Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers (Hardcover)

by David L. Goetsch (Author)

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Product Description
Known for its comprehensive coverage, this book covers all aspects of occupational safety and health in today’s global workplace.  The book follows a logical sequence that provides a historical perspective and overview, covers the laws and regulations, discusses the human element, examines hazard assessment, prevention, and control, and covers management of safety and health. This edition features updated OSHA standards and contemporary topics such as safety culture, safety’s role in global competitiveness, workplace violence, natural disasters and terrorism. Includes the most up-to-date coverage of occupational safety and health, including: The global impact of accidents and injuries; Obesity and accident causation; Common accident investigation mistakes to avoid; Participatory ergonomics; Preventing arc flash injuries; Emergency planning for workers with disabilities; Safely resuming business after a disaster; Occupational safety and health management systems (OSHMS); Safety as a promotion tool. An excellent reference for all industries.

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Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers, Fourth Edition, provides comprehensive coverage of the information students and practitioners need to be well-informed safety and health professionals in today's rapidly changing, heavily regulated, and globally competitive work environment. All of the fundamental safety and health topics are covered at length. In addition, special attention is given to the following critical topics:

• OSHA and the OSHAct
• Standards and codes
• Life safety
• Laws and liability
• Stress-related problems
• Safety and health training
• Total Safety Management (safety management in a TQM setting)
• Environmental Issues and ISO 14000
• Bloodborne pathogens (AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, etc.)
• Product safety and liability
• Ergonomics and safety
• Repetitive strain injuries (RSI)
• Workplace violence and its prevention

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 976 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 6th edition (May 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132397609
• ISBN-13: 978-0132397605
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #279,195 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Good Introductory Text, March 24, 2006

By	David J. Sullivan-nightengale (Saint Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers (Hardcover)

This book is a good introduction into occupational safety. Some of the information, especially in the area of robotics safety and automation, is quite dated. While this book is used in some graduate programs, it is more suited for the undergraduate. Important historical items such as Chernobyl were left out while other less fatal disasters were left in, but we can forgive the author if he includes it in his next version.

I would encourage the author to include references to other safety standards and more details into cumulative trauma disorders in the next volume.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A General Overview Of Occupational Safety, October 8, 2006

By	Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers (Hardcover)

I used this book in a graduate Industrial Safety Management class, and agree with reviewer David Sullivan's assessment that this book is a good general overview of occupational safety and health issues, but that it is definitely more useful at the undergraduate level. I have a decent background in this area, and found no groundbreaking insights in this text, though I do believe that people (and especially students) new to the field would find it quite useful.

The book is a fairly general survey of the issues inherent to contemporary occupational safety and health, and has good general overviews of all important large-scale issues. There are errors in this book, some are small, and most are fairly excusable, though there are generalizations and errors in the Electrical Hazards chapter (Chapter 12) that are fairly egregious. I thought that Chapter 21 ("Safety Analysis, Prevention, and Management") was one of the best chapters in the book: the introduction to techniques like FMEA and FTA was good, though I would have put this chapter considerably earlier in the text. The chapter on Worker's Compensation (Chapter 5) was positively painful to read, though I doubt that there is much that can be done to make the material especially captivating.

Some of the material in this book is dated, but in general I think this is a satisfactory book to be used as an introduction to occupational safety students.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like a brand new book. , October 23, 2008

By	Carmen I. Castillo "Itza" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers (Hardcover)

The product purchased was in better than great conditions.
It looks like a brand new book. Clean and very well kept.