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Business of Safety : Managing Occupational and Industrial Risks : Textbook /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Part I. THE PROBLEM OF SAFETY; 1 Safety versus business profit; 1.1 The challenge of safety; 1.2 Financial impact of accidents upon company profits; 1.3 Business benefits of good safety performance; 1.4 Review questions and exercises; 2 Safety legislation; 2.1 European legislation; 2.2 The legal influence of the European Union on health and safety; 2.3 Major accident legislation; 2.4 Review questions and exercises; 3 Risk assessment at work; 3.1 What is risk assessment?; 3.2 The stepwise approach to risk assessment; 3.3 The roles and responsibilities of participants.
- 3.4 Example risk assessment3.5 Workplace risk and the risk of a major accident; 3.6 Review questions and exercises; 4 Industrial disasters encountered in the past; 4.1 Flixborough; 4.2 Seveso; 4.3 Bhopal; 4.4 Piper Alpha; 4.5 Toulouse; 4.6 Texas City; 4.7 Review questions and exercises; Part II DEALING WITH INDIVIDUAL WORKPLACE HAZARDS; 5 Occupational and industrial hazards; 5.1 Definition of hazard and related terms; 5.2 Classification of hazards; 5.3 Common workplace hazard groups; 5.4 Review questions and exercises; 6 Falls, impact, falling objects and lifting; 6.1 Falls.
- 6.2 Slip and fall prevention measures6.3 Impact and acceleration hazards; 6.4 Lifting hazards; 6.5 Review questions and exercises; 7 Mechanical hazards and machine safeguarding; 7.1 Mechanical injuries; 7.2 Machine guards and safety devices; 7.3 Robot safeguards; 7.4 Review questions and exercises; 8 Hazards of temperature extremes; 8.1 Effects of high temperatures; 8.2 Heat stress and performance; 8.3 Effects of cold; 8.4 Protection against temperature extremes; 8.5 Review questions and exercises; 9 Noise and vibration hazards; 9.1 Effects of noise; 9.2 Noise control.
- 9.3 Effects of vibration9.4 Review questions and exercises; 10 Ergonomic hazards; 10.1 The science of ergonomics; 10.2 Musculoskeletal disorders; 10.3 Ergonomic risk factors; 10.4 Prevention of MSDs; 10.5 Review questions and exercises; 11 Electrical hazards; 11.1 Electrical shock; 11.2 Ignition of combustible or explosive materials; 11.3 Overheating and damage to equipment and burns to employees; 11.4 Electrical explosions; 11.5 Inadvertent activation of equipment; 11.6 Electromagnetic effects; 11.7 Reducing electrical hazards; 11.8 Review questions and exercises; 12 Radiation hazards.
- 12.1 Electromagnetic radiation12.2 Ionising radiation; 12.3 Radiation measurements and limits; 12.4 Radiation limits; 12.5 Damaging effect of ionising radiation; 12.6 Radiation protection considerations; 12.7 Non-ionising radiation; 12.8 Review questions and exercises; 13 Pressure hazards; 13.1 Cracking and rupture of pressure vessels; 13.2 Hazards of unfired pressure vessels; 13.3 Dynamic pressure hazards; 13.4 Pressure hazards to humans; 13.5 Review questions and exercises; 14 Fire hazards; 14.1 Fuels; 14.2 Oxidisers; 14.3 Ignition; 14.4 Fire dangers to humans; 14.5 Fires in industry.