Health & Safety Books

New and Published Books

1. Principles of Emergency Management

   Hazard Specific Issues and Mitigation Strategies

   Edited by Michael J. Fagel

   Principles of Emergency Management: Hazard Specific Issues and Mitigation offers preparedness and mitigation recommendations for advanced emergency planning. Because disasters are so unpredictable, advance planning is needed to effectively respond to and mitigate against the potential effects of...

   Published December 11th 2011 by CRC Press
2. Discrimination Law Issues for the Safety Professional

   By Thomas D. Schneid

   Series: Occupational Safety & Health Guide Series

   Written for safety professionals, this book provides general knowledge of the various laws and regulations that offer protection to employees and individuals against discrimination in the workplace. It takes a proactive approach to identifying situations where potential discrimination against an...

   Published December 4th 2011 by CRC Press
3. Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety, Second Edition

   Edited by Pascale Carayon

   Series: Human Factors and Ergonomics

   The first edition of Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety took the medical and ergonomics communities by storm with in-depth coverage of human factors and ergonomics research, concepts, theories, models, methods, and interventions and how they can be applied in...

   Published November 8th 2011 by CRC Press
4. Patient Safety

   An Engineering Approach

   By B.S. Dhillon

   With unintended harm during hospital care costing billions of dollars to the world economy, not to mention millions of deaths each year, it’s no wonder the issue is equally front and center in the minds of healthcare providers and the public. Although the issue has been tackled in journal articles...

   Published November 7th 2011 by CRC Press
5. Management Obligations for Health and Safety

   By Gregory W. Smith

   In recent years, safety management has placed leadership and commitment at the center of effective workplace health and safety programs. At the same time, personal liability for workplace health and safety has increased, resulting in poor outcomes for individual managers. Discussing the minimum...

   Published October 24th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Advances in Safety, Reliability and Risk Management

   ESREL 2011

   Edited by Christophe Berenguer, Antoine Grall, Carlos Guedes Soares

   Advances in Safety, Reliability and Risk Management contains the papers presented at the 20th European Safety and Reliability (ESREL 2011) annual conference in Troyes, France, in September 2011. The books covers a wide range of topics, including: Accident and Incident Investigation; Bayesian...

   Published August 30th 2011 by CRC Press
7. Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design

   Edited by Waldemar Karwowski, Marcelo Soares, Neville A. Stanton

   Series: Ergonomics Design & Mgmt. Theory & Applications

   Every day we interact with thousands of consumer products. We not only expect them to perform their functions safely, reliably, and efficiently, but also to do it so seamlessly that we don’t even think about it. However, with the many factors involved in consumer product design, from the...

   Published June 21st 2011 by CRC Press
8. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design

   Methods and Techniques

   Edited by Waldemar Karwowski, Marcelo M. Soares, Neville A. Stanton

   Series: Handbook of Human Factors in Consumer Product Design

   Every day we interact with thousands of consumer products. We not only expect them to perform their functions safely, reliably, and efficiently, but also to do it so seamlessly that we don’t even think about it. However, with the many factors involved in consumer product design, from the...

   Published June 21st 2011 by CRC Press
9. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design

   Uses and Applications

   Edited by Waldemar Karwowski, Marcelo M. Soares, Neville A. Stanton

   Series: Handbook of Human Factors in Consumer Product Design

   Every day we interact with thousands of consumer products. We not only expect them to perform their functions safely, reliably, and efficiently, but also to do it so seamlessly that we don’t even think about it. However, with the many factors involved in consumer product design, from the...

   Published June 21st 2011 by CRC Press
10. Lean Sustainability

    Creating Safe, Enduring, and Profitable Operations

    By Dennis Averill

    The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance defines safety as the maintenance of peace of mind. Without peace of mind, or the serenity brought about by a safe working environment, employees will be unwilling and even unable to focus their energies on production improvement. Thus, it can be said that...

    Published June 5th 2011 by Productivity Press