of the how-tos of implementing an occupational safety and health initiative, the first edition of Occupational Health and Safety Management soon became a blueprint for occupational safety and health management for the smallest- to the largest-sized companies. Competently followin

Occupational Hygiene and Risk Management

Occupational Hygiene and Risk Management
Author: Megan Tranter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2020-07-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000246701

The science of occupational hygiene is growing, as is awareness amongst Australian employers of the importance of minimising occupational health and safety risk. Occupational Hygiene and Risk Management offers an innovative approach to learning about the practice and principles of occupational hygiene and managing risk in the workplace. This new edition of this widely used textbook has been extensively updated with new material on legislation and Australian and New Zealand standards. It also includes expanded sections on risk analysis and management. The theory of occupational hygiene is brought to life through case studies, illustrations and practical examples. Occupational hygiene aims to minimise ill-health from exposure to hazardous events by a process of identification, evaluation and control. These three stages form the foundation of this textbook as physical, psychological and emotional health risks are examined across the following topics: * Hazard identification * Dusts and particulate * Metals * Chemical contaminants * Noise and vibration * Heat and cold * Radiation and pressure * Biological hazards * Ergonomics * Risk analysis * Control * Risk management Occupational Hygiene and Risk Management is accompanied by a website with discussion questions, case studies, further readings and teacher resources, creating an invaluable resource for students and professionals. Visit www.allenandunwin.com/OHRM

Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems

Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems
Author: International Labour Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

These guidelines have been prepared by the International Labour Office in order to assist employers and national organisations with practical advice on implementing and improving occupational safety and health (OSH) management systems, in order to reduce work-related injuries, occupational ill health and diseases and unsafe working conditions. The guidelines may be applied on two levels: they provide a national OSH framework for legal and voluntary regulatory standards; and encourage the integration of OSH management principles with overall policy management at the organisational level.

The Manager's Guide to Health and Safety at Work

The Manager's Guide to Health and Safety at Work
Author: Jeremy Stranks
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780749444952

This new edition is essential reading for all managers responsible for the welfare of their staff. As well as advising on the complicated legal obligations, it also explains how to ensure an appropriate level of control over health risks.

Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health

Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health
Author: S. Z. Mansdorf
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2019-04-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118947266

A quick, easy-to-consult source of practical overviews on wide-ranging issues of concern for those responsible for the health and safety of workers This new and completely revised edition of the popular Handbook is an ideal, go-to resource for those who need to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control conditions that can cause injury or illness to employees in the workplace. Devised as a “how-to” guide, it offers a mix of theory and practice while adding new and timely topics to its core chapters, including prevention by design, product stewardship, statistics for safety and health, safety and health management systems, safety and health management of international operations, and EHS auditing. The new edition of Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health has been rearranged into topic sections to better categorize the flow of the chapters. Starting with a general introduction on management, it works its way up from recognition of hazards to safety evaluations and risk assessment. It continues on the health side beginning with chemical agents and ending with medical surveillance. The book also offers sections covering normal control practices, physical hazards, and management approaches (which focuses on legal issues and workers compensation). Features new chapters on current developments like management systems, prevention by design, and statistics for safety and health Written by a number of pioneers in the safety and health field Offers fast overviews that enable individuals not formally trained in occupational safety to quickly get up to speed Presents many chapters in a "how-to" format Featuring contributions from numerous experts in the field, Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health, 3rd Edition is an excellent tool for promoting and maintaining the physical, mental, and social well-being of workers in all occupations and is important to a company’s financial, moral, and legal welfare.