The Health and Safety of People on Farms
Author : Saskatchewan. Farm Safety Advisory Committee
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
Author : Saskatchewan. Farm Safety Advisory Committee
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
Author : Roger L. Brauer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 49,83 MB
Release : 2006-05-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0471750921
The essential guide to blending safety and health with economical engineering Over time, the role of the engineer has evolved into a complex combination of duties and responsibilities. Modern engineers are required not only to create products and environments, but to make them safe and economical as well. Safety and Health for Engineers, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide that helps engineers reconcile safety and economic concerns using the latest cost-effective methods of ensuring safety in all facets of their work. It addresses the fundamentals of safety, legal aspects, hazard recognition, the human element of safety, and techniques for managing safety in engineering decisions. Like its successful predecessor, this Second Edition contains a broad range of topics and examples, detailed references to information and standards, real-world application exercises, and a significant bibliography of books for each chapter. Inside this indispensable resource, you'll find: * The duties and legal responsibilities for which engineers are accountable * Updated safety laws and regulations and their enforcement agencies * An in-depth study of hazards and their control * A thorough discussion of human behavior, capabilities, and limitations * Key instruction on managing safety and health through risk management, safety analyses, and safety plans and programs Additionally, Safety and Health for Engineers includes the latest legal considerations, new risk analysis methods, system safety and decision-making tools, and today's concepts and methods in ergonomic design. It also contains revised reference figures and tables, OSHA permissible exposure limits, and updated examples and exercises taken from real cases that challenged engineering designs. Written for engineers, plant managers, safety professionals, and students, Safety and Health for Engineers, Second Edition provides the information and tools you need to unite health and safety with economical engineering for safer technological solutions.
Author : Essila, Jean C.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 14,44 MB
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1522581588
Globalization has made both operations and supply chains more complex than ever before. Inputs are sourced from many locations all over the world to serve different needs and market segments throughout the planet, making it a global challenge that necessitates a global strategic response. Managing Operations Throughout Global Supply Chains is a crucial academic resource that discusses concepts, methodologies, and applications of emerging techniques for operations and supply chain management processes that promote cost efficiency. While highlighting topics such as global operations, resource planning, and business forecasting, this publication explores how organizations manage the procurement of all necessary resources at every stage of the production cycle from the original source to the final consumers. This book is ideally designed for researchers, academicians, practitioners, professional organizations, policymakers, and government officials.
Author : James A. Dosman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 47,21 MB
Release : 1995-04-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780873716178
This comprehensive new book, Agricultural Health and Safety, provides extensive coverage of issues arising in the interrelated fields of health, agriculture, and the environment. The significance of this book is a direct result of the increasing number of health and safety issues in agriculture and its associated industries. It contains sections written by experts, and includes papers presented at the Third International Symposium for Issues in Health, Agriculture and the Environment. Topics include lung disease in farmers, respiratory effects of long-term exposure to grain dust and air contaminants, respiratory hazards of pork producers, occupational asthma, allergic disorders in plant growers, allergic rhinitis in farmers, respiratory effects of inhaled endotoxins, organic dust toxic syndrome, cancer risks, hazards of pesticides, neurological risks, work-related accidents, prevention and safe practice, sustainable farming systems, and more. In all cases, the issues are broadly integrated with those of the environment. No other book presents such a broad perspective of the field.
Author : James A. Dosman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 1989-10-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780849301605
This indispensible new text is a comprehensive treatment of health and safety problems in agriculture and related industries. Respiratory health risks, grain dust exposures, occupational asthma, chronic lung disease, chemical exposures, incidence of cancer in farmers, accidents and injuries, and stress and psychiatric problems are addressed, from basic science to practical clinical aspects. This useful handbook provides a wealth of information for practicing clinicians, researchers, public health workers, those engaged in occupational health, programming, private industry, governmental public health departments, and farmers themselves.
Author : Kelley J. Donham
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1118647203
Newly updated, Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational Health, Safety, and Prevention, Second Editionis a groundbreaking and comprehensive textbook and reference for students and practitioners of public health, and professionals in the field of rural agricultural occupational health and safety. The book introduces specific occupational and environmental health and safety issues faced by agricultural workers and rural residents, and provides a roadmap to establishing sustainable worker and public health support in agricultural communities. Responding to reader demand, Agricultural Medicine, Second Edition now features more case studies, key point summaries, and new international perspective chapters comparing North American health and agricultural practices to those in Europe, the Asia Pacific, and South America. Agricultural health and safety engages a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals, veterinarians, safety professionals, engineers, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychologists, for whom this book serves as an essential resource.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 22,55 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Agricultural laborers
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 11,40 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Agricultural laborers
ISBN : 9789221119548
Author : Joy Zimmerman
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 23,80 MB
Release : 1994-03
Category :
ISBN : 9780788105647
Addresses agricultural occupational injuries & disease, & their prevention. References 222 articles, reports, training materials, & A-V materials. Also provides a list of national & regional organizations involved in agricultural safety & health.
Author : Kelley J. Donham
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 15,91 MB
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1118647211
Newly updated, Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational Health, Safety, and Prevention, Second Editionis a groundbreaking and comprehensive textbook and reference for students and practitioners of public health, and professionals in the field of rural agricultural occupational health and safety. The book introduces specific occupational and environmental health and safety issues faced by agricultural workers and rural residents, and provides a roadmap to establishing sustainable worker and public health support in agricultural communities. Responding to reader demand, Agricultural Medicine, Second Edition now features more case studies, key point summaries, and new international perspective chapters comparing North American health and agricultural practices to those in Europe, the Asia Pacific, and South America. Agricultural health and safety engages a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals, veterinarians, safety professionals, engineers, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychologists, for whom this book serves as an essential resource.