Principles of Occupational Hygiene : 4th Edition - An Introduction - Sue Reed

Principles of Occupational Hygiene

4th Edition - An Introduction

By: Sue Reed (Editor)

Paperback | 29 November 2024 | Edition Number 4

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Now in its fourth edition, this book allows for early career occupational hygienists and occupational health and safety professionals or students to develop their basic skills and knowledge to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control workplace hazards that can result in injury, illness, impairment, or affect the well-being of workers and members of the community. Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction, Fourth Edition offers a comprehensive overview of occupational health risks and hazardous environments encountered in a range of industries and organizational settings.

This new edition offers information on the current techniques and equipment used in assessing workplace hazards. Methods of assessment are developing at a rapid rate due to the new technologies now available. Featuring new chapters on occupational hygiene statistics and psychosocial hazards and fully updated throughout, leading industry professionals and educators explain how to identify key workplace hazards including chemical agents such as dusts, metals and gases; physical agents such as noise, radiation and extremes of heat and cold; and microbiological agents. The book highlights assessment procedures and processes for identifying exposure levels and explains how to evaluate risk and follow safety guidelines to control and manage these hazards effectively. Highly illustrated, up to date with current Workplace Health and Safety legislation and written in a jargon-free manner, this book will be a bible to any student or professional.

Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction, Fourth Edition is an essential reference for students, early career Occupational Hygienists professionals and anyone in an Occupational Health and Safety role.

About the Author

Sue Reed is a Fellow member of the AIOH (FAIOH) and a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH) (R), a retired CIH and a past President of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists. Sue has a PhD, a Master of Science (Occupational Hygiene), a Master of Engineering Science and Bachelor of Science (Textile Engineering). Sue has over 45 years' experience in occupational hygiene as a consultant, in government roles, and 35 years as an academic. She is a Honorary Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University, Perth, and a director of a small occupational-hygiene consultancy. Sue has published over 50 scientific papers and technical reports on a range of topics including chemical exposure assessment and control, noise, indoor air quality and OHS education.

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