Tag Archives: HSE BOOKS

Fire Service Hydraulics & Pump Operations by Paul Spurgeon. This text gives you a straightforward and clear understanding of fire service hydraulics by using a practical and realistic approach to the subject. This book is broken down into two sections. The first section deals with the theory and practice of pencil-sharp hydraulics. The purpose of this section is to give …

Human Fatigue Risk Management Improving Safety in the Chemical Processing Industry by Matthew, S Thimgan. The book starts with a very succinct description of the consequences of lack of human fatigue risk management, and then goes into extensive detail about all the factors that are important in assessing fatigue, the impact of fatigue on human performance and incidents, and finally …

Handbook of Hazardous Chemical Properties by Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff. This volume has been prepared as a reference source on the hazardous properties of industrial and consumer chemicals. It is designed to assist chemical handling specialists, emergency responders, and health and safety engineers, and technicians in the safe handling and shipping practices of chemicals. The reader should first review the Glossary …

Safety at Work, Seventh Edition 7th Edition by  John Ridley. A major objective of this book has been to provide an authoritative, up-to-date guide in all areas of health and safety. The contributing authors are recognized specialists in their fields and each has drawn on his or her personal knowledge and experience in compiling the text, emphasizing those facets most relevant …

HAZOP Guide to Best Practice Guidelines to Best Practice for the Process and Chemical Industries 3rd edition. This book is intended to provide guidance on a specific technique developed for use in the process and chemical industries. The technique described is HAZOP (hazard and operability) study, a detailed method for systematic examination of a well-defined process or operation, either planned …

Safety Professionals Reference and Study Guide by W. David Yates. This book is written to assist you in achieving that ultimate designation as a safety professional. It includes such topics as History of the Safety Profession, Regulations, OSHA Record Keeping, Particulates and Gases, Toxicology, Industrial Hygiene, Ventilation, Noise, Illumination, Biological Hazards, Thermal Stressors, Personal Protective Equipment, Math Review, Statistics for the Safety Professional, …

A Quick Guide to Health and Safety by R Gilbert. Health and safety issues now impose upon almost every part of business life. The system of enforcement is managed and implemented in the UK by The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – but at times it can be difficult to know exactly which bits of this elaborate spider’s web should …

Occupational Ergonomics A Practical Approach by Cheryl A. Wilhelmsen. The book contains all the important building blocks of occupational ergonomics – it revisits the fundamentals of workplace ergonomics and takes you to step by step through more advanced workplace evaluations. The Book is a collaborative effort that merges engineering principles with practical applications to improve worker health, safety, and morale. …

Job Hazard Analysis A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond 2nd edition by James E. Roughton. This book methodically develops the risk assessment basis needed for ANSI/AIHA Z10 and other safety and health management systems. It is supported by numerous real-life examples, end of chapter review questions, sample checklists, action plans, and forms. The books include Safety Culture: An Innovative, …

Risk Assessment A Practical Guide to Assessing Operational Risks by Bruce Hollcroft, Bruce K. Lyon, and Georgi Popov. The book provides the fundamentals of risk assessment, with many practical applications, for undergraduate and graduate students and employed safety, health, and environmental professionals who recognize that they are expected to have risk assessment capabilities. This text serves the needs of professors …

A career guide to the safety profession by American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation. The Career Guide to the Safety Professionbprovides an overview of the variety of careers available in the safety profession. It also provides guidance in the selection of undergraduate and graduates academic programs, and profiles some safety professionals now employed in both the public and private sectors. …

Occupational Safety and Health Simplified for the Chemical Industry by Frank R. Spellman and Revonna M. Bieber. This book is written to help professionals and nonprofessionals associated with the chemical industry to have access to the most current information and should be used as a reference book for quick answers and complicated questions. This book is an effort to simplify …