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Helping you learn more about health and safety, this NEBOSH-endorsed textbook is written and designed specifically to help you pass your course. It includes revision questions and sample answers based on recent examinations that allow you to test your knowledge and increase your understanding. It is packed with illustrations and photographs.
List of contents
Preface List of principal abbreviations 1. Health and safety foundations 2. Policy 3. Organizing for health and safety 4. Promoting a positive health and safety culture 5. Risk assessment 6. Principles of control 7. Monitoring review and audit 8. Incident investigation, recording and reporting 9. Construction law and management 10. Construction site issues - hazards and control 11. Movement of people and vehicles - hazards and control 12. Manual and mechanical handling hazards and control 13. Work equipment hazards and control 14. Electrical hazards and control 15. Fire hazards and control 16. Chemical and biological health hazards and control 17. Physical and psychological health hazards and control 18. Working at height - hazards and control 19. Excavation work and confined spaces - hazards and control 20. Demolition - hazards and control 21. Summary of the main legal requirements 22. International aspects of health and safety in construction 23. Study skills 24. Specimen answers to NEBOSH examinations Index
