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Workplace safety and health (WSH) is an important area of any business or organisation. A serious accident or ill health incident can cause much suffering and distress to workers, co-workers, and the victims' family and friends. In addition, the organisations involved in the WSH incident will have to manage negative consequences including increase in insurance premium, lost time and delays, morale issues, union and community protests, and reputation losses. On the other hand, good WSH can lead to organisational excellence.
This book takes a systems-thinking approach to allow readers to understand how WSH is an integral part of any organisation. The different chapters are strung together by an overarching model of incident causation and underpinning models are presented to allow a strong conceptual foundation. Practical WSH knowledge are also discussed in relevant chapters to ensure that beginners have an introduction to the fundamentals of WSH hazards and controls. Besides the strong emphasis on conceptual framework, readers will also be exposed to the details of a WSH management system and practical WSH processes, hazards and controls. A series of online quizzes are available to readers to help them to reinforce the concepts of each chapter.
Undergraduates and post-graduates will benefit from the systematic introduction to the foundations of WSH management. Practitioners will strengthen their conceptual understanding and widen their perspective by re-visiting the foundations of WSH management through a systems-thinking lens.
Introduction
Incident Causation
Incident Investigation
Incident Investigation
Risk Management
Risk Management
WSH Management System
WSH Management System
Safety Culture
Design for Safety
WSH Legislations
Sample Chapter(s)
Chapter 1: Introduction
Contents:
- Introduction
- Incident Causation
- Incident Investigation
- Workplace Safety and Health Risk Management
- Design for Safety
- Overview of Workplace Safety and Health Management Systems
- Safety Culture and Leadership
- Improving Safety Culture
- Overview of WSH Legislations
- Accident Case Studies
Readership: Professionals and students (undergraduate and above) concerned with or studying workplace safety and the management of worker and overall workplace health.
Goh Yang-Miang is Associate Professor and Deputy Head (Research) at the Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore (NUS). He holds both a BEng and PhD in Civil Engineering from NUS. Prior to his current appointment, Dr Goh was Deputy Programme Director (B.Sc. Project and Facilities Management), Department of Building, NUS (2013–2016); Assistant Professor at the Department of Building, NUS (2012–2016); Senior Consultant at Det Norske Veritas, Singapore (2011–2012); Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health, Curtin University, Western Australia (2007–2010); Engineer, Group Leader, Head, and Assistant Director (Investigations) at the Occupational Safety and Health Division at the Ministry of Manpower, Singapore (2005–2007); and Research Engineer/Research Assistant at NUS (2003–2004).
Prof Goh is also a Member of the External Review Panel on SAF Safety (ERPSS) (2017–present); Member of the Workplace Safety and Health Council Construction and Landscape Committee (2015–2017); Chairman/Co-Chairman of the Health and Safety Engineering Technical Committee, Institution of Engineers (IES), Singapore (2015–2018); and Academic Panel Member, IES Academy (2016–present). His current research interests are: Workplace safety and health; Systems thinking; Fall protection; Analytics, machine learning and knowledge-based systems; and Project and construction management.
