Fleet Safety for Safety Professionals and Fleet Managers provides statistical and regulatory information of interest to safety professionals and fleet managers, as well information on · hiring and screening · crash histories of prospective employees · monitoring road behavior, · training · incentives for safe driving behavior This book provides information and guidance on DOT and OSHA (and other) regulations that will be of particular interest to operations and safety managers with fleet responsibilities. Fleet in this book also includes buses as well. In addition to regulations, managers will find the research-based information on vehicles and accidents, as well as vehicle engineering and ergonomics useful in improving their driver training, selection and maintenance of vehicles, and improving driver comfort and lessening fatigue. The chapter on cost analysis and budgeting provides the economic fundamentals necessary to analyze capital expenditures and provide accurate cost-benefit analysis, whether the purchase is for a service or equipment. The chapter on sustainability offers real-world examples of companies who have integrated safety into continuous improvement of production operations, thereby reducing accidents while improving production efficiencies and optimizing use of materials. For those looking to improve their fleet safety programs, the chapters on benchmarking and best practices provide useful guidance and insights with direct applications, for both bus and truck fleet operations.

Fleet Safety

Joel M. Haight

American Society of Safety Professionals

"A comprehensive text for occupational safety and health professionals, the Safety Professionals Handbook covers many areas in the safety and health fields as well as in the environmental fields. Sections include Process Safety Management; Risk Management; Traditional Safety Management; Health and Safety Management Systems; Safety Engineering; Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering; Fire Protection Engineering; Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health; Environmental Engineering; Engineering Management; Leadership, Organization, and Culture; and Global Safety and Health and Sustainability"--

Safety Professionals Handbook

The Handbook is a reference for managers who who want to improve their safety, occupational health, or environmental programs or for students preparing to enter safety, health or environmental management. Six programs are analyzed: safety engineering management, hazard communication and right-to-know, environmental management, safety and health training, Workers' Compensation, and fleet safety. Environmental management is further divided into chapters on: air pollution and mitigation, water and wastewater, solid waste, hazardous waste, hazardous material spills and response, and management systems. The Safety Professionals Handbook explains regulatory issues, applied science and engineering principles, cost analysis and budgeting, benchmarking and performance criteria, and best practices.

The Safety Professionals Handbook Volume I: Management Applications

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American Society of Safety Engineers

The Handbook is a reference for managers who who want to improve their safety, occupational health, or environmental programs or for students preparing to enter safety, health or environmental management. Six programs are analyzed: risk assessment and hazard control; emergency preparedness; fire prevention and protection; industrial hygiene; personal protective equipment; ergonomics and human factors engineering. The Safety Professionals Handbook explains regulatory issues, applied science and engineering principles, cost analysis and budgeting, benchmarking and performance criteria, and best practices.

The Safety Professionals Handbook, Second Edition, Volume 2 - Technical Applications

Based on The Safety Professionals Handbook, 2nd edition, Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Workplace Health Hazards provides students and SH&amp;E professionals with a comprehensive review of workplace health regulations, and a scientific understanding of chemical, biological, and physical hazards, and how to address them. OSHA standards discussed are the ventilation, respirator, noise, hearing conservation, and ionizing radiation.
 The important first chapter also provides an introduction to occupational health regulations developed by MSHA, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the EPA.
 The second chapter discusses applied science and engineering principles of recognition, evaluation, and control of health hazards. That the EPA and OSHA have set different levels of acceptable risk for some chemical substances, as noted in an interesting comparison. The traditional approach in the U.S. for controlling worker exposure to hazardous airborne chemicals has been to compare the results of an exposure assessment to the occupational exposure limits (OELs). The UK s Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations, based on risk assessment and the EPA s evolving risk-assessment approaches, are reviewed. 
Chapter three, Chemical Hazards provides an understanding of some of the specific terms and methodologies used in generating and understanding chemical data. Without an understanding of the terms used in published data or an appreciation for the limitations of the data as presented in studies, the safety and health professional may be unable to fully characterize a potential chemical hazard and, therefore, may compromise the approach to eliminate or control hazards through the methods listed in the chapter. 
In chapter four, the author, Dr. James Rock, provides a comprehensive approach to physical hazards in the workplace by examining the effects of the accumulation of internal energy or mechanical breakage on the human body, effects that can be instantaneous or cumulative. This in-depth analysis results in a unique study of physical hazards and their elimination and remediation. The following chapter, Biological Hazards, focuses on clinical testing and microbiological research facilities. Routes of transmission, and how to conduct facility hazard assessments and control are discussed, followed by the important topic of training. Readers, even those with a background in biological agents, will find the wealth of information and recommendations that can be readily put to use to improve safety. 
The review of best industrial hygiene practices should be must reading for SH&amp;E professionals. The author, Dr. Zack Mansdorf presents the tenants of industrial hygiene, connecting the dots with safety practices to create best programs. Students will broaden their understanding of industrial hygiene practices and practicing professionals will find the connection with safety practices informative and practical. 
Attention Instructors: Desk copies of this textbook are available to instructors upon request who are considering the book for course adoption. Download the Desk Copy Request form. 
An Instructor's Guide containing questions and answers for each of the chapters in Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Workplace Health Hazards is available upon request at no cost to instructors who have adopted the handbook for a course. There is also a graphics package available for download with all of the graphics in jpeg format for use in the classroom.

Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Workplace Health Hazards

Environmental Safety and Health Regulations presents U.S. EPA and OSHA regulations pertaining to five areas of business and municipal operations impacting our environment: air pollution and control mitigation; water and wastewater; solid waste; hazardous waste; and hazardous material spills and response. The unique approach of this book is its comprehensive approach to best management practices in each of these areas through an understanding of applied science and engineering controls, cost analysis and budgeting, performance measurement and benchmarking programs. Additionally, a chapter on hazard communication and right-to-know regulations, written by Dr. James M. Miller, also compares and contrasts how U.S. standards for product hazards to non-U.S. standards such as those within the ISO. In the last chapter, James Stewart looks at the EPA s guidelines for environmental management systems (EMS), and how important it is for companies to have a system in place.
 Written by practicing professionals who contributed to The Safety Professionals Handbook, 2nd edition, this book includes the authors discuss topics central to an understanding of environmental regulations and health, including: Clean Air Act of 1990 (CAA) Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act (SWDA) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA)
 Also included are the regulations pertaining to these laws enforced by OSHA, the EPA, and the DOT, as well as discussion of OSHA s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) and ISO 14000. Most recent is the revision to the HCS to bring it in conformity with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). Instructors will find, in one volume, the basics of all the major legislation relating to environmental safety. Students will gain a comprehensive knowledge of all these laws and regulations and how they apply to safety practice and management. Written by experts and practitioners in the field, and edited by Joel M. Haight, Ph.D., PE, this is an invaluable resource for students and instructors in the myriad web or laws, regulations and standards that safety practitioners must master in order to perform their jobs effectively and within the law.

Environmental Safety and Health Regulations

Industrial Fire Protection provides an understanding of both the practical and theoretical aspects of fire prevention and protection. It delves into the prevention of fires through design, environment, and protection options. It also examines the legal and regulatory issues, the organizations that issue those laws and regulations, and how to address laws and regulations in developing fire prevention and protection plans.
 This textbook also examines how chemistry, physics, and aerodynamics play a part in fire dynamics, and using mathematical and scientific models to predict fire behaviors such as heat transfer, burn rates, spread, flashovers and backdrafts.
 Other topics include: Ignition and development of fires Five classes of fire Four stages of fire Three stages of firefighting Extinguishing agents and equipment Types of fire extinguishers and the pros and cons of each Occupational or life safety, as well as preservation of property, are main goals of any fire protection system. But also to be considered are the costs of fire protection options as the resources available to assist safety professionals in making risk assessment decisions. These are just several important subjects discussed in Chapter 5. In the next chapter, Benchmarking and Performance Criteria, different schedules for inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection equipment are discussed, as are the requirements for plant inspectors. In Best Practices, the last chapter, Craig Brown, discusses facility layout and construction considerations for fire safety, including equipment spacing, fireproofing, and electrical classification; legal requirements and life safety in building design. Also included is a detailed discussion of fire-extinguishing system selection and best practices. Other best practices discussed include: material storage, inspection and testing of buildings for fire safety, testing of fire protection equipment, and investigating and reporting on fire losses.
 Based on selected chapters from The Safety Professionals Handbook and written by experts, this peer-reviewed text is invaluable to students in industrial hygiene area, as well as those who will be working in manufacturing, chemical plants, but is also useful for safety students in general, to give them the tools to deal with fire prevention, detection and suppression in any workplace. Attention Instructors: Desk copies of this textbook are available to instructors upon request who are considering the book for course adoption. Download the Desk Copy Request form.
 An Instructor's Guide containing questions and answers for each of the chapters in Industrial Fire Protection is available upon request at no cost to instructors who have adopted the handbook for a course. There is also a graphics package available for download with all of the graphics in jpeg format for use in the classroom.

