A Primer on Industrial Safety

The scope of this book typically embraces topics such as identifying, assessing and mitigating hazards, statutory regulations and standards, safety activities, emergency response and evacuation procedures, proper use of safety equipment and protective gear and other safety-related topics that are specific to the industry and workplace. This book has been written in five units to cater the requirements of students of all engineering disciplines to learn ¿Industrial Safety¿ course in a simpler, easier and interesting manner, with a lot of illustrative figures. Similarly, the book will also meet the demanding needs of the technicians, mechanics, safety trainers, supervisors, foremen, safety and environmental health professionals, as well as workers involved in engineering and human resources. Further, this book will act as a ready reckoner to all those who are interested to self-learn the essentials of industrial safety.I believe that this has definitely brought out the important traits of the industrial safety in a lucid manner with a good collection and compilation of appropriate articles and will indeed serve as a primer.