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bookstores and available September 15, 2006
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By
Daniel Hopwood and Stephen Thompson
ISBN: 0-7821-3604-4
Hardcover,
224 pages, John Wiley & Sons
(to purchase more than 5 copies at bulk discount,
please contact Camille Currier at 619/294-9863)
In
bookstores and available September 15, 2006
Workplace Safety: A Guide For Small &
Midsized
Companies, by Dan Hopwood and Steve Thompson, uses a straight-forward approach to creating the basic elements of a successful safety program. This book will provide updated information and real world examples illustrating how to prevent as well as confront the common health and safety issues that arise in the workplace.
Includes information on core OSHA regulatory requirements, safety needs assessment, workers' compensation and insurance, disaster and emergency planning, ergonomics, risk management and loss prevention, injuries, OSHA requirements, risk management and loss prevention, quality of work life, preventative health, ergonomic standards, incident, disaster, and emergency response plans.
Chapter
highlights include: (1) What is Workplace Safety, (2) Taking Stock of Where You Are: A Needs Assessment, (3) Creating an Effective Safety Program, (4) Critical Considerations: Focusing Workplace Safety Efforts, (5) Integrating Advanced Topics, (6) Workers' Compensation and Insurance, (7) Greatest Lessons Learned in Achieving Safety Success.
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