Construction Safety Manual [Paperback]

Dave Heberle (Author), Dave Hebele (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1998 | ISBN-10: 007034454X | ISBN-13: 978-0070344549

Construction work-site safety is an important part of a builder's cost of doing business. This text is a guide to managing residential and light commercial construction safety. It addresses why and how contractors must educate themselves and their crews to practice safety at work.

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Ensure the safety of your staff--and the security of your business. On-the-job safety isn't optional--or simple--any more. This clear, concise, and easy-to-use manual is the only comprehensive guide available to help you develop, install, and maintain an effective safety management system customized to meet your own company's requirements. Its main goal is to help prevent worksite injuries and illnesses on residential and light commercial construction sites, but it will also help avoid needless direct and indirect costs associated with accidents and regulatory infractions. Safety expert Dave Heberle's Construction Safety Manual shows you how to: reduce employee worksite injuries and illnesses; develop supervisors and crew leaders; prepare and deliver effective safety training; gain employee acceptance and participation; employ behavior-based safety techniques; reduce at-risk behaviors and increase safe ones; achieve continuous safety improvements; deal with record-keeping; exceed regulatory standards; work with (instead of "at odds with") OSHA; reduce Worker's Compensation costs; prepare and deal with emergencies; use your safety program to help promote your business. Equally handy on your desk or at your worksite, Construction Safety Manual gives you the bottom-line answers your need on safety and compliance in residential and light commercial construction. It's a time- and money-saver you'll be glad that you own.

About the Author

Dave Heberle is a widely respected environmental safety and health specialist who has written extensively on these subjects. He is coauthor of McGraw-Hill's How to Plan, Contract, and Build Your Own Home, Second Edition, and many other books and magazine articles on home construction, maintenance, real estate, and safety. Mr. Heberle has provided safety support, training, and related communications to manufacturing and service organizations for 20 years. He is currently a safety and health specialist with a Fortune 500 company. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 508 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007034454X
• ISBN-13: 978-0070344549
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,684,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Just Search the OSHA website, April 3, 2000

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This review is from: Construction Safety Manual (Paperback)

On the plus side, this book is a nice compilation of construction safety information. On the negative side, however, some of the chapters in this book follow OSHA publications almost word-for-word. This book could have expanded more on the OSHA subjects, rather than just repeat everything out of the OSHA publications.

I decided to return the book and instead just download copies of the OSHA publications from the OSHA website (it's free!).