Productive Safety Management [Paperback]

Tania Mol (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 075065922X | ISBN-13: 978-0750659222 | Publication Date: December 23, 2003 | Edition: 1

Unlike most books on this subject, Productive Safety Management, described in this book, integrates occupational health and safety, human resource management, environmental management, and engineering to provide a whole-business approach to effective safety management.

The book helps companies to reduce and manage risk by providing, analysing and improving systems in place within the company. It also looks at how external factors can affect company decision making and provides a tool to make sure that a health and safety management system is strategically aligned, appropriately resourced, and that it maximises employee commitment. Chapters on human resource management explore cultural issues and explain how to gain commitment to company objectives.

The book has been written for managers and supervisors working in hazardous industries, OHS practitioners, undergraduate and postgraduate students.

* Provides a management system that allows production, safety and quality to be pursued concurrently in hazardous industries
* Improves risk management so that the incidence of injury and damage is minimized
* Describes, using practical examples, the sources of risk in hazardous industries and how these can be managed

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Productive Safety Management will be an asset to any organization aspiring to continual improvement and excellence... I recommend it without reservation."
- From the foreword by J. M. Torlach

"I would recommend the book to anyone with a research interest in safety. I would also recommend it to the student, for at this price the scope of both the material and referencing has a lot to offer."
- HEALTH & SAFETY AT WORK, October 2004

"This is an excellent text that should form part of every safety and health practitioner's technical reference library."
- SAFETY WA, published by IFAP (Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention, Australia), August 2004

"This book develops and presents its ideas in a format and style that will be comprehensible to everyone in the enterprise; the general manager, safety professionals and general employees."
- AusIMM (Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) bulletin, November/December 2004

"Productive Safety Management is . a textbook that describes a holistic approach to safety management, using well-thought-out tools and models. It should be relevant to anyone who has an interest in developing an integrated safety management system with an aim to improving both safety and productivity."
- SAFETY (The Journal of the National Safety Council of Australia), March 2004

Book Description

Provides information on effective safety management and shows how to integrate safety into all aspects of a business

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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: taylor & francis; 1 edition (December 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075065922X
• ISBN-13: 978-0750659222
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,996,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Breakthroughs in risk management, July 6, 2004

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This review is from: Productive Safety Management (Paperback)

This is a high quality, practical book that presents an integrated approach to risk management making safety and production compatible company goals. The way in which the author explains that safety systems can degrade with time is a major breakthrough in safety management thinking. This book is a must read for safety practitioners, human resource management professionals and managers responsible for production and safety.