Planning occupational health & safety : a guide to OHS risk management / [edited by Gaby Grammeno].

Contributor(s): Grammeno, Gabrielle | CCH Canadian LimitedMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: North Ryde, N.S.W. : CCH Australia Limited, 2005Edition: 7th edDescription: 346 p. ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 192102299X :Other title: Planning occupational health and safetySubject(s): Industrial hygiene | Industrial safety | Personnel management -- Planning | Occupational Health | Accidents, Occupational | Accident Prevention | Legislation | Personnel management -- Australia -- Planning | Personnel Management | Industrial safety -- Australia | Industrial hygiene -- Australia | Australia | AustraliaDDC classification: 363.110994 LOC classification: HD7261 | .P53 2006NLM classification: WA 400
Contents:
[Part I.] Health and safety as a legal requirement -- Ch. 1. Best practice occupational health and safety management -- Ch. 2. Overview of legislation -- Ch. 3. Risk management -- Ch. 4. OHS management systems -- Ch. 5. Policy and planning -- Ch. Implementation -- Ch. 7. Measurement, evaluation and review -- Ch. 8. Workers compensation and injury management -- [Part 2.] Managing particular risks -- Ch. 9. Managing risks of accident or injury -- Ch. 10. Managing risks to health and wellbeing -- Ch. 11. Managing social issues -- Appendices. A. Resources: organisations -- B. Information and training resources -- C. OHS professionals.
Scope and content: "This practical guide, now in its 7th edition, clearly explains the whole process of workplace health and safety management, from planning and establishing systems, through risk assessment and control, to evaluation, injury management and workers compensation. Using a framework based on the Australian Standards for risk management and OHS management systems, it covers all the fundamental principles and legal obligations students and workplace personnel need to understand in order to establish and maintain a safe and healthy working environment." - back cover.
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Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Part I.] Health and safety as a legal requirement -- Ch. 1. Best practice occupational health and safety management -- Ch. 2. Overview of legislation -- Ch. 3. Risk management -- Ch. 4. OHS management systems -- Ch. 5. Policy and planning -- Ch. Implementation -- Ch. 7. Measurement, evaluation and review -- Ch. 8. Workers compensation and injury management -- [Part 2.] Managing particular risks -- Ch. 9. Managing risks of accident or injury -- Ch. 10. Managing risks to health and wellbeing -- Ch. 11. Managing social issues -- Appendices. A. Resources: organisations -- B. Information and training resources -- C. OHS professionals.

"This practical guide, now in its 7th edition, clearly explains the whole process of workplace health and safety management, from planning and establishing systems, through risk assessment and control, to evaluation, injury management and workers compensation. Using a framework based on the Australian Standards for risk management and OHS management systems, it covers all the fundamental principles and legal obligations students and workplace personnel need to understand in order to establish and maintain a safe and healthy working environment." - back cover.

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