Health and Safety - Risk Management

This is a reprint of 978-0-901357-41-0 Health and risk management is the clearest and most comprehensive book on risk management available today. The fully revised and redesigned third edition incorporates the latest developments in legislation, best practice, British Standards and qualification syllabuses. This authoritative treatment of risk management is essential reading for students working towards degrees, diplomas and post graduate or vocational qualifications in health and safety. Experienced health and safety professionals and managers with health and safety responsibilities will find it invaluable as a desk reference.

Dr Tony Boyle is a freelance consultant specialising in research and development aspects of health and safety. He has extensive consultancy, lecturing and training experience in Europe and has also worked in Hong Kong, Thailand and in the USA.

Tony began his career with the National Institute of Industrial Psychology in 1968. He has held various occupational safety and occupational psychology research and lecturing posts. Until 1998 he was the chairman of the health and safety consultancy HASTAM. He remains a non-executive director of the company.

With a Master's degree in computer expert systems, he has developed several computer programs for use in health, safety and environmental management. He has also produced audit and evaluation systems for a number of organisations.

Tony has published over 50 papers, articles and chapters on accident causation, statistics in accident analyses, micro computer applications and human factors aspects of safety.

He is a Chartered Fellow of IOSH, a Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner, a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and a Member of the Institute of Risk Management.