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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burke, Ronald J. (Author), Clarke, Sharon , 1968- (Author), Cooper, Cary L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham, England : Gower , c2011
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