Roger L. Brauer

Safety and Health for Engineers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Safety and Health for Engineers, 3rd Edition, addresses the fundamentals of safety, legal aspects, hazard recognition and control, and techniques for managing safety decisions, as well as:_ Completely revises and updates all 38 chapters in the book_ New edition adds more than 110 stories and cases from practice to illustrate various topics or issues_ New topics on adapting to new safety concerns that arise from technology innovations; convergence of safety, health and environmental departments in many organizations; the concept of prevention through design; and emphasis on safety management systems and risk management and analysis_ Includes learning exercises and computational examples based on real world situations along with in-depth references for each chapter_ Includes a detailed solutions manual for academic adopters_ Covers the primary topics included in certification exams for professional safety, such as CSP/ASP

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley / Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W118959450
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 284mm
• ISBN-13: 9781118959459
• ISBN-10: 1118959450
• Artikelnr.: 44388664

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION viiPART I INTRODUCTION 1CHAPTER 1 THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND HEALTH 3CHAPTER 2 SAFETY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS 14CHAPTER 3 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND TERMS 23PART II LEGAL ASPECTS OF SAFETY 35CHAPTER 4 FEDERAL LAWS, REGULATIONS, STANDARDS, AND AGENCIES 37CHAPTER 5 OTHER SAFETY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 46CHAPTER 6 WORKERS' COMPENSATION 53CHAPTER 7 PRODUCTS LIABILITY 63CHAPTER 8 RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING 74PART III HAZARDS AND THEIR CONTROL 85CHAPTER 9 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF HAZARD CONTROL 87CHAPTER 10 MECHANICS AND STRUCTURES 101CHAPTER 11 WALKING AND WORKING SURFACES 122CHAPTER 12 ELECTRICAL SAFETY 140CHAPTER 13 TOOLS AND MACHINES 153CHAPTER 14 TRANSPORTATION 176CHAPTER 15 MATERIALS HANDLING 194CHAPTER 16 FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION 218CHAPTER 17 EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOSIVES 247CHAPTER 18 HEAT AND COLD 257CHAPTER 19 PRESSURE 275CHAPTER 20 VISUAL ENVIRONMENT 286CHAPTER 21 NON-IONIZING RADIATION 296CHAPTER 22 IONIZING RADIATION 307CHAPTER 23 NOISE AND VIBRATION 316CHAPTER 24 CHEMICALS 336CHAPTER 25 VENTILATION 357CHAPTER 26 BIOHAZARDS 372CHAPTER 27 HAZARDOUS WASTE 384CHAPTER 28 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 396CHAPTER 29 EMERGENCIES AND SECURITY 412CHAPTER 30 FACILITY PLANNING AND DESIGN 424PART IV THE HUMAN ELEMENT 433CHAPTER 31 HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE IN SAFETY 435CHAPTER 32 PROCEDURES, RULES, AND TRAINING 449CHAPTER 33 ERGONOMICS 461PART V MANAGING SAFETY AND HEALTH 485CHAPTER 34 RISK, RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT 487CHAPTER 35 SAFETY MANAGEMENT 506CHAPTER 36 SYSTEM SAFETY 520CHAPTER 37 SAFETY ANALYSES AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION 537CHAPTER 38 SAFETY PLANS AND PROGRAMS 558APPENDIX A ERGONOMICS DATA 568INDEX 577