Based on The Safety Professionals Handbook, 2nd Edition, Workplace Hazard Prevention Management focuses on what causes workplace hazards and what can be done to prevent them through design, engineering controls and work methods. Besides the physical control of various materials, processes, and activities that produce a hazard, the text also focuses on human behavior as a factor. One control discussed is a permit-to-work system. Using a permit-to work system gives workers a step-by-step plan to follow while preforming unfamiliar and possible hazardous tasks.
Other topics covered in the book include:
• Electrical safety
• Pressure vessel safety
• Performance measurement
• Benchmarking
• Employee safety surveys
• Best practices
Written by experts in their fields students will also learn about risk, how it is measured, the financial consequences of ignoring it and the cost benefits of managing it. Workplace Hazard Prevention Management provides the basic tools of hazard prevention in the workplace, explains the financial consequences of ignoring risks, and the cost/benefits of effective risk management.
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Author: Joel M. Haight
ISBN Print: 978-1-885581-72-3
ISBN Digital: 978-1-885581-83-9
Format: Print and Digital
Publisher: American Society of Safety Engineers
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 298
About the Author
Joel M. Haight, Ph.D., P.E., is the Branch Chief of the Human Factors Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at their Pittsburgh Office of Mine Safety and Health Research. For the nearly 10 years prior to this appointment, Dr. Haight served as an Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He has a Ph.D. and Master's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering both from Auburn University. Dr. Haight worked as a manager and an environmental and safety engineer for the: Chevron Corporation for 18 years, prior to joining the faculty at Penn State. He has nearly 40 peer-reviewed publications and is the editor-in-chief of the American Society of Safety Engineer's The Safety Professionals Handbook. He is a professional member of American Society of Safety Professionals, American Industrial Hygiene Association and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Table of Contents
Foreword
About the Editor and Authors
Chapter 1: Regulatory Issues
Chapter 2: Systems and Process Safety
Chapter 3: Electrical Safety
Chapter 4: Permit-to-Work Systems
Chapter 5: Basic Safety Engineering
Chapter 6: Pressure Vessel Safety
Chapter 7: Cost Analysis and Budgeting
Chapter 8: Benchmarking and Performance Criteria
Chapter 9: Best Practices
Index
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