A.C. Neal, F.B. WrightRoutledge, Jan 16, 2006 - Science - 432 pages - pdf   This important new book presents the background to the modern programme of European Community initiatives, tracing the origins of a European policy on occupational health and safety, and looking at the progressively expanding ambitions of Commission Action Programmes in this field. ...

Geoff Taylor, Kellie Easter, Roy HegneyElsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004 - Technology & Engineering - 599 pages - pdf   ...

Thomas D. SchneidCRC Press, Apr 22, 2008 - Law - 336 pages - pdf   Safety and health professionals face potential legal and ethical issues on an almost daily basis. In a landscape of changing responsibilities and new laws, they often make difficult decisions that can result, in hindsight, in the creation of legal issues and liabilities for themselves and their companies. Written by occupational health and safety expert Ton Schneid, Corporate Safety Compliance: OSHA, Ethics, and the Law provides guidance though the maze of legal issues involving OSHA and OSHRC and how to avoid potential ...

Brenda BarrettCavendish Publishing, Nov 1, 2000 - Law - 538 pages - pdf   The primary purpose of this book remains to assist students of occupational health and safety law. It will also prove useful to both undergraduate and postgraduate students in other fields who have an interest in this area and is a valuable reference book for practitioners in health and safety and for human resource managers. The text draws heavily on legislation and law reports, but other materials are included where appropriate to develop, explain or comment on the essential legal materials. This second edition ...

Dale A. StirlingScarecrow Press, Mar 26, 2009 - Nature - 324 pages - pdf   With a view toward the heritage of North American Industry, A Bibliographic Guide to North American Industry: History, Health, and Hazardous Waste provides recommended readings in historical and contemporary literature related to the origins of specific industries, the health and safety issues they face, and how they manage waste and prevent pollution. It encompasses three areas of industry that are critical to understanding the whole of industry: historical development, protection of worker health, and ...

Jeremy StranksRoutledge, Mar 14, 2007 - Technology & Engineering - 464 pages - pdf   The Health and Safety Pocket Book is a handy reference tool for practising health and safety professionals, auditors, managers, HR personnel, employee representatives and anyone with health and safety responsibilities.It is an essential compilation of guidance, data and checklists covering a wide range of health and safety topics, supported by extensive key glossary terms. The A-Z arrangement within the chapters and extensive cross-referencing make the book easy to navigate, while its size and ...

Jeremy W. StranksThorogood Publishing, 2006 - Business & Economics - 637 pages - pdf   The A-Z of Health and Safety is a major new reference work by an acknowledged expert in an area of crucial importance to every British organization, large and small, private and public. With over 100 entries arranged in an accessible index format, this extensive and fully up to date book covers everything that the Health & Safety professional needs to know in order to conform with both the law and best practice.Health and safety law and practice has changed considerably in recent years. We ...

James Roughton, Nathan CrutchfieldButterworth-Heinemann, Apr 8, 2011 - Technology & Engineering - 520 pages - pdf   A Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) identifies the basic job steps and tasks and their associated hazards and risks, and then develops safe operating procedures and hazard controls based on this analysis. In this book, James Roughton and Nathan Crutchfield argue that the JHA should be the centrepiece of any risk control and occupational safety and health program and a methodical analysis is required for the new American safety and health management standard ANSI/AIHA Z10. ...

Pat PerryRoutledge, 2008 - Technology & Engineering - 483 pages-pdf  The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 repeal the CDM Regulations 1994 and the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996; containing all the legal duties regarding the design and management of a construction project and the safe operating standards expected on a construction site. CDM 2007: Questions and Answers by Pat Perry is a pragmatic, common-sense approach to interpreting the many queries which will inevitably arise from the new Regulations, no matter how simplified they ...

Geoff Taylor, Kellie Easter, Roy HegneyElsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004 - Technology & Engineering - 599 pages-pdf   ...