On the practice of safety /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Manuele, Fred A.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, Ã2013.
• Έκδοση: Fourth edition.
• Θέματα: Industrial safety.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Health & Safety.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.; Electronic books.

 "On the Practice of Safety continues to be an unparalleled resource on best safety practices. It supplies the reader with the core information that everyone who is in the safety field must know. Each chapter is written in a self contained unit that can be used on its own to cover a topic. The new edition updates all of the chapters from the previous edition while adding new material. Topics in these new chapters include sustainability, lean concepts, management of change/pre-job planning, leading and lagging indicators, and indirect and direct accident costs"--   Provided by publisher. 

 On becoming a profession -- Defining the practice of safety -- Principles for the practice of safety: A basis for discussion -- Academic and skill requirements for the practice of safety -- Transitions affecting the practice of safety -- Acceptable risk -- Superior safety performance: A reflection of an organization's culture -- Improving serious injury and fatality prevention -- Management of change/prejob planning -- Reviewing Heinrich: Dislodging two myths from the practice of safety -- Indirect-to-direct accident cost ratios -- On leading and lagging indicators -- Systematic socio-technical causation model for hazards-related incidents -- Incident investigation: Studies of quality -- Designer incident investigation -- Safety professionals and the design process: Opportunities -- Guidelines: Designing for safety -- Prevention through design: The standard -- System safety: The concept -- Applied ergonomics: Significance and opportunity -- On quality management and the practice of safety -- Lean concepts: Opportunities for safety professionals -- Sustainability -- Operational risk management audits -- Measurement of safety performance -- A short course on financial management.