Industrial Fire Protection

Hazardous Material Management and Hazard Communication prepares students and safety, health and environmental professionals with the regulatory information and best practices to manage hazardous materials and communicate hazards to their employees and first responders. Management of hazardous waste is a broad and complex subject. Under federal law, each state is allowed to sets its own standards for dealing with hazardous waste as long as they are at least as strict as the federal statutes. Thus, safety professionals working for national companies frequently must know both the federal and state laws and regulation to make sure their organizations comply with hazardous waste management, transportation, and disposal rules and regulations. In addition OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) imposes a separate set of requirements. Benchmarking, performance criteria, and best practices are examined in detail, since the HCS is a performance-based standard, which makes it at the same time flexible in meeting requirements but hard to know how to comply or just follow the overall intent of the standard. However, as the authors make clear, it is not a one-size-fits-all standard, meaning you cannot just adopt another company's compliance solution and apply it without change. The text provides great detail on the standard s provisions and application, including the use of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs). The text also examines the EPA and DOT also regulations regarding hazardous spills and releases.
 Other topics include: Labeling of hazardous materials, including language and symbols Transportation and handling of hazardous materials, training issues, including written plans, and cultural and literacy issues Department of Transportation (DOT), EPA, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and ANSI Z192 regulations and standards are also discussed. Written by SH&amp;E experts, this text includes chapters from The Safety Professionals Handbook, 2nd edition, selected based on a survey of Handbook authors who are university faculty members.

Hazardous Material Management and Hazard Communication

Based onThe Safety Professionals Handbook, 2nd edition, Workplace Hazard Prevention Management, focuses is on what causes workplace hazards and what can be done to prevent them through design, engineering controls and work methods.. Besides the physical control of various materials, processes, and activities that produce a hazard, the text also focuses on human behavior as a factor. One control discussed is a permit-to-work system. Using a permit-to work system gives workers a step-by-step plan to follow while preforming unfamiliar and possible hazardous tasks.
 Other topics covered in the book include: Electrical safety Pressure vessel safety Performance measurement Benchmarking Employee safety surveys Best practices Written by experts in their fields students will also learn about risk, how it is measured, the financial consequences of ignoring it and the cost benefits of managing it. Workplace Hazard Prevention Management provides the basic tools of hazard prevention in the workplace, explains the financial consequences of ignoring risks, and the cost/benefits of effective risk management.
 Attention Instructors: Desk copies of this textbook are available to instructors upon request who are considering the book for course adoption. Download the Desk Copy Request form.
 An Instructor's Guide containing questions and answers for each of the chapters in Hazard Materials Management and Hazard Communication is available upon request at no cost to instructors who have adopted the handbook for a course. There is also a graphics package available for download with all of the graphics in jpeg format for use in the classroom.

Workplace Hazard Prevention Management

Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineeringcontains key topics designed to prepare students and professionals alike to recognize, assess, and remediate ergonomic-related problems in the workplace. Chapters selected from The Safety Professionals Handbook, 2nd Edition address physiological effects of work activities on people, and the interaction between people and their work environment. But what distinguishes this book is that it provides proven, real-world guidance to develop new and improve existing ergonomics and work physiology programs. The chapters include: Regulatory issues Benchmarking and Performance criteria Best Practices Occupational health hazards, such as repetitive motion injuries, poor lighting, vibration and noise are issues that the aspiring safety practitioner needs to understand, and Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering provides the material necessary to do a complete examination of work processes and redesign. Written by experts in the fields of ergonomics and human factors and edited by Joel Haight, Ph.D., PE, it is an invaluable resource for instructors for use in the ergonomics and human factors classes.

Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering

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