Product Description
Safety Management in the Workplace
Author: Francois Van Loggerenberg
Format: Physical Hardcopy
Health and safety management is a key responsibility of organisations. This edition of Safety Management in the Workplace aims at highlighting certain aspects regarding health and safety in the workplace.
The book highlights: occupational health and safety from a global perspective, legislation and competency requirements, the difference between responsibility and accountability, occupational hygiene, first-aid, risk assessment, etc.
Contents:
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Chapter 1: A holistic overview and the value of global OHS – Rigard Steenkamp
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OHS and QWL
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OHS is a global concern
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The value of human capital
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Governments must support OHS excellence
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The relationship between OHS excellence and business excellence
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QWL companies achieve better results
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Innovation in prevention
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Global risk concepts
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OHS challenges demand faith and supernatural intervention
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Global OHS principles
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A holistic approach to Safety
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A TQM safety and health model
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Collective behaviour-based safety (BBS)
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Guidelines for a quality PPE programme
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Environmental reporting
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Chapter 2: Safety in industry – Cheryl Rielander
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Legal requirements of safety in industry
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Managing occupational health and safety in industry
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Key principles
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Management responsibilities and work practices
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Process safety management
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The safety-man
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Safety practices
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Hazard communication (HAZCOM)
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Emergency management and response plans
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Chapter 3: Accountability and responsibility for safety, health and environment – Francois van Loggerenberg
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The relationship between accountability and responsibility
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Key elements of an accountability system
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Employee engagement
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Employees’ engagement with health and safety
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Safety, health and environmental (SHE) system
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Health and safety policy
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Key principles and objectives of a health and safety policy
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Health and safety programme
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Four elements of a health and safety programme
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Health and safety plan
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Chapter 4: Managing safety in the workplace – Lizbie Fourie
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Nature of safety in a workplace
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Nature of safety management
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Core principles of safety management in a workplace
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Safety management functions
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Different levels of safety management
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Safety management leadership
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Role of the safety practitioner
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Chapter 5: Managing safety in the office environment – Francois van Loggerenberg
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Integrating office safety into an organisation’s policy and strategy
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Core principles of managing safety in the office
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Interaction between employer and employee responsibilities regarding a safe office environment
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Accident prevention programme
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Principles of an accident prevention programme
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Chapter 6: Fundamentals of occupational hygiene – Francois van Loggerenberg
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Occupational hygiene defined
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Recognising hazards or agents
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Evaluation of health hazards
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Control of health hazards
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Occupational hygiene programme
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Quality management system
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Auditing of occupational hygiene
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Chapter 7: First aid and organisational health and safety – Lizbie Fourie
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Fundamental principles of first aid within organisational safety
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Legal compliance of first aid as part of organisational health and safety
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Responsibilities for first aid in the workplace
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Managing first aid in a workplace
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Workplace injuries or illnesses and first aid
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First-aid assessment in the workplace
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Chapter 8: Elements that contribute to unsafe practices in the office environment and how to prevent them – Francois van Loggerenberg
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Unsafe practice defined
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Various forms of unsafe/dangerous practices in an office environment
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The impact of unsafe practices on employees and the organisation
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Chapter 9: Risk management: hazard identification and risk assessment – Cheryl Rielander
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Legal requirements of risk assessments
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Risk management versus risk assessment
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Risk management
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Risk management: hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA)
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Hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA) process
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Risk assessment
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Chapter 10: Construction safety requirements – Cheryl Rielander
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Legal requirements in construction
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Health and safety in construction
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Design and management in construction
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Training and competency
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Construction sites
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Chapter 11: Working at heights, construction vehicles, lifting equipment and vibrations – Cheryl Rielander
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Construction site safety
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Working at heights
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Roof work
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Fall protection
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Ladders
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Scaffolds and suspended platforms
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Construction vehicles
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Lifting equipments
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Vibration
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Chapter 12: Confined-space work risks – Leighton Bennett
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What is a confined space?
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What are the dangers in confined spaces?
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The legal requirements
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Permit system for a confined-space programme
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What should happen when work is being done in a confined space?
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Emergency rescue procedures
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Incident issues
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