Occupational safety and health — safe work in a safe environment. The challenge, of course, is how to make this happen and make it happen economically. A comprehensive study presenting the state of the art in the field, Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health provides a wide range of methods along with specific criteria for assessing hazard and exposure in the workplace environment. More importantly, it also offers ways to reduce these hazards. The book supplies a compendium of interdisciplinary knowledge that includes physical, chemical, and psychosocial risk factors in the working environment, highlighting issues in Occupational Safety and Health management.
The book discusses the ergonomic principles of shaping products, workstands, and work processes, highlighting the significance of international requirements for competitiveness in world economy. It presents the scientific basis for each safety and health issue, followed by well-illustrated case studies to demonstrate the concepts and theories and their application in real-world situations. Based on the results of international research, the book covers:
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Psychological capabilities of humans in the working environment
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Basic risk factors in the working environment
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Law-based protection of labor
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The effects of hazards in work processes
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Basic directions in shaping conditions of occupational safety and ergonomics
Developed by a team of renowned contributors, the book includes strategies for creating safe working conditions, accurately assessing hazards posed by harmful environmental factors, and preventing occupational accidents and diseases. Meticulously designed to be user-friendly, it provides the tools to create a safety culture beginning at the enterprise level through to the individual employee.
Preface
Part I : Legal Labour Protection
Chapter 1 : Legal Labour Protection
Part II : Psychophysical Capabilities of Humans in the Working Environment
Chapter 2 : The Physiology of Work
Chapter 3 : Selected Issues of Occupational Biomechanics
Chapter 4 : Psychosocial Risk in the Workplace and Its Reduction
Chapter 5 : The Physiology of Stress
Part III : Basic Hazards in the Work Environment
Chapter 6 : Harmful Chemical Agents in the Work Environment
Chapter 7 : Vibroacoustic Hazards
Chapter 8 : Electromagnetic Hazards in the Workplace
Chapter 9 : Static Electricity
Chapter 10 : Electric Current
Chapter 11 : Electric Lighting for Indoor Workplaces and Workstations
Chapter 12 : Noncoherent Optical Radiation
Chapter 13 : Laser Radiation
Chapter 14 : Ionising Radiation
Chapter 15 : Thermal Loads at Workstations
Chapter 16 : Atmospheric Pressure (Increase and Decrease)
Chapter 17 : Mechanical Hazards
Chapter 18 : Biological Agents
Part IV : The Effects of Hazards on Work Processes
Chapter 19 : Occupational Diseases
Chapter 20 : Accidents at Work
Chapter 21 : Major Industrial Accidents
Part V : Basic Directions for Shaping Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
Chapter 22 : Occupational Risk Assessment
Chapter 23 : Work-Related Activities: Rules and Methods for Assessment
Chapter 24 : Shift Work
Chapter 25 : Personal Protective Equipment
Chapter 26 : Shaping the Safety and Ergonomics of Machinery in the Process of Design and Use
Chapter 27 : Basic Principles for Protective Equipment Application
Chapter 28 : Methods, Standards, and Models of Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems
Chapter 29 : Education in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
Index
