Guidelines for Writing Effective Operating and Maintenance Procedures (Center for Chemical Process Safety)

Guidelines for Writing Effective Operating and Maintenance Procedures (Center for Chemical Process Safety) Review

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The EPA investigation of a 1994 chemical plant tragedy concluded that "the explosion resulted from a lack of written safe operating procedures…" While good written procedures can't guarantee zero accidents, they can reduce the number of accidents caused by human error. This new book shows how to remedy this problem through selecting and implementing actions that promote safe, efficient operations and maintenance, improve quality, continuity, profitability and cost control, build upon and record process experience, and promote the concept that operating and maintenance procedures are vital plant components. It includes practical samples of procedure formats, checklists and many references.

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• Guidelines for Mechanical Integrity Systems
• Guidelines for Process Safety Documentation
• Guidelines for Safe and Reliable Instrumented Protective Systems
• Guidelines for the Management of Change for Process Safety
• Incidents That Define Process Safety (CCPS Concept Books)

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Oct 11, 2011 05:52:41

Health and safety in construction (Health and Safety Guidance)

Health and safety in construction (Health and Safety Guidance) Review

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Health and safety in construction.
Overview

This is the 3rd edition of the Health and safety in construction. This book is aimed at the small contractor but also applies to everyone involved in construction. It explains how to work safely and how to eliminate hazards and control risk. The guidance is simple but comprehensive and the solutions provided are straightforward and easy to adopt.

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Open Government Licence

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• CHST Exam Practice Questions (First Set): CHST Practice Test and Exam Review for the Construction Health and Safety Technician Exam
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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Oct 07, 2011 19:31:24

Health and the Law

Health and the Law Review

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This outstanding text and reference provides health professionals & students with a balanced, comprehensive, highly readable survey of the legal concepts and controversies affecting them today. Avoiding unnecessarily technical language, it lucidly explains basic legal principles and theories, examines current issues and their implications, and probes future legal trends. Throughout, each chapter offers a complete, self-contained introdu ction to a medicolegal topic--including invaluable endnotes that cite references, clarify perspectives, and suggest further readings. A unique appendix also explains how to use law library facilities to best advantage.

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Oct 06, 2011 14:49:35

Well Women: The Gendered Nature of Health Care Provision

Well Women: The Gendered Nature of Health Care Provision Review

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All in the mind - feminism and health care, Sue Nott and Anne Morris; Disabling sex - some legal thinking about sterilization, learning disability and embodiment, Kirsty Keywood; Infertility treatment and the HIV positive woman - old moral prejudices disguised as new ethical dilemmas, Kylie Stephen; Psychologizing abortion - women's "mental health" and the regulation of abortion in Britain, Ellie Lee; European assisted conception regulation, the centrality of the embryo, Melanie Latham; The angel in the house - altruism, competence and the pregnant woman, Anne Morris; Care, control or coercion? - women in the mental health system in Ireland, England and Wales, F. Boland and J.M. Laing; Body beautiful? - feminist perspectives on the World Health Organization, Susan M. Nott.

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Oct 05, 2011 07:14:20

Easy Guide to Health and Safety

Easy Guide to Health and Safety Review

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Do you need to get to grips with health and safety principles but don't have time to wade through reams of legislation and guidance? Do you need practical step-by-step guidance on health and safety issues for your small business? Then this is the book for you.

The jargon-free Easy Guide to Health and Safety introduces the health and safety issues which the self-employed and managers, directors and staff with health and safety responsibilities in small businesses face every day. Words and legislation are kept to a minimum and the text is supported by numerous relevant illustrations. The book is packed with practical guidance and solutions, as well as handy checklists and forms for your basic health and safety needs, especially useful when setting up a new business.

The book is also suitable for students on IOSH Working Safely and NVQ level 1 and 2 courses from City & Guilds and other NVQ awarding bodies.

Phil Hughes is a well known UK safety professional with over thirty years world wide experience. He was Chairman of NEBOSH from 1995-2001 and President of IOSH in 1990-91. Phil received the RoSPA Distinguished service award in May 2001 and became a Director and Trustee of RoSPA in 2003. He received an MBE in the New Year Honours List 2005 for services to Health and Safety.

Liz Hughes taught psychology in further and higher education. She went on to qualify as a social worker specializing in mental health, and later moved into the voluntary sector where she managed development for a number of years. Liz has achieved NVQ training modules D32, 33 and 34 and has tutored students completing NVQ awards. Her psychology and education background means that she is skilled in preparing readable, easily accessible information.

*Do you need to get to grips with health and safety principles but don't have time to wade through reams of legislation and guidance?
*Do you need practical step-by-step guidance on health and safety issues for your small business?

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Oct 03, 2011 22:57:37

Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety, Updated and Expanded (California Studies in Food and Culture)

Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety, Updated and Expanded (California Studies in Food and Culture) Review

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Food safety is a matter of intense public concern, and for good reason. Millions of annual cases of food "poisonings" raise alarm not only about the food served in restaurants and fast-food outlets but also about foods bought in supermarkets. The introduction of genetically modified foods--immediately dubbed "Frankenfoods"--only adds to the general sense of unease. Finally, the events of September 11, 2001, heightened fears by exposing the vulnerability of food and water supplies to attacks by bioterrorists. How concerned should we be about such problems? Who is responsible for preventing them? Who benefits from ignoring them? Who decides?
Marion Nestle, author of the critically acclaimed Food Politics, argues that ensuring safe food involves more than washing hands or cooking food to higher temperatures. It involves politics. When it comes to food safety, billions of dollars are at stake, and industry, government, and consumers collide over issues of values, economics, and political power--and not always in the public interest. Although the debates may appear to be about science, Nestle maintains that they really are about control: Who decides when a food is safe?
She demonstrates how powerful food industries oppose safety regulations, deny accountability, and blame consumers when something goes wrong, and how century-old laws for ensuring food safety no longer protect our food supply. Accessible, informed, and even-handed, Safe Food is for anyone who cares how food is produced and wants to know more about the real issues underlying today's headlines.

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• Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, and Health, Revised and Expanded Edition (California Studies in Food and Culture)
• What to Eat
• Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty
• Appetite for Profit: How the food industry undermines our health and how to fight back
• The End of Food

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Oct 02, 2011 09:13:35

Stranger safety (Adventures in the Roo World - Young Roo Series No. 1) (Adventures in the Roo World, Young Roo Series, 1)

Stranger safety (Adventures in the Roo World - Young Roo Series No. 1) (Adventures in the Roo World, Young Roo Series, 1) Review

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Hip Hop Mob kangaroo characters, Runabout and Rhythm, first explain what a stranger is and the difference between a good and bad stranger. They proceed to show how strangers come in all different colors, shapes and sizes. Examples of situations with stangers are given and children are instructed on how to react. Although this books is excellent for children of all ages, it is geared for ages 2-8.

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Oct 01, 2011 08:53:08