Safety and Health in Industry: A Handbook

This Handbook mainly focuses on accidents and their prevention, health and safety in organizations, occupational health and safety, statutes on accident compensation and pollution control and protection.  The book also offers various suggestions as to how conceptual knowledge and professional skills can be enhanced. It contains 14 chapters and 8 Appendices. Salient features· Presents the material in a simple and lucid style for easy understanding of a multi-dimensional subject ·An authoritative and up-to-date text related to Indian situation ·Immense use to students of management and engineering and also professionals working in the field of industrial safety Contents: 1. Workplace Safety and Health – An2. Accidents and Their3. Development of Industrial Health and4. Safety and Health Organisation5. Fire Prevention and Control6. Occupational Health and Safety7. Industrial Hygiene8. Safety in Construction9. Health and Safety at Workplaces10. Accident Compensation Statutes11. Safety Audit12. Stress at Work13. Environmental Pollution and Protection14. Disaster Management About the Author: A. M Sarma obtained a Master’s Degree in Labour and Social Welfare, through Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur and also a Degree in Law from the Ranchi University. His thesis entitled “Industrial Relations in Public and Private Sector Undertaking” earned him a Ph.D. from the same University. Currently, he is a visiting faculty member in some management institutes and offers specialised training programmes to industral organisations. Earlier he was a member of the faculty, department of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and Nicmar, Pune. His publications include Personnel and Human Resource Management, Aspects of Labour Welfare and Social Security, Industrial Jurisprudence and Labour Legislation, Industrial Relations – Conceptual and Legal Framework, Understanding Wage and compensation System, Labour Administration in India, Compensation Management and Labour Legislation, Performance Management Systems, Welfare of Unorganised Labour and Occupational Hazards Safety and Environmental Studies. He has also published a number of articles in professional journals.