The Health and Safety Handbook : A Practical Guide to Health and Safety Law, Management Policies and Procedures - Hardcover

Jeremy W. Stranks

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749443928 ISBN 13: 9780749443924

Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Health and safety at work is a diverse area of study and a difficult subject for many employers. However, employers need to get to grips with the subject due to their extensive criminal and civil liabilities under health and safety law. This book is an essential guide for medium sized enterprises who do not have access to a health and safety professionals but for whom compliance with health and safety law is still essential. The book takes the reader through all the key issues relating to health and safety and provides up-to-date guidance on employers' statutory duties and how best to achieve compliance with the law. Highly practical, The Health and Safety Handbook also provides a CD ROM with policy documents, procedures, forms and all relevant templates for dealing with key health and safety issues. This book covers the main areas of law, health and safety management, the working environment, occupational health and human factors together with specific areas of safety such as that relating to engineering, electrical and construction safety. It is essential reading for employers, senior and line managers and for students on management courses in which health and safety is included.

About this title

About the Author

Jeremy Stranks is a freelance trainer and consultant in health and safety. He was a founder member of the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) and both an examiner and chief examiner for many years. He is the author of a number of titles including Kogan Page's A Manager's Guide to Health and Safety at Work.

Review

"this volume stands out from the plethora of books that try to distil the basics of workplace health and safety into one volume...stranks has produced a guide that will help anyone with line management responsibilities who needs to 'upskill' in health and safety." health&safety@work "the author draws on a large pool of personal practical knowledge and experience...complemented by the cd with template, checklists and report forms, makes this handbook motivating for even the laziest reader." iet engineering management "the 'key points' section at the end of each chapter is a manager's boon: i founf myself picking up on selected items to set out before my managers' meetings...this really worked for me...essential for the practicing administrative manager." manager (british journal of administrative management) "complemented by a cd with checklists, templates and report forms." update

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0749443928
• ISBN 13: 9780749443924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 232