Annotated Dictionary of Construction Safety and Health
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The Annotated Dictionary of Construction Safety and Health covers the most common types of risks or hazards that impact the safety and health of construction workers. Arranged in alphabetical order for ease-of-use, the Dictionary meshes regulations, common sense, and practical construction work aspects in a logical style.
The author discusses a vast range of issues in construction safety. He covers the most common types of risks or hazards that impact the safety of construction workers, and includes the OSHA requirements where applicable. This comprehensive view of safety in the construction industry has its foundation in the author's belief that jobsite safety is a critical factor in good business practices, productivity, and cost containment.
The construction industry has always been viewed as an industry with unique hazards. The Annotated Dictionary of Construction Safety and Health provides you with a tool for addressing occupational safety issues in the construction industry. As a guide and reference, it will be the foundation upon which you can build stronger safety initiatives and prevent jobsite deaths and injuries.
Table of Contents
Construction Safety A Through H
Abrasive Grinding
Aerial Lifts
Air Receivers
Alarms
Arc Welding and Cutting
Barricades
Barriers
Batteries
Change Rooms
Compressed Air, Use of
Compressed Air, Working Under
Compressed Gas Cylinders
Compressed Gas Welding
Concrete Construction
Concrete - Cast-in-Place
Confined Spaces
Construction Masonry
Conveyors
Cranes and Derricks
Crane- and Derrick-Suspended Personnel Platforms
Demolition
Disposal Chutes
Diving
Eating and Drinking Areas
Egress
Electrical
Employee Emergency Action Plans
Excavations/Trenches
Explosives and Blasting
Eye and Face Protection
Fall Protection
Fire Protection and Prevention
Flagperson
Floor and Wall Openings
Food Handling
Foot Protection
Hand Protection
Hand and Power Tools/Guarding
Hand Tools
Hazard Communications
Hazardous Waste Operations
Head Protection
Hearing Protection - Occupational Noise Exposure
Heating Devices
Heavy Equipment, Preventing Slips and Falls
Helicopters
Hoist, Base-Mounted Drum
Hoist, Materials
Hoist, Overhead
Hoist Personnel
Housekeeping
Construction Safety: I Through W
Illumination
Jacks
Ladders
Lift-Slab Construction
Liquid-Fuel Tools
Liquid Petroleum Gas
Lockout/Layout
Marine Equipment
Material Handling and Storage
Material Handling Equipment
Medical Services and First Aid
Motor Vehicles and Mechanized Equipment
Nonpotable Water
Personal Protection Equipment
Pile Driving
Pneumatic Tools
Potable Water
Powder-Actuated Guns
Power Tools
Power Tools, Electrical
Power Tools, Fuel Driven
Power Tools, Hydraulic, Power Transmission and Distribution
Precast Concrete
Process Chemical Safety Management
Radiation, Ionizing
Radiation, Non-Ionizing
Rigging
Rollover Protective Structures
Safety Harness
Safety Nets
Scaffolds
Signs, Signals, and Barricades
Site Clearance
Slips, Trips, and Falls
Stairways
Steel Erection
Temporary Sleeping Quarters
Tire Cages
Toeboards
Toilets
Transportation
Tunnels/Shaft
Vermin Control
Washing Facilities
Welding
Woodworking Tools
Working Over Water
Editorial Reviews
"This up-to-date dictionary will greatly assist contractors, workers, and safety and health professionals, especially when used in conjunction with Reese and Edison's 1999 book."
Choice, September, 200, Vol. 38, No. 1
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