Tag Archives: Health and Safety

Workplace Safety Pro your A to Z Guide

Workplace Safety Pro your A to Z Guide

Workplace Safety Pro your A to Z Guide a Complete Safety Program. The Workplace Safety Pro is a publication that aims to help businesses create and maintain a safe work environment. It provides information and tools for both beginners and experienced professionals in the field of workplace safety. The publication covers a wide range of topics and offers guidance on …

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Electrical Hazards in the Workplace

Electrical Hazards in the Workplace

The use of electricity is a vital ingredient of many of the production and support operations performed on-site.  In today’s modern-day environment, we are literally surrounded by electricity.  It is important that we protect ourselves from its potential hazards, as electricity is an unseen danger that cannot easily be detected with our human senses.  Electricity can’t be seen or smelt, …

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Incident Accident and Reporting of Near Misses

Incident Accident and Reporting of Near Misses

It is important that reporting accidents and near-misses are important for several reasons. It allows for proper medical treatment to be given to those who are injured, helps identify hazards that need to be addressed to prevent future accidents, and can also assist in the investigation of the incident to determine the cause and how to prevent similar incidents from …

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Industrial Safety and Health for Administrative Services

Industrial Safety and Health for Administrative Services

Industrial Safety and Health for Administrative Services (Handbook of Safety and Health for the Service Industry) by Charles D. Reese. The handbook is a guide that provides information on how to identify and prevent hazards in the service industry, particularly in the sectors of communication, finance and insurance, real estate, rental and leasing, professional, scientific, and technical services, and management …

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An Engineer’s View of Human Error

An Engineer’s View of Human Error

An Engineer’s View of Human Error, Third Edition by Trevor A. Kletz. Human error is a leading cause of accidents in many industries, including the oil and chemical industries. It is important for practicing engineers and students to understand the causes and consequences of human error in order to prevent accidents from occurring. By studying real-life accidents and identifying the …

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Changing the Workplace Safety Culture

Changing the Workplace Safety Culture

Changing the Workplace Safety Culture by Ron C. McKinnon. This book demonstrates how changing how an organization views and practices safety will impact the behavior of all employees, including executives and line managers. This is not a book about behavior-based safety, but a guideline on how to establish a long-lasting integrated safety culture in an organization. It is about changing …

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Workplace Safety Answer Manual Q A

Workplace Safety Answer Manual Q A

Workplace Safety Answer Manual Q&A by JJ Keller. Provides a single-source manual that offers quick answers to a wide array of workplace safety questions. The regulations governing general industry employers are often very detailed and complex. The purpose of this manual, therefore, is to provide detail and insight into those requirements and offer assistance for mastering compliance. Are you totally in compliance with all regulations? …

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Improving Safety Culture A Practical Guide

Improving Safety Culture A Practical Guide

Improving Safety Culture A Practical Guide by Dominic Cooper. The aim of this book is to provide safety practitioners with sufficient knowledge and practical guidance to enable them to improve the safety culture within an organization. Offers practical guidance for safety practitioners. The concept of safety culture is a new and important workplace safety development. Based on the author’s scientific …

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Chemical Hazards in the Workplace

Chemical Hazards in the Workplace

Chemical Hazards in the Workplace by Ronald M. Scott. This book is intended as an introduction to industrial toxicology. It is designed for the person who needs to understand the basic principles and practices of industrial toxicology without becoming an expert in the field. It is a first step for the individual who wishes to pursue the area in depth. …

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Basic Concepts Of Industrial Hygiene

Basic Concepts Of Industrial Hygiene

Basic Concepts Of Industrial Hygiene by Ronald McLean Scott. Basic Concepts of Industrial Hygiene covers the latest and most important topics in industrial hygiene today. The textbook begins with a look at the history and basis for industrial hygiene, which provides students with a foundation for understanding later developments. The book contains an in-depth discussion of new OSHA regulations, such …

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Safety Culture Assessing and Changing the Behaviour of Organisations

Safety Culture Assessing and Changing the Behaviour of Organisations

Safety Culture Assessing and Changing the Behavior of Organizations by John Bernard Taylor. Facility safety is an essential commercial risk and must be managed, says John Taylor in Safety Culture. Following an accident, the lack of a ‘good’ safety management system, compounded by a ‘poor’ safety culture, is a charge often laid on organizations. Accidents can take up to thirty …

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Saudi Aramco Scaffold Safety Handbook

Saudi Aramco Scaffold Safety Handbook

Saudi Aramco Scaffold Safety Handbook issued by Loss Prevention department. This section establishes the minimum safety-related technical requirements for temporarily elevated work areas, ladders, and scaffolds. This section applies to operations, maintenance, and construction activities of all Saudi Aramco proponent organizations and their contractors, at all Saudi Aramco onshore and offshore facilities and project sites. This section covers the design, …

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