Workplace Safety and Health

Assessing Current Practices and Promoting Change in the Profession

Thomas D. Schneid

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781439874110
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

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.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Chapter 1: Is There a Loss of Trust in the Workplace?
• Chapter 2: Why Compliance?
• Chapter 3: Value-Based Leadership in Safety
• Chapter 4: Empowerment in Safety and Health
• Chapter 5: Impact of Hiring and Discipline in Safety
• Chapter 6: Don’t Be Afraid to Fail
• Chapter 7: Rethinking Workers’ Compensation
• Chapter 8: Creating Safety Creativity in the Workplace
• Chapter 9: How May I Help You?
• Chapter 10: Rethinking the Employment Relationship
• Chapter 11: Safety Impacts Everything
• Chapter 12: ADA and the Impact on Safety and Health
• Chapter 13: Impact of Happiness on Safety
• Chapter 14: Here Are Your OSHA Citations!
• Chapter 15: Future of the Safety and Health Profession
• Appendix A: Analyzing and Briefing a Court Decision
• Appendix B: Surfing the OSHA Website
• Appendix C: Developing a Compliance Program
• Appendix D: Citation Document Taken from the OSHA Website
• Appendix E: Defenses to OSHA Alleged Violations
• Appendix F: What Is a Variance?
• Appendix G: Building an Inspection Checklist
• Appendix H: Safety Auditing
• Appendix I: Action Planning Document
• Back Cover