Advanced safety management :focusing on Z10 & serious injury prevention

Advanced Safety Management Focusing on Z10 and Serious Injury Prevention explains, clarifies and provides insights on how to implement the ANSI Z10 standard. Chapters explore both the standards and possible implementations of the Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, as well as information on assessing risk and hazards in the workplace. The book provides information to assist in implementing the new standards with insight on the affect of these standards on Productivity, Cost Efficiency, Safety, Quality, and Management of Change.

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. An Overview of ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005: the American National Standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management systems. 2. The Plan-Do-Check-Act Concept (PDCA). 3. Serious Injury Prevention. 4. Human Error Reduction. 5. Management Leadership and Employee Participation - Section 3.0. 6. Achieving Acceptable Risk Levels: The Operational Goal. 7. Planning - Section 4.0. 8. A Primer on Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment - Section 4.2. 9. Including Risk Assessment Provisions in Standards and Guidelines: A Trend. 10. Three and Four Dimensional Numerical Risk Scoring Systems. 11. Implementation and Operation - Section 5.0. 12. Hierarchy of Controls: The Safety Decision Hierarchy - Section 5.1.1. 13. Safety Design Reviews - Section 5.1.2. 14. Lean Concepts: Opportunities for Safety Professionals. 15. Management of Change - Section 5.1.2. 16. The Procurement Process - Section 5.1.3. 17. Evaluation and Corrective Action - Section 6.0. 18. Incident Investigation - Section 6.2. 19. Audit Requirements - Section 6.3. 20. Management Review - Section 7.0. 21. Z10, Other Safety Standards and Guidelines, and VPP Certification. Index.