Safety and health essentials for small businessess / William F. Martin, James B. Walters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, William F.

Contributor:

Walters, James B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial safety--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Industrial safety.

Small business--United States--Safety measures--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Small business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (559 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Butterworth/Heinemann, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Safety and Health Essentials is the leading introductory guide to industrial safety and health. Written by a team of specialist contributors, under the editorship of William Martin, the book covers all aspects of safety management and will be a companion to the more detailed treatment found in Industrial Safety & Hygiene Handbooks.The book is most useful to small companies that do not have or cannot afford a full-time safety officer and to business managers and human resources staff who have responsibilities for health and safety issues in the workplace. The book will cover all the mo

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Authorsvii

Preface ix

Acknowledgementsxiv

1. The Safety and Health Program1

2. Essential Processes in Hazard Control 13

3. Hazard Analysis 22

4. Safety Committees 35

5. Accident Investigation Techniques 42

6. Safety and Health Inspection Techniques 55

7. Principles of Good Shop Planning 62

8. Safe Working Surfaces 73

9. Maintaining the Small Business Work Area 87

10. Illumination and Color Safety97

11. Fire Protection113

12. Health Hazards152

13. Personal Protective Equipment202

14. Machine Guarding234

15. Welding and Cutting Operations268

16. Electrical Safety292

17. Controlling Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne

Pathogens321

18. Lockout/Tagout336

19. Behavior Change Methods349

20. Violence in the Workplace366

21. Asbestos Safety383

22. Construction Safety413

23. Hazardous Waste Operations447

24. Noise and Hearing Conservation462

25. Confined Spaces472

Appendix A: Model Policy Statements483

Appendix B: Self-Inspection Check Lists485

Appendix C: Codes of Safe Practices535

Index538.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-03927-6

9786611039271

0-08-051650-5

OCLC:

476101264