Handbook of occupational safety and health

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"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 include prevention by design, product stewardship, safety and health management systems, safety and health management of international operations, and EHS auditing. Offers quick overviews enabling individuals not formally trained in occupational safety to get up to speed rapidly. Many of the chapters are structured as "How to ..." sections such as how to conduct an accident investigation"--Provided by publisher.  Read more... Abstract: Preceded by Handbook of occupational safety and health / edited by Louis J. DiBerardinis. 1999.  Read more... Content: 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 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