Workplace Safety and Health by Thomas D Schneid

Workplace Safety and Health by Thomas D Schneid

Are the tried and true safety practices still effective in the changing workplace? Is there a better way of safeguarding employees from accidents and injuries? In short, why do you perform the safety activities that you do on a daily basis and do they produce the results necessary to keep your safety program and your company competitive in the global market? Answering these questions and more, Workplace Safety and Health: Assessing Current Practices and Promoting Change in the Profession analyzes the current practices and identifies emerging issues and challenges in the safety and health profession.

We Need a Game Changer … A New Way of Achieving a Safe and Healthful Workplace

Safety pioneer and educator Thomas Schneid makes a strong case that mandatory compliance with OSHA regulations is only the first step in a safety program. And that, due to globalization and the current emphasis on sustainability, the requirements of the safety profession have changed. He explores new sources of information and guidance for addressing the new and emerging issues created by the current economic situation, globalization, and the changing workplace. He also identifies and analyzes emerging ethical issues within the safety and health profession, then suggests potential solutions.

Schneid then examines the basic assumptions and challenges you to assess and evaluate your activities in search of a better and more effective way of achieving the results necessary to be competitive in today’s workplace. Taking a provocative look at the current issues facing the safety profession, he shows you how to view safety activities and actions from a different perspective and see the real impact they have on the lives of others. He gives you the tools you need to go beyond OSHA compliance and develop safety programs that will be effective in the global workplace and create and maintain a safe workplace that eliminates all injuries and illnesses.

… the author is extremely knowledgeable and innovative in his approach to the challenges facing the field of professional safety practice—Dr. Joseph Cali, Slippery Rock University

… a valuable resource for safety professionals responsible for enterprise safety programs ... .
—Daniel E. Della-Giustina, Professor & Past Chair of Safety Management at West Virginia. University

One capability of professional competent occupational safety practitioners is to be able to accurately assess exposures, characterize risk, determine control and prevention measures and manage operations with practices that are focused on continuous improvement, this book is a vital resource for building that capability.—Anthony Veltri, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety Oregon State University

"There is particularly interesting content on the important role health and safety professionals can play in a company’s recruitment process and in disciplinary procedures (after health and safety violations). … Schneid challenges the reader to help raise the health and safety profession’s game and suggests ways in which they can energise employees’ "safety creativity" to bring about a cultural shift in attitude and ways of thinking about safety."—Donald Muir for healthandsafetyatwork.com, November 2014

"The book is very well illustrated with colorful maps, symbols, fonts, and websites that give us the show part of the "show and tell" and make things even more clear. Muehlenhaus writes with knowledge, experience, and humor which further makes this an excellent text for undergrads to those who have started cartography with pen and ink."
—Rebecca Lowery, Map and Data Services Librarian, The University of Illinois at Chicago in WAML Information Bulletin, Vol. 45, No 3

Schneid, Thomas D.: - Thomas D. Schneid is a tenured professor in the Department of Safety, Security and Emergency Management (formerly Loss Prevention and Safety) at Eastern Kentucky University and serves as the graduate program director for the online and on campus Master of Science degree in Safety, Security and Emergency Management. Tom has earned a B.S. in education, M.S. and CAS in safety, M.S. in international business and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering as well as his Juris Doctor (J.D. in law) from West Virginia University and LL.M. (Graduate Law) from the University of San Diego. Tom is a member of the bar for the U.S. Supreme Court, 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and a number of federal districts as well as the Kentucky and West Virginia Bar. Tom has authored and/or co-authored fifteen texts including the Americans With Disabilities Act casebook, Fire Law, Fire and Emergency Law Casebook, Food Safety Law and Corporate Safety Compliance. In addition, he has authored over 100 articles on legal issues and safety-related topics.

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ISBN 13	9781439874103
ISBN 10	1439874107
Title	Workplace Safety and Health
Author	Thomas D Schneid
Series	Occupational Safety And Health Guide Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Inc
Year published	2014-05-05
Number of pages	227
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.