Safety at Work - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750654937 ISBN 13: 9780750654937

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Safety at Work is widely accepted as the authoritative guide to safety and health in the workplace and covers all aspects of safety management.

The sixth edition has been revised to cover recent changes to UK practice and standards in health, safety, employment and environmental legislation. It also incorporates EU directives and references to harmonised and international standards.

Reflecting the importance of the roles of directors and managers in health and safety, new chapters cover the management of risk, emphasising the need for a sound organisational structure to achieve effective risk management. Developments in the behavioural approach to risk management and current thinking on the development of an international standard on safety management are also covered.

Quality of the environment is rapidly becoming part of the safety manager’s responsibilities both in the workplace and in the context of global pollution. A completely new part consisting of five chapters has been added dealing solely with environmental issues (including ISO 14001).

The increasingly important role of ergonomics in health and safety is reflected in a new chapter on Applied Ergonomics, dealing with the subject pragmatically, that will allow the manager and practitioner to design process and operations that are within the limits of the human body. The effects of stress, an emerging concern in health and safety, are covered in various chapters.

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Review

Reviews of the previous edition:
Popular and well proven guide to workplace health and safety is packed with essential information for students and working professionals alike. Occupational Health and Safety
...serious consideration should be given to purchasing this latest edition. Health and Safety Review

"Featuring thirty-five chapters on topics ranging from waste management to fire safety, and occupational disease to employers' liability and insurance, the sixth edition of John Ridley's 'Safety at Work' is an excellent reference source for all safety professionals... the book is an excellent source of information for health and safety professionals working in any sector of industry."
Safety Management, January 2004

From the Publisher

* The leading book on the subject of occupational safety that covers all aspects of safety management
* Revised to include changes in health, safety, employment and environmental legislation and issues
* Covers information required for NEBOSH and IOSH qualifications

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750654937
• ISBN 13: 9780750654937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 1090
• Editor: Ridley John, Channing John