Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors

Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, July 17-21, 2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-60524-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 604, 643 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 9825 g

Reihe: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

This book discusses the latest findings on ensuring employees’ safety, health, and welfare at work. It combines a range of disciplines – e.g. work physiology, health informatics, safety engineering, workplace design, injury prevention, and occupational psychology – and presents new strategies for safety management, including accident prevention methods such as performance testing and participatory ergonomics.

 The book, which is based on the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, held on July 17–21, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, USA, provides readers, including decision makers, professional ergonomists and program managers in government and public authorities, with a timely snapshot of the state of the art in the field of safety, health, and welfare management. It also addresses agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), as well asother professionals dealing with occupational safety and health.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arezes, Pedro

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Konstruktionslehre und -technik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Mathematik & Informatik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau Konstruktionslehre, Bauelemente, CAD
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik

Über Autor(innen)

Pedro Arezes is a full Professor (Professor Catedrático) of Human Factors Engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho (UMinho), in Portugal. He holds a PhD in Production and Systems Engineering from the University of Minho and he is a Visiting Fellow at AgeLab’s MIT and Harvard University, in Boston – USA. He is currently a visiting scholar at MIT andHarvard University, in Boston, USA.