1st Edition
The Fearless World of Professional Safety in the 21st Century
- Introduction: It’s the End of the World as we Know It (And I feel Fine)
- Watch Jaws
- Something has to Change
- Written in Blood: The Death of General Patton
- Ergonomics: Welcome to the Jungle
- Ptolemy, Freud, and Heinrich Walked into a Bar
- The Time I Thought I Killed Myself with a Sign Post and a Nitrogen Cryogenic Cylinder
- Common Sense Skills / Common Sense Kills
- Everything I Need to Know about Behavior Based Safety I Learned from my Cats
- Gemba Walk This Way
- Safety Management System Title Match: Deming Versus Heinrich
- Written in Blood: Bhopal India
- If You Think Safety is Number One, I’ve got a Bridge to Sell Ya
- Identifying the Organization’s Many Swords of Damocles
- The Genus Python of the Safety World
- That Funny Little Scar on my Lip
- The Four Personality Types of Safety Committee Members and How to Engage Them
- Brett
- $12 Million says a Lot
- Does this make me Flotsam, or Jetsam?
- Safety Discipline Needs a Spanking
- Here I am, Stuck in the Middle with You
- Lift with Your Head
- Written in Blood: The Cocoanut Grove Fire
- DAF
- To Serve Man
- Snickergate
- Winston Churchill Said it Best
Biography
Scott Gesinger, CSP, is a safety engineer and writer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth Master of Environmental, Health and Safety program and holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Minnesota.
'Enlivened by personal thoughts and examples this book serves up a refreshing blend of arts, science, anecdote and research and provides useful stimulus in uncertain times to provoke thought and reconsider actions.' — Professor Andrew Sharman CFIOSH FIIRSM FInstLM, author of From Accidents to Zero, Safety Savvy and Mind Your Own Business.
'This book presents a fresh perspective on the safety profession that is interesting, thought provoking, and sometimes controversial. Approachable and relatable, yet profound and challenging.' — Ron Gantt, Vice President and Principle Consultant at SCM Safety
"Just occasionally, a book comes along that is as refreshing as a cold beer at the end of a hot day’s hard graft. This latest offering from Routledge is one of those...there is more wisdom packed into these 150 pages than I have seen in any other safety publication. It offers a personal view that’s both full of warm humour and passionate about the safety adviser’s contribution to business success." — Paul Smith MA CFIOSH, A former Health and Safety Executive inspector, he’s now a specialist writer on safety and health topics, IOSH Magazine
