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Managing safety not only saves lives and prevents injuries, it also boosts employee morale and has a positive impact on an organization's bottom line.
Comprehensive book that teaches how to recognize a medical emergency, handle breathing and cardiac emergencies and sustain life until professional help arrives.
The NSC First Aid Quick Guide is your quick start to First Aid life-saving efforts. Pack of 10.
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The NSC First Aid Quick Guide is your quick start to First Aid live saving efforts. It comes in a Pack of 10.
This quick reference book is a compilation of several resources related to the art and science of safety management. The small guidebook serves as a useful resource for anyone dedicated to the continuous improvement of occupational safety and health and can be easily transported to class, injury site, or job site.
Product Number: 17648-0000 ISBN# 978-0-87912-331-4
This 14th edition of the Accident Prevention Manual for Business & Industry: Administration & Programs continues to build on decades of outstanding work by previous con¬tributors to the National Safety Council’s flagship series.
Since 1946, experts from a variety of different subject areas have come together to make the APMs an important resource in support of safety programs and education. This update continues in that tradition, bringing to the safety, health, and environmental professional a broad spectrum of topics, specific hazards, best practices, control procedures, resources, and sources of help available in the field today.
This new edition of the Administration & Programs volume features updated data on injury and illness record keeping; incident investigation, analysis, and costs; as well as a completely updated chapter on safety culture. This volume also features two new chapters titled, Safety Professionals and Impacts of the Law and Homeland Security.
Serving safety professionals with years of experience, individuals new to the field of safety, as well as educators preparing students for a career in the safety industry, the Accident Prevention Manual for Business & Industry continues to be a valuable source of information that can be incorporated into the goals and objectives of any organization’s safety program.
This 14th edition of the Accident Prevention Manual for Business & Industry: Engineering & Technology continues to build on decades of outstanding work by previous con¬tributors to the National Safety Council’s flagship series.
This new edition of the Engineering & Technology volume features updated data on injury and illness record keeping; incident investigation, analysis, and costs; as well as a completely updated chapter on safety culture. This volume also features two new chapters titled, Safety Professionals and Impacts of the Law and Homeland Security. Serving safety professionals with years of experience, individuals new to the field of safety, as well as educators preparing students for a career in the safety industry, the Accident Prevention Manual for Business & Industry continues to be a valuable source of information that can be incorporated into the goals and objectives of any organization’s safety program.
This 6th edition of Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene builds on four decades of excellent and dedicated work of previous contributors to one of the National Safety Council’s cornerstone textbooks. Since 1971, experts from a wide variety of subject areas have come together to make FIH an important resource for those interested in and directly responsible for the recognition, evaluation, and control of occupational hazards. This update continues in that tradition, bringing to the industrial hygienist, safety professional, and medical professional a broad discussion of workplace hazards, control procedures, government regulations, and environmental issues.
This new edition of Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene features extensively updated information in all chapters. New or completely rewritten chapters include Particulate Matter, Ionizing Radiation, Personal Protective Equipment, Environmental Health and Safety, Government Regulations, and International Developments in Occupational Safety and Health.
The 6th edition of Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene is a resource text serving industrial hygienists and safety professionals with years of experience, but is also an instructional text for industrial hygiene courses. FIH continues to be a valuable source of information that can be incorporated into the goals and objectives of any organization’s occupational hazard control program.
Nine Elements of a Successful Safety and Health System serves as a framework for safety and health professionals to use for building a safety and health system. This publication will walk the safety professional through nine key steps for implementing and growing a safety and health orientation in today's global environment:
Management leadership and commitment Organizational communications and system documentation Assessments, audits and continuous improvement Hazard recognition, evaluation and control Workplace design and engineering Operational safety and health programs Employee involvement Motivation, behavior and attitudes Training and orientation Prevention is the key to a safe and healthy work environment and this publication is a first step toward meeting that goal. (Formerly titled 14 Elements of a Successful Safety & Health Program.) About the Authors: John Czerniak, CSP, MBA, has a diverse background in regulation and safety, health, and environmental management. He has been successful in guiding senior plant management and employee leadership teams in active development of site-specific safety management systems that significantly reduced employee injuries. As a senior consultant at the National Safety Council, he is responsible for field consulting and training services and maintaining knowledge of significant trends.
Don Ostrander, CSP, has 28 years of experience as a safety manager, consultant, trainer and project manager. He has a proven track record of expertise and leadership in safety management both on and off the shop floor. As Director of Product Development and Project Manager of Occupational Safety and Health Services for the National Safety Council, he is responsible for development, implementation and management of occupational products and services and consulting projects.
The Essentials of Industrial Hygiene delivers an overview of key IH subject areas in a clear and concise manner to ensure that readers can understand and apply the basic principles. Material is presented in an engaging and informative manner including possible real-life scenarios and practical examples.
Each chapter provides thorough explanations on the following topics:
government regulations management systems industrial toxicology gases, vapors, and aerosols ventilation respiratory protection noise control radiation thermal stressors ergonomics biological hazards
Paperback: 174 PagesPublisher: National Safety Council (2005)Language: EnglishISBN: 978-0-87912-257-7Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
Addressing the span of expertise necessary to develop health and safety programs for companies of any size can be daunting and often requires a multi-specialty team of professionals. This edition of the National Safety Council’s Occupational Health & Safety is designed for those who are responsible for implementing health and safety programs but who have not been formally trained in the field. It is also intended to serve as a general guidance for corporate managers, human resource professionals, and others who interact with health and safety managers. The overall goal is to describe the professionals needed, programs they can provide, methods of evaluating programs, and the emerging issues in the field of occupational health and safety.
*Click on the green arrow to the left for Table of Contents information! Hardcover: 598 Pages Publisher: National Safety Council; 3rd Ed. (2000) Language: English ISBN: 978-0879122-034 Product dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 1.3 inches Shipping weight: 3.5 pounds
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