Handbook of occupational safety and health

"Provides a quick, easy-to-consult source of practical overviews on wide-ranging issues of concern to those responsible for the health and safety of workers. Progresses from a general introduction on management to recognition of hazards to safety evaluations and risk assessment. New chapters in...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mansdorf, S. Z. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida Wiley 2019
Edition:Third edition
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 5.3 THE NORMAL AND LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS5.4 CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; 5.5 PARAMETRIC HYPOTHESIS TESTS; 5.6 NONPARAMETRIC EQUIVALENTS TO THE t-TESTS; 5.7 COMPARING MORE THAN TWO MEANS WITH ONE-WAY ANOVA; 5.8 TWO-WAY ANOVA; 5.9 EXPLORING THE UPPER TAIL OF THE EXPOSURE DISTRIBUTION; 5.10 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF EXPOSURE TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES: BASIC PRINCIPLES; 6.3 EVALUATING EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; 6.4 INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION; 6.5 CONCLUSIONS; CASE STUDIES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; LATIN NAMES
  • AGENCIES AND ASSOCIATIONSREFERENCES; CHAPTER 7: OCCUPATIONAL DERMATOSES; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION; 7.3 CAUSAL FACTORS; 7.4 DIRECT CAUSES OF OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; 7.5 PHYSICAL FINDINGS OF OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; 7.6 SOME SIGNS OF SYSTEMIC INTOXICATION FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION; 7.7 DIAGNOSIS; 7.8 TREATMENT; 7.9 PREVENTION; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 8: INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN NONINDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; 8.3 PROBLEM BUILDING STUDIES; 8.4 VENTILATION SYSTEMS IN NONINDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
  • Intro; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PART I: RECOGNITION AND CONTROL OF HAZARDS; CHAPTER 1: RECOGNITION OF HEALTH HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 ABRASIVE BLASTING; 1.3 ACID AND ALKALI CLEANING OF METALS; 1.4 DEGREASING; 1.5 ELECTROPLATING; 1.6 GRINDING, POLISHING, AND BUFFING; 1.7 HEAT TREATING; 1.8 METAL MACHINING; 1.9 NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; 1.10 METAL THERMAL SPRAYING; 1.11 PAINTING; 1.12 SOLDERING AND BRAZING; 1.13 WELDING; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 2: INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; 2.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2 THE INTERNET AND OTHER REFERENCE TOOLS2.3 COLLECTING AND ORGANIZING DATA; 2.4 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; 2.5 CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A; CHAPTER 3: ERGONOMICS: ACHIEVING SYSTEM BALANCE THROUGH ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS AND CONTROL; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 JOB ANALYSIS; 3.3 WORK FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN PERFORMING JOB ANALYSES; 3.4 WHEN TO CONDUCT JOB ANALYSES; 3.5 JOB ANALYSIS STEPS; 3.6 JOB ANALYSIS METHODS; 3.7 ASSESSING MANUAL HANDLING TASKS; 3.8 IDENTIFY POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; 3.9 SELECTION AND EVALUATION OF SOLUTIONS; 3.10 AN EXAMPLE OF JOB ANALYSIS FORMS; 3.11 SUMMARY; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B
  • APPENDIX CAPPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY; TEXT BIBLIOGRAPHY; RESOURCES (PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM AREA OSHA OFFICES, EXCEPT AS NOTED); ADDITIONAL RESOURCES; CHAPTER 4: EVALUATION OF EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL AGENTS; 4.1 SAMPLING STRATEGY; 4.2 METHODS FOR GASES AND VAPORS; 4.3 METHODS FOR AEROSOLS; 4.4 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; 4.5 SURFACE SAMPLING; BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; CHAPTER 5: STATISTICAL METHODS FOR OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 VARIABILITY IN EXPOSURES AND EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT
  • Includes bibliographical references and index