Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety
v. 1 ~ v. 4
editor-in-chief, Jeanne Mager Stellman
Revised and expanded, this edition provides comprehensive coverage of occupational health and safety. The encyclopaedia consists of four printed volumes: volume one - the body, health care, management and policy, tools and approaches; volume two - psychosocial and organizational factors, hazards, the environment, accidents and safety; volume three - chemicals, industries and occupations; and volume four - indexes by author, subject and chemical name. A new CD-ROM version is available which provides the benefits of computer-assisted search capabilities.
health care - first aid and emergency services, health protection and promotion, occupational health services
management and policy - disability and work, education and training, ethical issues, development technology and trade, labour relations and human resources management, resources information and OSH, resources institutional structural and legal, work and workers, workers compensation systems, workers compensation systems topics in
tools and approaches - biological monitoring, epidemiology and statistics, ergonomics, occupational hygiene, personal protection, record systems and surveillance, toxicology. Volume II: psychosocial and organizational factors - psychosocial and organizational factors, organizations and health and safety
general hazards - barometric pressure increased, barometric pressure decreased, biological hazards, disasters natural and technological, electricity, fire, heat and cold, hours of work, indoor air quality, indoor environmental control, lighting, noise, radiation ionizing, radiation non-ionizing, vibration, violence, visual display units
the environment - environmental health hazards, environmental policy, environmental pollution control
accidents and safety management - accident prevention, audits inspections and investigations, safety applications, safety policy and leadership, safety programmes. Volume III: chemicals - using storing and transporting chemicals, minerals and agricultural chemicals, metals chemical properties and toxicity
industries based on biological resources - agriculture an dnatural resource based industries, beverage industry, fishing, food industry, forestry, hunting, livestock rearing, lumber, paper and pulp industry
industries based on natural resources - iron and steel, mining and quarrying, oil exploration and drilling, power generation and distribution
chemical industries - chemical processing, oil and natural gas, pharmaceutical industry, rubber industry
manufacturing industries - electrical appliances and equipment, metal processing and metal working industry, microelectronics and semiconductors, glass pottery and related materials, printing photography and reproduction industry, woodworking
textiles and apparel industries - clothing and finished textile products, leather fur and footwear, textile goods industry
transport industries - aeropspace manufacture and maintenance, motor vehicles and heavy equipment, ship and boat building and repair