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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT | Government Institutes New

ERGONOMICS MADE EASY
A CHECKLIST APPROACH
Second Edition Deborah Kearney
Understanding and applying the principles of ergonomics consistently in an organization not only reduces the risk of employee injuries, but also reduces an organization’s costs and increases productivity. This handbook examines 17 new workplace factors—50 in all—to consider when implementing an ergonomics program. Organized alphabetically by factor, each provides a descriptive checklist to allow easy assessment of each factor’s level of conformance with safety, quality, and productivity considerations.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH LAW HANDBOOK
Second Edition Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., and other law firms.
This popular reference provides an authoritative source for straightforward explanations to the fundamentals behind occupational safety and health law for managers, engineers, and professionals. Using a minimum of legal jargon, the authors provide legal interpretations of OSHA’s key aspects, review regulations and standards governing employee protection, and offer advice for dealing with regulatory authorities.

Kearney shows how to create cost-effective ergonomics programs, with step-by-step procedures to use for evaluating a workplace environment and implementing ergonomic changes, how to accommodate the needs of aging and disabled workers, and how to use ergonomics to increase productivity. Deborah Kearney PhD, is president of Job Smart System, Inc., which specializes in risk management to improve productivity, safety, and quality to meet global standards.
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This edition provides “Practitioner’s Tips,” as well as useful legal guidance for complying with OSHA inspection regulations and enforcing employers’and employees’rights during inspections. It describes changes to the probable cause test under OSHA’s “Warrant Requirement.” It also covers the legal and practical consequences to a business not contesting OSHA citations, OSHA’s use of “Monitoring Devices on Employees,” and more.

978-0-86587-194-6 • 2008 • 346 pages • $83.00 • paper

978-1-60590-669-0 • 2009 • 390 pages • $65.00 • paper 978-0-86587-984-3 • 2007 • $93.00 • cloth
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OSHA COMPLIANCE BASICS KIT
Whether you’re new to safety or just need an updated, comprehensive reference collection, this five-book set contains everything you need to make the compliance process as painless and as clear as possible. The kit includes 2007 Title 29 Parts 1900-1910.999, 2007 Title 29 Parts 1910.1000-1910.End, Safety Made Easy, Third Edition, Fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health, Fourth Edition, and Occupational Safety and Health Law Handbook, Second Edition.

SMALL BUSINESS HANDBOOK

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Think your business is too small to have big safety issues? Not true. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, “a serious fire, a permanent injury, or the death of an employee or owner can cause loss of profit or even an entire business.” Applying the recognized principles of prevention outlined in this book not only helps reduce accidents, but it may also improve your company’s efficiency and reduce insurance claims and other costs.

978-0-86587-188-5 • 2008 $243.00 • paper • 5-book prepack

This handbook provides a condensed summary of the guidelines and federal laws designed to keep workers safe. It examines the four key elements of a safety and health management system and provides an overview for inexpensively establishing or integrating these elements into a safety program.

978-1-60590-262-3 • 2008 • 54 pages • $30.00 • paper
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