1st Edition

Annotated Dictionary of Construction Safety and Health

    264 Pages
    by CRC Press

    264 Pages
    by CRC Press

    The Annotated Dictionary of Construction Safety and Health covers the most common types of risks or hazards that impact the safety and health of construction workers. Arranged in alphabetical order for ease-of-use, the Dictionary meshes regulations, common sense, and practical construction work aspects in a logical style.
    The author discusses a vast range of issues in construction safety. He covers the most common types of risks or hazards that impact the safety of construction workers, and includes the OSHA requirements where applicable. This comprehensive view of safety in the construction industry has its foundation in the author's belief that jobsite safety is a critical factor in good business practices, productivity, and cost containment.
    The construction industry has always been viewed as an industry with unique hazards. The Annotated Dictionary of Construction Safety and Health provides you with a tool for addressing occupational safety issues in the construction industry. As a guide and reference, it will be the foundation upon which you can build stronger safety initiatives and prevent jobsite deaths and injuries.

    Construction Safety A Through H
    Abrasive Grinding
    Aerial Lifts
    Air Receivers
    Alarms
    Arc Welding and Cutting
    Barricades
    Barriers
    Batteries
    Change Rooms
    Compressed Air, Use of
    Compressed Air, Working Under
    Compressed Gas Cylinders
    Compressed Gas Welding
    Concrete Construction
    Concrete - Cast-in-Place
    Confined Spaces
    Construction Masonry
    Conveyors
    Cranes and Derricks
    Crane- and Derrick-Suspended Personnel Platforms
    Demolition
    Disposal Chutes
    Diving
    Eating and Drinking Areas
    Egress
    Electrical
    Employee Emergency Action Plans
    Excavations/Trenches
    Explosives and Blasting
    Eye and Face Protection
    Fall Protection
    Fire Protection and Prevention
    Flagperson
    Floor and Wall Openings
    Food Handling
    Foot Protection
    Hand Protection
    Hand and Power Tools/Guarding
    Hand Tools
    Hazard Communications
    Hazardous Waste Operations
    Head Protection
    Hearing Protection - Occupational Noise Exposure
    Heating Devices
    Heavy Equipment, Preventing Slips and Falls
    Helicopters
    Hoist, Base-Mounted Drum
    Hoist, Materials
    Hoist, Overhead
    Hoist Personnel
    Housekeeping
    Construction Safety: I Through W
    Illumination
    Jacks
    Ladders
    Lift-Slab Construction
    Liquid-Fuel Tools
    Liquid Petroleum Gas
    Lockout/Layout
    Marine Equipment
    Material Handling and Storage
    Material Handling Equipment
    Medical Services and First Aid
    Motor Vehicles and Mechanized Equipment
    Nonpotable Water
    Personal Protection Equipment
    Pile Driving
    Pneumatic Tools
    Potable Water
    Powder-Actuated Guns
    Power Tools
    Power Tools, Electrical
    Power Tools, Fuel Driven
    Power Tools, Hydraulic, Power Transmission and Distribution
    Precast Concrete
    Process Chemical Safety Management
    Radiation, Ionizing
    Radiation, Non-Ionizing
    Rigging
    Rollover Protective Structures
    Safety Harness
    Safety Nets
    Scaffolds
    Signs, Signals, and Barricades
    Site Clearance
    Slips, Trips, and Falls
    Stairways
    Steel Erection
    Temporary Sleeping Quarters
    Tire Cages
    Toeboards
    Toilets
    Transportation
    Tunnels/Shaft
    Vermin Control
    Washing Facilities
    Welding
    Woodworking Tools
    Working Over Water

    Biography

    Charles D. Reese

    "This up-to-date dictionary will greatly assist contractors, workers, and safety and health professionals, especially when used in conjunction with Reese and Edison's 1999 book."
    Choice, September, 200, Vol. 38, No. 1
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