1st Edition

Industrial Safety and Health for People-Oriented Services

By Charles D. Reese Copyright 2009
    480 Pages 90 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Industrial Safety and Health for People-Oriented Services focuses on the safety requirements of the tertiary sector of industry’s education, health, and hospitality services. This is an instruction manual on managing a safe and healthy environment— one free of biological, chemical, and ergonomics hazards – while adhering to OSHA regulations. In addition to addressing interventions and preventive approaches to help ensure a safe workplace and applicable safety standards, this book:

    • Explains workplace fire prevention relating to hot processes and radiation (both ionizing and non-ionizing)
    • Uses real-world examples and relevant illustrations as an integral part of each chapter
    • Provides guidance on removal, delimiting, and mitigation of safety and health hazards
    • Contains a checklist and other tools to assist in assuring a safer workplace

    This must-have guide covers workplace emergency planning, customer and coworker safety, health, security, and violence in the workplace. It is an essential tool for keeping service industry employees protected and should sit in every service manager’s library.

    Chapter 1 Introduction to the Service Industry Chapter 2 Educational Services Chapter 3 Health Care and Social Assistance Chapter 4 Leisure and Hospitality Sectors Chapter 5 Accommodation and Food Services Chapter 6 Other Services Chapter 7 Managing Safety and Health People Service Sectors Chapter 8 Summary of 29 CFR 1910 Chapter 9 Safety Hazards Chapter 10 Health Hazards Chapter 11 Biological Safety Chapter 12 Chemical Safety Chapter 13 Preventing Musculoskeletal Disorders Chapter 14 Electrical Safety Chapter 15 Emergency and Fire Safety Chapter 16 Hot Processes Chapter 17 Ionizing Radiation Chapter 18 Machine=Equipment Safeguarding Chapter 19 Nonionizing Radiation Chapter 20 Visitor=Client Safety and Health Chapter 21 Personal Protective Equipment Chapter 22 Workplace Security and Violence Chapter 23 Other Hazards Chapter 24 Summary

    Biography

    For 30 years, Charles D. Reese, PhD, has been involved with occupational safety and health as an educator, manager, and consultant. In his early career, Dr. Reese was an industrial hygienist at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy. He later became manager for the nation’s occupational trauma research initiative at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Division of Safety Research. Dr. Reese has played an integral role in trying to ensure workplace safety and health. As the managing director for the Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America, he was responsible for the welfare of the 650,000 members of the laborers’ union in the United States and Canada.