Health and Safety Management

Human resource is the asset of an organization. The cost of human sufferings because of industrial accidents and occupational diseases are beyond calculation. Industrial accidents have become extremely costly in terms of death medical expenses disability loss in productivity and damage to plant and equipment's. There is a need for the collective efforts from the government management workers and professionals to reduce human sufferings. Health and Safety Management systems in the industries are highly influenced by the factors of economic cost government policies attitude of the trade unions and public opinion. Health and Safety Management definitely improves the performance of the organization. This book is prepared to give overall views about the Health and Safety Management in hazardous industries in India. It introduces the reader to the concepts of fundamentals in safety safety analysis risk management emergency planning accident investigation industrial health legal framework upon industrial health and safety etc. This book is useful to the human resource executives safety professionals industrial workers students research scholars and teaching community.