Occupational Health Risk Assessment and Management

This book provides the theory and the practice of risk assessment and management in the context of hazardous substances in the workplace based on a rational conceptual framework. Exposure to chemicals in industry and commerce is particulary important given the volume of chemicals used, the different forms in which they may exist and their range of health effects. This book will address the historical perspectives; discuss the various models available, propose a more comprehensive model and discuss the various elements of risk assessment and the management process. Furthermore applications of risk assessment and management in various industrial sectors will be discussed based either on substance or the process involved. This book will link the theory with the practice of risk assessment and management. It will provide the individual responsible, as well as those involved in providing input into the process of risk assessment and management in the workplace a clear understanding of the issues and the activities involved. It will also provide examples of assessment and management in a range of selected industries and processes.

Spis treści:
Foreword Professor Malcolm Harrington.
Section A Introduction.
Chapter 1 Basic concepts and developments in health risk assessment and management.
K Rampal and S Sadhra.
Chapter 2 Organising for risk assessment and management.
M Molyneux.
Section B Risk Assessment.
Chapter 3 Toxicological basis for hazard identification.
H Cross & S Faux.
Chapter 4 Epidmiological basis for hazard identification.
D Koh & A Seow.
Chapter 5 Occupational hazard types and their characteristics.
S Sadhra.
Chapter 6 Hazard identification techniques.
S Sadhra.
Chapter 7 Standard setting in occupational health.
L Levy.
Chapter 8 Requirements of monitoring exposure to workplace contaminants.
S Sadhra.
Chapter 9 Exposure modeling.
C Gray .
Chapter 10 Risk characterisation.
H Raafat & S Sadhra.
Section C Risk Management.
Chapter 11 Prevention and control of exposures.
F Gill.
Chapter 12 Economics of risk management.
I Wrightson.
Chapter 13 Emergency response.
C Whitmore.
Chapter 14 Risk perception.
A Spurgeon.
Chapter 15 Risk communication.
F Rose.
Chapter 16 Health surveillance.
C Aw.
Chapter 17 Auditing risk assessment and management.
P Nicoll.
Chapter 18 Demonstrating compliance with the law.
L Goldman & G Howard.
Section D Applications of risk assessment and management in industry.
Chapter 19 Case Studies.
i Agriculture–Pesticides I Brown.
ii Chemicals–Isocyanates I Mackenzie.
iii Carcinogens–Asbestos L Heng Huat.
iv Biological agents–Tuberculosis & Q Fever J Beach & N Ratti.
v Display screen equipment R Graves & Jones.
vi Manual handling P Wynn & K Pilling.
vii Ionising radiation J Hipkin, E Spence.
viii Vibration I Lawson.
ix Stress W Howe.
x Violence at work S Whitaker

Okładka tylna:
This book provides the theory and the practice of risk assessment and management in the context of hazardous substances in the workplace based on a rational conceptual framework. Exposure to chemicals in industry and commerce is particulary important given the volume of chemicals used, the different forms in which they may exist and their range of health effects. This book will address the historical perspectives; discuss the various models available, propose a more comprehensive model and discuss the various elements of risk assessment and the management process. Furthermore applications of risk assessment and management in various industrial sectors will be discussed based either on substance or the process involved. This book will link the theory with the practice of risk assessment and management. It will provide the individual responsible, as well as those involved in providing input into the process of risk assessment and management in the workplace a clear understanding of the issues and the activities involved. It will also provide examples of assessment and management in a range of selected industries and processes.