Workplace Safety and Health Practices

Current and Evolving Trends
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-61871-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Sustainable Improvements in Environment Safety and Health

Safety and health concerns in workplaces across the globe are a source of anxiety for leaders as they seek to discover novel ways to provide a workplace that preserves the health and safety of its workers. To achieve world-class health and safety of workers in any organization, this must be integrated with technological innovations that monitor, track, and provide feedback on worker performance. These innovations are expected to be comfortable, smart, and even fashionable to achieve increased compliance.

Workplace Safety and Health Practices investigates the current and future trends that are leading the way and improving workplace health and safety all over the world. Organized into four parts to provide ease of reading, this book focuses on program administration, management engagement and considerations of human aspects for safe and inclusive workplaces. It investigates the identification, mitigation, and control of hazards found at work and the program challenges that are faced along with the development and implementation of improvement measures. The authors provide considerations for novel ways of taking the protection of workers to a higher level, considering the evolving definition of the workplace and locations where work takes place. With case studies backing up the theories, the reader will develop a thorough and complex overview of what is working in global workplaces to deliver top-quality health and safety.

This book will be a fascinating read for any health and safety professional. Its appeal will extend to industrial hygiene professionals, system engineers, construction engineers, and ergonomics and human factors practitioners.

Zielgruppe

Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alston, Frances

Okorie, Onwuka

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Industrial Engineering

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. 1. Leadership Safety and Health Responsibilities.  2. Leadership Selection and Development.  3. Determining Regulatory Applicability.  Part II. 4. Human Performance and Behavior Modification.  5. Culture Evaluations and Modifications.  6. The Art of Effective Communication.  Part III. 7. Hazard Analysis and Documentation.  8. Non-Traditional Employee Safety and Health.  9. Emergency Service Workers Health and Safety.  10. Measuring Performance.  11. Assessing and Auditing Safety and Health Program Effectiveness.  Part IV. 12. The Use of Technology to Improve Worker Safety and Health.  13. Current Challenges for Safety and Health Workers.  14. Barriers to Safety and Health.  15. Resource Packet.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Frances Alston has more than 30 years of leadership experience in high hazards, diverse work cultures. She is an instructor at a major university, a Senior Manager with an international company and the Past President (2018) of the American Society for Engineering Management. Dr. Alston is also a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) and has built a solid career leading the development and management of Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality (ESH&Q) programs in challenging cultural environments. She has a Ph.D. in Industrial and System Engineering and an MSE degree in Engineering Management, both from the University of Alabama. She earned a master’s degree in Hazardous and Waste Materials Management/Environmental Engineering from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Hygiene and Safety/Chemistry from Saint Augustine's University. She holds certifications as a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and a Certified Professional Engineering Manager (CPEM).

Dr. Onwuka Okorie currently works with the State of California. He has an extensive background in the field of industrial hygiene and occupational safety. He has worked with all levels of leadership in organizations toward achieving health and safety compliance, and effective outcomes. He has a Ph.D. in Occupational and Environmental Health and an MS degree in Occupational Health both from the University of Utah, He also has a Medical degree and a Postgraduate Medical Diploma.  Dr. Okorie is an AIHA Registered Specialist in Exposure Decision Analysis. He holds a certification in Project Management (PMP), a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).