"SO YOU'RE THE SAFETY DIRECTOR"

By Michael V. Manning, PhD

Softcover,Index, 220 pages, 1998
$85 plus $8.00 shipping and handling

Every day, twenty-nine American workers die on the job and 4,700 others obtain injuries so serious that they must be taken to a medical care facility. Safety directors must protect their employees and the public from risks that could harm them, and they must achieve compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Unfortunately, the way to reach such a goal is often not close to those who need it. So You're the Safety Director: An Introduction to Loss Control and Safety Management, 2nd Edition, however, provides both first-time and experienced environmental professionals, human resources professionals, and others with a roadmap of workplace safety responsibilities that leads to a safer work environment for all.

Once again, author Michael Manning walks safety directors through the ins and outs of establishing their company's safety program. That walk includes instruction for comparing one company's safety program to another, establishing safety committees, involving all employees in the safety program, investigating accidents and preventing their recurrence, managing compensation costs, preparing for and handling OSHA inspections, and finding free resources.

In addition, this 2nd Edition features two new appendices (Safety Hazard/Suggestion Report and Principles of Safety) and three new chapters: "The Administrative Process and the Safety Policy," "Selling Your Boss on the Process," and "Surviving an OSHA Inspection." In these new chapters, readers will learn how to establish an effective company-safety policy, how to gain support by measuring the bottom line, and how to deal with compliance officers and the Federal OSHA appeals process.