Guide To Occupational Safety Health Management

Written with corporate regulatory compliance officers, health and safety managers, loss control managers, and human resource specialists in mind, this book offers workplace-tested strategies for meeting the health and safety needs of a modern corporation. Emphasizing the practical means of achieving compliance with OSHA regulations, this book also provides a unique assessment of the more extensive factors that influence the management of workplace health and safety. The integration of practical regulation strategies with corporate objectives is particularly relevant to graduate curricula in business management, public policy, and occupational medicine. Provides practical guidelines for industrial compliance with major OSHA regulations Presents concise explanations of technical and scientific concepts underlying regulatory requirements Integrates specific examples of the global economy's influence on the design and implementation of workplace health and safety Elucidates the effects of health and safety programs on financial and legal risk management practices in industry Includes explanations of practical alternative compliance strategies for company health and safety officers

The goal of this book is to prepare safety and health professionals to recognize and address human resource issues, applicable laws and regulations, as well as change management techniques used to alter the safety culture within their operations. This book will provide awareness to avoid or address HR related policies/issues/laws which can result in costly litigation, grievances, and other negative implications. The book will address the "pitfalls" for safety professionals to avoid as well as provide the methodology to attain the cultural change necessary to achieve and maintain safety performance. Features Prepares safety professionals how to avoid or address HR issues and laws Provides awareness of applicable labor and employment laws and regulations Covers change management skills applicable to the safety function Enables the safety professional to recognize legal requirements from everyday questions asked by employees Helps safety professionals to prevent becoming entangled in legal issues resulting from their actions or inactions

Developed to provide safety and health students with an understanding of the how-tos of implementing an occupational safety and health initiative, the first edition of Occupational Health and Safety Management soon became a blueprint for occupational safety and health management for the smallest- to the largest-sized companies. Competently followin

"This book focuses on occupational health and safety in office environments. While there are many similarities in occupational health and safety management systems and strategies across all industry sectors, applying the principles and tools in office environments is often a challenge. This is due, in large part, to the prevalent perception that office work is very low risk. This book is designed to be a guide to assist in the design and implementation of effective occupational health and safety systems, including processes and programs that are specific for office environments."--

Drawing on author Charles Reese’s 23 years of experience as a safety manager and educator, Occupational Health and Safety Management: A Practical Approach presents a total management approach to a broad range of issues in occupational health and safety. Reese covers every facet of safety and health management with real-world examples and strategies. He provides succinct yet thorough coverage of important and timely concepts and practices commonly used in the safety field. More than just a text filled with information, this is a true how-to book. The author discusses how to write a program, how to identify hazards, and how to involve workers and attain their cooperation. He goes on to explain how to use identification and intervention tools such as hazard hunt, audits, and job hazard analysis. He provides a listing of potential resources, encourages developing a working relationship with OSHA, and how to go about determining which regulations are applicable to you or your employer’s workplace and how to find assistance and sources that will help you guide your organization to compliance with OSHA regulations. The book incorporates the development of written programs, the identification of hazards, the mitigation of hazards by use of common safety and health tools, and the development of a safe workforce through communication, motivational techniques, involvement, and training. Covering a wide array of occupational health and safety topics in one cohesive single-authored volume, Occupational Health and Safety Management: A Practical Approach is a blueprint for developing and managing a safety and health initiative tailored exactly to your company’s needs.

This new edition is essential reading for all managers responsible for the welfare of their staff. As well as advising on the complicated legal obligations, it also explains how to ensure an appropriate level of control over health risks.