Description
Comprehensive strategies for risk control and workplace protection
The Fourth Edition of the Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health delivers practical, step-by-step guidance for health and safety professionals tackling real-world workplace hazards. It reflects advances and developments in the field, including increased coverage of safety and health risk assessment and control. New chapters focus on performance metrics, sustainability, environmental, social, and governance principles, fire and radiation protection, and administrative controls.
This updated edition progresses from a general introduction on management to recognition of hazards, safety evaluations, and risk assessments. Concise overviews throughout the text allow readers -- even those without formal environmental, health, and safety training -- to quickly grasp essential concepts.
Key features include:
- Process and systems balance through ergonomic analysis and control, evaluation of exposure to chemical agents, statistical methods for occupational exposure assessment, and indoor air quality in non-industrial occupational environments
- Heat stress issues and controls, ionizing and nonionizing radiation sources and controls, and product stewardship approaches
- Control approaches including use of personal protective equipment, respiratory protective devices, industrial loss prevention, fire protection, and engineering control strategies
- Management approaches addressing legal requirements, compliance obligations, and international operations
This book serves as a practical reference for those responsible for worker health and safety, including professionals in manufacturing, service, and construction industries. It can also be utilized as a teaching resource, desk reference, and study guide for certification candidates.
Table of Contents
Preface xxix
About the Editor xxxi
List of Contributors xxxiii
Part I Recognition and Control of Hazards 1
1 Recognition of Health and Safety Hazards in the Workplace 3
Bryan Seal
2 Information Resources for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals 9
Leah R. McEwen, Chrisy C. Walsh, and Robert F. Herrick
3 Risk Assessment 39
Pam Walaski
4 Ergonomics: A Systems Approach to Operational Excellence by Design 57
Matthew F. Herron
5 Evaluation of Exposure to Chemical Agents 91
Steven Verpaele
6 Statistical Methods for Occupational Exposure Assessment 127
David L. Johnson
7 Evaluation and Management of Exposure to Infectious Agents 149
Patricia Cruz, Jennifer L. Kyle, Deborah Gold, Patricia Armour, and Timur S. Durrani
8 Occupational Dermatoses 213
David E. Cohen, Carli Needle Lawrence, Paul C. Kim, and Howard I. Maibach
9 Indoor Air Quality in Nonindustrial Occupational Environments 255
Richard Shaughnessy
10 Occupational Noise Exposure and Hearing Conservation 287
Benjamin Roberts, Anna Gambetta, and J. Andrew Merkley
11 Thermal Environment 371
Thomas E. Bernard
12 Radiation: Nonionizing and Ionizing Sources 395
Glenn M. Sturchio and Kyle Underwood
Part II General Control Practices 417
13 Hierarchy of Hazard Control 419
Cheri Marcham
14 Prevention Through Design 427
Georgi Popov
15 Engineering Methods for Airborne Exposure Control 463
James S. Bennett
16 Fire Safety 493
Ruiqing Shen
17 Administrative Controls 509
S. Z. Mansdorf
18 Personal Protective Equipment 515
S. Z. Mansdorf
19 Respiratory Protective Devices 531
James S. Johnson
20 Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Auditing 569
Andrew McIntyre, Steven Trammell, Steven Meyers, and Harmony Scofield
21 Risk Control from an Insurance Perspective 595
C. Gary Lopez
Part III Management Approaches 605
22 Legal Requirements and Other Compliance Obligations 607
Thea Dunmire
23 Safety and Health in Product Stewardship 621
Thomas Grumbles
24 Enterprise Risk Management: An Integrated Approach 631
Chris Laszcz-Davis
25 Occupational Safety and Health Management 677
Mark D. Hansen
26 A Systems Approach to Managing Occupational Health and Safety 701
Victor M. Toy
27 Safety and Health Management of International Operations 719
Malcolm Staves
28 Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Performance Metrics 729
Alan Leibowitz
29 Sustainability, ESG, and Human Capital 739
Charles F. Redinger
Suggested Reading 758
Acronyms and Organizational Abbreviations 759
Index 761
