This authoritative bestseller on the principles of safety engineering has been thoroughly updated to reflect major changes in the regulatory environment. Regarded as a "keeper" by safety pros everywhere, Safety and Health for Engineers is also the perfect tool for CSP exam preparation.

The essential guide to blending safety and health with economical engineeringOver time, the role of the engineer has evolved into a complex combination of duties and responsibilities. Modern engineers are required not only to create products and environments, but to make them safe and economical as well. Safety and Health for Engineers, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide that helps engineers reconcile safety and economic concerns using the latest cost-effective methods of ensuring safety in all facets of their work. It addresses the fundamentals of safety, legal aspects, hazard recognition, the human element of safety, and techniques for managing safety in engineering decisions. Like its successful predecessor, this Second Edition contains a broad range of topics and examples, detailed references to information and standards, real-world application exercises, and a significant bibliography of books for each chapter.Inside this indispensable resource, you'll find:* The duties and legal responsibilities for which engineers are accountable* Updated safety laws and regulations and their enforcement agencies* An in-depth study of hazards and their control* A thorough discussion of human behavior, capabilities, and limitations* Key instruction on managing safety and health through risk management, safety analyses, and safety plans and programsAdditionally, Safety and Health for Engineers includes the latest legal considerations, new risk analysis methods, system safety and decision-making tools, and today's concepts and methods in ergonomic design. It also contains revised reference figures and tables, OSHA permissible exposure limits, and updated examples and exercises taken from real cases that challenged engineering designs. Written for engineers, plant managers, safety professionals, and students, Safety and Health for Engineers, Second Edition provides the information and tools you need to unite health and safety with economical engineering for safer technological solutions.

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Product Description: Product safety problems really waste company resources, alienate consumers, frustrate employees, and leave company stakeholders disgusted. It is easy to understand why most consumer product companies are committed to product safety and why they often seem willing to devote even more resources to increase their organization s safety commitment...read more

Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Thread ThreatAuthor: Munoz, Victoria C. (EDT)Publisher: Nova Science Pub IncPublication Date: 2011/10/01Number of Pages: 124Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress: 2011017608

Product Description: Consumer safety has taken, over the last decades, an ever-growing and important position in our society, in particular in developed countries. This book focuses on some of the key issues in this field which touches virtually everyone including child seats, firearms, food safety, and plastics...read more

Challenging current beliefs about the virtues of cost-benefit analysis, a cautionary analysis cites its growing use among politicians and conservatives as a means of making policy decisions regarding public health and the environment, arguing that decisions about health and safety would be better made on democratic and moral grounds. Reprint.

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Product Description: The importance of safety in design cannot be overestimated. Designers who are responsible for hazardous products may be held personally responsible for damages. To that end, this book includes a chapter on how to deal with litigation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: HEALTHY LIVING IN A TOXIC WORLD explains the myths and the science of how chemicals we encounter in daily life can effect our health. Rather than using scare tactics to sensationalize the impact of individual products, this book provides readers with a framwork to understand how neurotoxic chemicals affect your health, where to look for them, and how regulatory and political processes allow the real danger to perpetuate...read more

Tells how to evaluate the environmental impact of products, explains catch phrases, and discusses the concept of sustainability

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Discusses the health concerns related to cigarettes, dairy and meat products, salt, artificial sweeteners, tampons, and home insulation, and looks at how the public's perception of risk is influenced

Analyzes the complex issues and procedures involved in measuring risk, judging safety, and determining standards through regulation. Bibliogs

Describes the ways in which scientists in various government, industry, and private nonprofit laboratories inspect, test, analyze, and do research on foods, drugs, and other consumer products