Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers, Global Edition (8e)

For all Occupational Safety, Safety and Health Management, and related courses in any safety management, engineering,

industrial/manufacturing technology, or other program, in universities, colleges, community colleges, and corporate training settings.

This comprehensive, extensively updated text covers all aspects of occupational safety and health in today’s global workplace. A major revision, Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers, 8th Edition, presents new and revised regulations, emerging approaches and trends, updated statistics, and other new material of significant importance to students and practitioners in the field. Among the dozens of new topics covered: ROI for safety/health investments; Heinrich's theory; Worker's Compensation lawsuits; fall protection; hard hat ratings; PPE for cold work environments; indoor air quality investigations; fungal growth assessment; nanoscale materials; and noise reduction ratings. Clear, up-to-date, and logically sequenced, this text begins with historical perspective and overview, then covers laws and regulations; human elements; hazard assessment, prevention, and control; and key management issues. Each chapter contains case studies to promote classroom discussion; at least one safety fact or myth designed to engage students; and review questions to test mastery and promote critical thinking.

Teaching and Learning Experience

This book will help technologists, engineers, and managers quickly master today's best practices for occupational safety and health. It provides: 

• The most comprehensive coverage available, fully reflecting the field's latest trends: Thoroughly prepares students for current and future realities in the field of occupational safety and health
• Supported with exceptional pedagogical features: Includes well-crafted chapter summaries, key terms and concepts, review questions, and many boxed features

• PART 1. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND OVERVIEW
• 1. Safety and Health Movement, Then and Now
• 2. Accidents and Their Effects
• 3. Theories of Accident Causation
• 4. Roles and Professional Certifications for Safety and Health Professionals
• 5. Safety, Health, and Competition in the Global Marketplace
• PART 2. LAWS AND REGULATIONS
• 6. The OSH Act, Standards, and Liability
• 7. Workers’ Compensation
• 8. Accident Investigation and Reporting
• 9. Product Safety and Liability
• PART 3. THE HUMAN ELEMENT
• 10. Ergonomic Hazards: Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) and Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs)
• 11. Stress and Safety
• 12. Safety and Health Training
• 13. Violence in the Workplace
• PART 4. HAZARD ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION, AND CONTROL
• 14. Mechanical Hazards and Machine Safeguarding
• 15. Falling, Impact, Acceleration, Lifting, and Vision Hazards
• 16. Hazards of Temperature Extremes
• 17. Pressure Hazards
• 18. Electrical Hazards
• 19. Fire Hazards and Life Safety
• 20. Industrial Hygiene and Confined Spaces
• 21. Radiation Hazards
• 22. Noise and Vibration Hazards
• 23. Computers, Automation, and Robots
• 24. Bloodborne Pathogens and Bacterial Hazards in the Workplace
• PART 5. MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY AND HEALTH
• 25. Preparing for Emergencies and Terrorism
• 26. Ethics and Safety
• 27. Hazard Analysis/Prevention and Safety Management
• 28. Promoting Safety
• 29. Environmental Safety and ISO 14000 (Environmental Management)
• 30. TSM: Total Safety Management in a Quality Management Setting
• 31. Establishing a Safety-First Corporate Culture

The most comprehensive coverage available, fully reflecting the field's latest trends: 

• NEW! Updated coverage of new OSHA, EPA, NFPA, ANSI/NFSI, and other standards, wherever they have been established or revised—preparing students to comply with the latest regulations and best practices 
• NEW! Coverage of global harmonization of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard—helping students operate more successfully in global organizations 
• NEW! Explanation of MRSA in the workplace, and prevention techniques—preparing students to defend against the growing risk of serious workplace infection associated with MRSA 
• NEW! Coverage of nanoscale materials in industrial hygiene—helps students anticipate the growing use of nanotechnology and any possible opportunities and risks that may be identified in connection with it 

Supported with exceptional pedagogical features: 

• NEW! Updated Instructor's Resources, including PowerPoint lecture notes for all chapters, an Instructor’s Guide containing a test bank and answers to review questions for all chapters, and selected illustrations from the text—making it easier for instructors to organize courses and teach effectively

 Combines theory and principles in realistic settings:  

