Planning and Managing the Safety System - Hardcover

Mark A. Friend; Theodore S. Ferry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1598887742 ISBN 13: 9781598887747

Publisher: Bernan Press (UK), 2016

Synopsis

Planning and Managing the Safety System addresses new regulations and practices to help you achieve safety and health management success. Emphasizing the reduction of costs through cost/benefit analysis, this book covers practical material and real-world examples of common exercises, including safety measurement and benchmarking, economic design analysis, total quality management and planning, budgeting, and using audits and safety committees effectively.

This book takes a systematic approach to designing, implementing, and operating a comprehensive safety management system as part of the overall management of an organization. The emphasis will be on integrating safety into the system and effective planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of the system. Major components of an effective safety system and how each operates will be addressed.

The text provides a comprehensive approach to designing, implementing, and operating a safety management system.
It will consider both historical and current (ANSI, ICAO, FAA) approaches to SMS.
It integrates the knowledge of experts into the current state of safety management.
And it will provide a comprehensive look at SMS by considering all major management components as they relate to the design, implementation, and operation of a complete safety system.

About this title

About the Author

Mark A. Friend, CSP is a professor in the School of Graduate Studies at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He wrote and developed the Master of Science degree in Occupational Safety at East Carolina University after serving as Chair of the Department of Occupational Safety and Health at Murray State University. Friend served on the governing board of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and is a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). Friend has over forty years of experience in higher education. He has been active as a consultant, speaker, expert witness, and trainer in the field of safety. Friend organized and served as the first president of the National Occupational Safety and Health Educators Association (NOSHEA) which later became the Academic Specialty Practice of ASSE.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bernan Press (UK)
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598887742
• ISBN 13: 9781598887747
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 432