Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health (eBook)

S.Z. MANSDORF, PHD, CIH, CSP, QEP, is the consultant in EHS and Sustainability. Until 2009 he was Senior Vice President of Safety, Health, Environment, for L'Oreal Group. More recently, Zack has worked on risk assessment studies, KPI metrics development, EHS assessments in Asia and other projects of a similar nature. Zack is a past president of AIHA, the Academy of Industrial Hygiene, and the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation. He is also a Fellow of ASTM and AIHA.

Contributors vii

Foreword ix

Part I Recognition and Control of Hazards 1

1. Recognition of Health Hazards in the Workplace 3
Martin R. Horowitz and Marilyn F. Hallock

2. Information Resources for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals 37
Ralph Stuart, James Stewart, and Robert Herrick

3. Ergonomics: Achieving System Balance Through Ergonomic Analysis and Control 49
Graciela M. Perez

4. Evaluation of Exposure to Chemical Agents 89
Jerry Lynch and Charles Chelton

5. Statistical Methods for Occupational Exposure Assessment 125
David L. Johnson

6. Evaluation and Management of Exposure to Infectious Agents 147
Janet M. Macher, Deborah Gold, Patricia Cruz, Jennifer L. Kyle, Timur S. Durrani, and Dennis Shusterman

7. Occupational Dermatoses 199
David E. Cohen

8. Indoor Air Quality in Nonindustrial Occupational Environments 231
Philip R. Morey and Richard Shaughnessy

9. Occupational Noise Exposure and Hearing Conservation 261
Charles P. Lichtenwalner and Kevin Michael

10. Heat Stress 335
Anne M. Venetta Richard and Ralph Collipi, Jr.

11. Radiation: Nonionizing and Ionizing Sources 359
Donald L. Haes, Jr., and Mitchell S. Galanek

12. Enterprise Risk Management: An Integrated Approach 381
Chris Laszcz-Davis

13. Safety and Health in Product Stewardship 425
Thomas Grumbles

Part II General Control Practices 435

14. Prevention Through Design 437
Frank M. Renshaw

15. How to Select and Use Personal Protective Equipment 469
Richard J. Nill

16. Respiratory Protective Devices 495
James S. Johnson

17. How to Establish Industrial Loss Prevention and Fire Protection 531
Peter M. Bochnak

18. Philosophy and Management of Engineering Control 569
Pamela Greenley and William A. Burgess

19. Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Auditing 613
Andrew McIntyre, Harmony Scofield, and Steven Trammell

Part III Management Approaches 639

20. Addressing Legal Requirements and Other Compliance Obligations 641
Thea Dunmire

21. Occupational Safety and Health Management 653
Fred A. Manuele

22. Effective Safety and Health Management Systems: Management Roles and Responsibilities 671
Fred A. Manuele

23. Safety and Health Management of International Operations 691
S. Z. Mansdorf

24. The Systems Approach to Managing Occupational Health and Safety 701
Victor M. Toy

Index 717