Occupational health and safety
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that every year there are 2.2 million fatal and 270 million non-fatal accidents or occupational diseases worldwide. Occupational Health and Safety looks at the research into what causes accidents and errors in the workplace. Emphasizing the psych...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, England :
Gower ,
c2011
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| Series: | Psychological and behavioral aspects of risk series
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Building a safe and healthy workplace
- 2. The business case for occupational safety, health, environment and beyond
- 3. Reporting and investigating accidents : recognizing the tip of the iceberg
- 4. Accident proneness : back in vogue?
- 5. Injury proneness
- 6. Painful hours? the potential costs of extra work Hours and schedule inflexibility to workers' physical well-being
- 7. Workplace bullying : a toxic part of organizational life
- 8. Violence in the workplace
- 9. Psychological and behavioral aspects of occupational safety and health in the US coal mining industry
- 10. Psychosocial and organizational factors in offshore safety
- 11. Safety and risk in transportation
- 12. Job stress and pesticide exposure among immigrant latino farmworkers
- 13. Psychosocial risks and positive factors among construction workers
- 14. A variegated approach to occupational safety
- 15. The best practices for managing return to work following mental health problems at work