• NEW! Updated coverage of the emerging roles of safety professionals, including their roles in product recalls, establishing a safety-first corporate culture, and maximizing the ROI of safety and health management—preparing students to operate effectively as safety/health professionals, and move into management roles 
• NEW! Updated to fully reflect the current realities of safety and health in global businesses facing global competition—helping students succeed in occupational safety and health in today's more challenging global workplace environments 

Chapter by Chapter Changes:  

• Chapter 1: Includes new section on Return on Investment (ROI) in safety and health management, and a new case study about a factory fire in Bangladesh
• Chapter 2: Updates section and data on death rates by industry
• Chapter 3: Adds new material on Heinrich’s theory and corrective action, and on limitations of event-chain accident causation theories
• Chapter 6: Thoroughly rewritten to reflect changes to OSHA standards, resources, incentives, enforcement, whistleblower programs, and more
• Chapter 7: Adds material clarifying when employees covered by Workers’ Compensation can and cannot sue
• Chapter 8: Adds new material on the "what and why" of workplace accidents; the latest version of OSHA Form 301; the team approach to accident investigations; how to add perspective to accident scene photographs, and how to follow up an accident investigation
• Chapter 10: Adds new material on the repeal of OSHA’s short-lived Ergonomic Program Standard, and updates statistics on the extent of MSDs and CTDs
• Chapter 14: Adds new material on minimum general requirements for machine safeguards, and a new section on Permanent Electrical Safety Devices in Lockout/Tagout Programs
• Chapter 15: Covers the new ANSI/NFSI B101.1 Standard for measuring wet SCOF traction, OSHA’s Fall Protection Standard, and head protection (rating of hard hats); also adds a new section on OSHA’s Fall Protection Standard for Construction
• Chapter 16: Adds material on PPE for cold work environments.
• Chapter 18: Updates and expands coverage of Electrical Hazards Self-Assessment, and adds a new section on Permanent Electrical Safety Devices
• Chapter 19: Adds new material on flammable and combustible liquids
• Chapter 20: Updates OSHA’s Process Safety Management Guidelines and the section on Material Safety Data Sheets or MSDS (now Safety Data Sheets or SDS) and Global Harmonization of Hazard Communication (GHS); adds new standards for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) investigations; and new sections on Fungal Growth, Chemical Process Standards, EPA Risk Management Programs, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), the OSHA Confined Space Standard, and Nanoscale Materials and Industrial Hygiene
• Chapter 22: Adds new material on fit testing and a new section on Hearing Conservation and Noise Reduction Ratings

• Careful organisation follows the sequence requested by most adopters–helping students first understand the historical perspective on organisational safety and health; then discover laws and regulations; then understand the human element; then learn the specific techniques of hazard assessment, prevention, and control; and finally, understand the unique issues associated with safety/health management  
• Greater depth than competing textbooks, especially on issues, concerns, and factors relating to modern workplaces–helping students fully understand the emerging challenges of safety and health 
• NEW! Updated coverage of new OSHA, EPA, NFPA, ANSI/NFSI, and other standards, wherever they have been established or revised–preparing students to comply with the latest regulations and best practices 
• NEW! Coverage of global harmonisation of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard–helping students operate more successfully in global organisations 
• NEW! Explanation of MRSA in the workplace, and prevention techniques–preparing students to defend against the growing risk of serious workplace infection associated with MRSA 
• NEW! Coverage of nanoscale materials in industrial hygiene–helps students anticipate the growing use of nanotechnology and any possible opportunities and risks that may be identified in connection with it 
• NEW! Updated coverage of the emerging roles of safety professionals, including their roles in product recalls, establishing a safety-first corporate culture, and maximising the ROI of safety and health management–preparing students to operate effectively as safety/health professionals, and move into management roles 
• NEW! Updated to fully reflect the current realities of safety and health in global businesses facing global competition–helping students succeed in occupational safety and health in today's more challenging global workplace environments 
• Multiple examples for all areas of occupational safety and health–students gain deeper insights into issues ranging from stress-related problems to life safety and fire hazards, health/safety training to human factors, robotics to bloodborne pathogens, workplace violence to workman's compensation 
• Boxed discussion cases throughout–promoting critical thinking and active classroom exploration 
• Safety Facts & Fines sections–linking rules and regulations to the realities of the workplace, and illuminate the costs of violation