Principles of Industrial Safety - Softcover

Joel M. Haight

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885581750 ISBN 13: 9781885581754

Publisher: American Society of Safety Engineers, 2013

Synopsis

The focus of this text is on industrial safety principles from a management perspective. The book begins with a chapter summarizing of some of the regulations and voluntary and consensus standards associated with managing safety engineering work. It also discusses executive orders and how the federal agencies may be influenced or affected by them; what Code of Federal Register (CFR) applies to which agency; and what voluntary programs can be adopted by workplaces to take proactive approach towards the environmental and occupational safety and health issues. The somewhat misunderstood method by which federal agencies, through a process called incorporation by reference is explained, as is the practice by authorities having jurisdiction (AHJ) of making voluntary consensus standards mandatory by adoption. The text is an excellent introduction to industrial safety for students. Written by practicing safety professionals and peer-reviewed, the chapters were selected from The Safety Professionals Handbook, 2nd edition.

About this title

About the Author:

Joel M. Haight, Ph.D, P.E., is the Branch Chief of the Human Factors Branch at the Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Na­tional Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at their Pittsburgh Office of Mine Safety and Health Research. For the nearly 10 years prior to this appointment, Dr. Haight served as an Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He has a Ph.D and Master's degree in Industrial and Sys­tems Engineering bothfrom Auburn University. Dr. Haight worked as a manager and an environmental and safety engineerfor the: Chevron Corporation for 18 years, prior to joining the faculty at Penn State. He has nearly 40 peer-reviewed publications and is the editor-in-chief of the American Society of Safety Engineer's The Safety Professionals Handbook. He is a professional member of Ameri­can Society of Safety Engineers, American Industrial Hygiene Associa­tion and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: American Society of Safety Engineers
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1885581750
• ISBN 13: 9781885581754
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 202
• Editor: Joel M. Haight