Workplace safety and health assessing current practices and promoting change in the profession

"The safety profession often clings to the basic believes and practices which evolved during the early years after the announcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. This book reviews and challenges many of the commonly accepted practices as well as misconceptions about safety...

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Main Author Schneid, Thomas D. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
SeriesOccupational safety and health guide series.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781439874110
9781306904353
9781439874103
Physical Description1 online zdroj.

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1: Is There a Loss of Trust in the Workplace?; Chapter 2: Why Compliance?; Chapter 3: Value-Based Leadership in Safety; Chapter 4: Empowerment in Safety and Health; Chapter 5: Impact of Hiring and Discipline in Safety; Chapter 6: Don't Be Afraid to Fail; Chapter 7: Rethinking Workers' Compensation; Chapter 8: Creating Safety Creativity in the Workplace; Chapter 9: How May I Help You?; Chapter 10: Rethinking the Employment Relationship; Chapter 11: Safety Impacts Everything.
  • Chapter 12: ADA and the Impact on Safety and HealthChapter 13: Impact of Happiness on Safety; Chapter 14: Here Are Your OSHA Citations!; Chapter 15: Future of the Safety and Health Profession; Appendix A: Analyzing and Briefing a Court Decision; Appendix B: Surfing the OSHA Website; Appendix C: Developing a Compliance Program; Appendix D: Citation Document Taken from the OSHA Website; Appendix E: Defenses to OSHA Alleged Violations; Appendix F: What Is a Variance?; Appendix G: Building an Inspection Checklist; Appendix H: Safety Auditing; Appendix I: Action Planning Document; Back Cover.