Applied Mathematics for the Safety Professional: Tips, Tools, and Techniques to Solve Everyday Problems - Hardcover

Glenn Young

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885581556 ISBN 13: 9781885581556

Publisher: American Society of Safety Engineers, 2010

Synopsis

This book explains the practical uses for important mathematical concepts in the many fields in which safety professionals work, including ergonomics, ventilation, noise abatement, radiation, thermal stress, hydrostatics and hydraulics, and engineering economy. Chapters on statistics and probability are also included, providing a broad base of equations in each area along with detailed answers to problems. Applied Mathematics for Safety Professionals provides specific examples of how to use mathematics to solve many specific problems safety professonals are likely to encounter. The book will also be of use to college and university students preparing for a career in safety engineeeinrg.

About this title

About the Author:

Glenn Young, CSP, Editor, is the author of Background Math for Safety Certification Examinations. The author is a consultant who specializes in quantitative and semi-quantitative risk analysis, including layers of protection analysis (LOPA) and event-tree analysis, in addition to system safety instrumentation services. Wayne M. LaCombe, MSPH, CSP, is an industrial hygiene professional at a large petro-chemical facility in Louisiana where he is responsible for industrial hygiene programs. Previously, he worked for OSHA, Region VI, as a safety and health compliance officer. Karen D. Morton, P.E., is currently manager of the Control Systems and Electrical Engineering Department at Spectrum Engineering, Inc. She is a licensed professional control systems engineer in the state of Louisiana. Andrew Rodgers, Ph.D., CIH, is Adjunct Professor in the Nunez Community College Department of Science where he teaches Chemistry and Physics. Dr. Rodgers worked for ten years in specialty chemicals production as an Environmental Manager and Safety Health and Environmental Engineer. Dr. Rodgers also performs research at the University of New Orleans in the development and FDA licensing for the manufacture of anti-cancer drugs for trials in humans to study safety and effectivness. Marta Vasquez, Ph.D., P.E., is a design engineer for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Previously, she worked for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality as an Environmental Chemical Specialist. She has also worked at various analytical laboratories as a QA/QC officer and senior analytical chemist. She is the author of a number of research articles published in scientific journals in addition to books of a scientific nature. John Thomas Watkins, M.B.A., B.S., is lead safety engineer and Assistant Area Director, Baton Rouge Area Office of OSHA, performing and supervising in-depth fatality investigations and inspections involving the construction, general and maritime industries. He has also worked as a civil engineer, hydraulic engineer and supervisory hydraulic engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Ronald H. Williams, M.S., CSP, CIH, is a principal for EnviroSafe Resources, LLC, and provides occupational health, safety and environmental consulting services to a variety of commercial and industrial clients. Robert R. Zinn, B.S., CET, has worked since 1981 providing hardware, software and network support for the Louisiana State University Chemistry Department. He has also worked as an electronics technician and a senior systems engineer in the Baton Rouge-New Orleans-Lake Charles areas.

Review:

With the ever-changing climate in today s economy, the safety professional s responsibilities are even more diverse, addressing issues that range from general safety, industrial hygiene, toxicology, engineering and environmental to workers compensation, all within limited budgets. To tackle such challenges, a resource is needed that is readily available, easily understood and applicable to analyzing all types of safety problems. This book does just that and much more. The strength of the contents of this publication lies in its ability to provide the essential tools to evaluate risk in a practical and mathematical approach and, therefore, reduce the potential for workplace incidents and injuries. Whether the safety professional is facing the challenge of evaluating a workplace for hearing protection, determining a safe lifting capacity, verifying the proper flow rate in a vent hood for a chemial or tracking the effectiveness of a safety improvement, Applied Mathematics for Safety Professionals is a much welcomed resource. --Anne Kogut --Professional Safety

About this edition

• Publisher: American Society of Safety Engineers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1885581556
• ISBN 13: 9781885581556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 577
• Editor: Glenn Young