Safety and Health for Engineers or Introduction to Group Work Practice

Safety and Health for Engineers

Author: Roger L Brauer

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.

Booknews

For engineers, plant managers, industrial hygienists, safety and loss control professionals, as well as lawyers. Covers a broad range of basic topics without requiring high technical sophistication and provides examples and exercises (no solutions), review questions, and references to information sources and standards. Discusses all types of hazards, legal responsibilities, human behavior and limitations, and the analysis of equipment and processes for hazard identification. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

The Importance of Safety and Health For Engineers.
Safety and Health Professions.
Fundamental Concepts and Terms.
LAWS, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS.
Federal Agencies, Laws and Regulations.
Other Laws, Regulations, Standards and Codes.
Workers' Compensation.
Products Liability.
Record Keeping and Reporting.
HAZARDS AND THEIR CONTROL.
General Principles of Hazard Control.
Mechanics and Structures.
Walking and Working Surfaces.
Electrical Safety.
Tools and Machines.
Transportation Safety.
Materials Handling.
Fire Protection and Prevention.
Explosions and Explosives.
Heat and Cold.
Pressure.
Visual Environment.
Non-Ionizing Radiation.
Ionizing Radiation.
Noise and Vibration.
Chemicals.
Ventilation.
Biohazards.
Hazardous Waste.
Personal Protective Equipment.
Emergencies.
Facility Planning and Design.
THE HUMAN ELEMENT.
Human Behavior and Performance in Safety.
Procedures, Rules and Training.
Ergonomics.
MANAGING SAFETY AND HEALTH.
Fundamentals of Safety Management.
Risk Management and Assessment.
System Safety.
Safety Analyses and Management Information.
Safety Plans and Programs.
Appendices.
Index.

See also: New Firefighters Cookbook or Art of Eating

Introduction to Group Work Practice

Author: Ronald W Toseland

An Introduction to Group Work Practice, 6/e

 

By: Ronald W. Toseland of the University at Albany, State University of New York

& Robert F. Rivas of Siena College

 

Basic Approach

The perfect text for preparing students to work with either treatment (ongoing) or task (special focus) groups, this newly revised edition offers the most up-to-date research available in the social work field.

An Introduction to Group Work Practice, Sixth Edition, continues to stress the importance of developing skills in group work and provides the most comprehensive information available on the market today. Students receive thorough preparation in areas that vary from treatment to organizational and community settings. The addition of new case studies, practice examples, and guiding principles adds to the ease and readability of this popular text.

Highlights of the New Edition 
• MyHelpingKit: A multimedia tool that contains Video Clips, Learning Objectives, Chapter Summaries, Flashcards, Research Navigator access, Cases, and more! (Available at no additional charge for students when value-packaged with a new textbook.  Please contact your local sales representative for details:www.ablongman.com/replocator ).
• New section on working with self-help groups.
• Expanded and updated research-based literature throughout that exposes students to more evidence-based practice and includes many examples from the authors' real life cases
• Contains many more short case examples throughout the text allowing students to see how content can be applied in practice settings, helping to reinforce chapter content.
• Greater focus on short-term psycho-educational groups.
• New techniques such as visualization and deep breathing have been added to the working stage of treatment groups.
• A new section on working with involuntary group members prepares students for leadership roles in groups with mandated clients in the beginning as well as the middle stages of group work.

What Your Colleagues are Saying

 

“I am very comfortable with the approach of this text. It feels very ordered and natural. I particularly like how the chapters move through the various phases of group work, beginning with more general information (group dynamics, leadership) and moving through the progressive stages of group development (planning, beginning, middle, and ending stages).”

 -- Matthew T. Theriot, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

“This text is an excellent one! There are several strengths including: a very structured approach to leading groups. The text includes both treatment/intervention groups and task groups, which is a plus! I really like the textboxes with bulleted summaries, and the short vignettes. I think that the authors have a very inviting writing style . . . which makes it a useful text to teach content.”

 — Nancy Kropf, Georgia State University

 

Booknews

The third edition includes a sharper focus on generalist practice and on typologies which illustrate group work practice (both treatment groups and task groups) at the micro, meso, and macro level. Additions include a new chapter on leadership and diversity, and new material on confidentiality, telephone and computer groups, dealing with conflict, and working with reluctant and involuntary group members. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.