Key Features

1. Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Health & Safety management, updated to cover all the latest UK and EU regulations and directives
2. Edited by two experienced and well-known H&S professionals, with contributions from leading experts in H&S research and practice
3. Ideal reference for all students on degree level courses as well as for H&S and HR professionals

Description

Safety at Work is widely accepted as the most authoritative guide to safety and health in the workplace.

Its comprehensive coverage and academically rigorous approach make it essential reading for students on occupational safety and health courses at diploma, bachelor and master level, including the NEBOSH National Diploma. Health and safety professionals turn to it for detailed coverage of the fundamentals and background of the field. The seventh edition has been revised to cover recent changes in UK legislation and practice, including:

• Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007
• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Work at Height Regulations 2005
• Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
• Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
• Waste regulations 2005, 2006
• ISO 12100 Safety of Machinery - Basic concepts and general principles

Readership

Students on NEBOSH National Diploma; university undergraduate and postgraduate courses in occupational health & safety subjects. HSE practitioners; HR professionals; tutors and lecturers; HSE inspectors; environmental health officers.

Quotes

Review of the previous edition: "Featuring thirty-five chapters on topics ranging from waste management to fire safety, and occupational disease to employers' liability and insurance, the sixth edition of John Ridley's 'Safety at Work' is an excellent reference source for all safety professionals... the book is an excellent source of information for health and safety professionals working in any sector of industry." - SAFETY MANAGEMENT, January 2004

Table of Contents

• Law:
• Explaining the law
• Principal health and safety Acts
• Influences on health and safety
• Law of contract
• Employment law
• Consumer protection
• Insurance cover and compensation
• Civil liability
• The management of risk:
• An introduction to risk management
• Principles of the management of risk
• Risk management: organisation and administration for safety
• Risk management: techniques and practices
• The collection and use of accident and incident data
• Practical safety management: systems and techniques
• The individual and safety
• Risk management and behaviour modification
• Occupational health and hygiene:
• The structure and functions of the human body
• Occupational diseases
• Occupational hygiene
• Radiation
• Noise and vibration
• Workplace pollution, heat and ventilation
• Lighting
• Applied ergonomics

• Workplace safety:
• Science in engineering safety
• Fire precautions
• Safe use of machinery
• Electricity
• Statutory examination of plant and equipment
• Safety on construction sites
• Managing chemical safety
• The environment:
• The environment: issues, concepts and strategies
• Environmental management systems
• Waste management
• Chemicals and the environment
• The environment at large
• Appendices:
• The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• Reading for the NEBOSH level 6 Diploma examination
• List of abbreviations
• Organisations providing safety information
• List of Statutes, Regulations and Orders
• List of Cases
• Index

Author Information

Edited by
John Ridley, BSc, CEng, MIMechE, FIOSH, DMS, Independent Consultant, U.K. Formerly Chief Safety Engineer, Reed International; and
John Channing, MSc(Safety), MSc(Chemistry), FIOSH, RSP, Formerly Manager Health, Safety and Environment, Kodak Manufacturing; Director, Pharos Consultancy Services Limited, U.K