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| Chapter | Title | Author | View Chapter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Foreword, acknowledgments | 2019 | |
| 1.2 | Contents | 2017 | |
| 1.3 | Synopsis of the OHS Body of Knowledge | 2017 | |
| 2 | Introduction | Pam Pryor and Leo Ruschena | |
| 3.1 | The generalist OHS professional in Australia, 2012 | Pam Pryor and Leo Ruschena | |
| 3.2 | The generalist OHS professional: Australian and international perspectives | Future Chapter | |
| Global concepts | |||
| 4.1 | Work, 2012 | Mike Rafferty and Sally Wright | View Chapter |
| 4.2 | Work as a context for OHS | Future Chapter | |
| 5.1 | Safety, 2012 | Sidney Dekker | View Chapter |
| 5.2 | Safety | Future Chapter | |
| 6.1 | Health, 2012 | Niki Ellis | View Chapter |
| 6.2 | Health | Future Chapter | |
| The Human | |||
| 7 | The Human: As a biological system | Kelly Johnstone and Keith Adam | View Chapter |
| 8.1 | The Human: Basic psychological principles | Carlo Capponechia | View Chapter |
| 8.2 | The Human: Basic principles of social interaction | Bill Pappas, Carlo Capponechia and Eleanor H. Wertheim | View Chapter |
| Socio-political context | |||
| 9.1 | Socio-political context: OHS law and regulation in Australia | Liz Bluff | View Chapter |
| 9.2 | Work Health and Safety Law in Australia | Neil Foster, Barry Sherriff, Eric Windholtz, Richard Johnstone, Leo Ruschena | View Chapter |
| 9 | Socio-political context: Industrial, technological and business imperatives | Leo Ruschena | View Chapter |
| The organisation | |||
| 10.1 | The Organisation | Andrew Hopkins, John Toohey, Dennis Else, Bob Stacy, David Borys, Susanne Tepe | View Chapter |
| 10.2 | Organisational Culture | David Borys | View Chapter |
| 10.3 | Governance and OHS | Future Chapter | |
| 11 | OHS performance evaluation | Future Chapter | |
| Systems | |||
| 12.1 | Systems | David Borys, Steve Cowley, Susanne Tepe, Andrew Morrell, Wendy Macdonald | View Chapter |
| 12.2 | OHS Management Systems | Future Chapter | |
| 12.3 | OHS Managing Process Safety | Trish Kerin | View Chapter |
| 13 | Rules and procedures | David Provan | Future Chapter |
| Hazards | |||
| 14 | Foundation Science | Pam Pryor and Mike Capra | View Chapter |
| 15 | Hazards as a concept | Pam Pryor and Mike Capra | View Chapter |
| 16 | Biomechanical Hazards | Robin Burgess Limerick | View Chapter |
| 17 | Chemical Hazards | Dino Pisaniello and Susanne Tepe | View Chapter |
| 17.2 | Dusts, fibres and particles | Future Chapter | |
| 17.3 | Process Hazards (Chemical) | Trish Kerin | View Chapter |
| 18 | Biological Hazards | Geoff Newman-Martin | View Chapter |
| 19 | Psychosocial hazards and occupational stress | Kïrsten A Way | View Chapter |
| 20 | Psychosocial hazards: Fatigue | Jessica L Paterson and Drew Dawson | View Chapter |
| 21 | Psychosocial hazards: Bullying, aggression and violence | Kïrsten A Way | View Chapter |
| 22 | Physical hazards: Noise and vibration | Beno Groothof | View Chapter |
| 23 | Physical hazards: Electricity | Leo Ruschena | View Chapter |
| 23.1 | Physical hazards: Electricity Appendix - Arc Flash | Brett Cleaves | View Chapter |
| 24 | Physical hazards: Ionising Radiation | Martin L Ralph | View Chapter |
| 25 | Physical hazards: Non-Ionising Radiation – Electromagnetic | Leo Ruschena and Martin L Ralph | View Chapter |
| 26 | Physical hazards: Thermal environment | Ross DiCorleto | View Chapter |
| 27 | Physical hazards: Gravitational | Neil Adams and Paul Breslin | View Chapter |
| 28 | Physical hazards: Plant | Tony Payne | View Chapter |
| 29 | Physical hazards: Mobile plant | Gloria Kyriacou Morosinotto | View Chapter |
| 30 | Physical hazards: Vehicles and occupational road use | Rwth Stuckey | View Chapter |
| 31.1 | Risk | Jean Cross | View Chapter |
| 31.2 | OHS risk and decision making | Carmel Bofinger, Jan Hayes, Chris Bearman, Derek Viner | View Chapter |
| 32 | Models of causation: Safety | Yvonne Toft, Geoff Dell, Karen K Klockner and Allison Hutton | View Chapter |
| 33 | Models of causation: Health determinants | Wendy Macdonald | View Chapter |
| 34.1 | Control: Prevention and intervention | Leo Ruschena | View Chapter |
| 34.2 | User-centred safe design approach to control | Tim Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, Neil Storey, Matthew Thomas, Leo Ruschena, Margaret Cook, Chad Pettitt | View Chapter |
| 34.3 | Health and safety in design | Australian Institute of Health and Safety | View Chapter |
| 34.4 | Organisation of work | Future Chapter | |
| 35 | Mitigation: Health impacts | Australian Institute of Health and Safety with Australian New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine | View Chapter |
| 36 | Mitigation: Emergency preparedness | Andrew Stanbury | View Chapter |
| Practice | |||
| 37 | Introduction to ‘practice’ as a concept | View Chapter | |
| 38.1 | Model of OHS practice | Pam Pryor and Susanne Tepe | View Chapter |
| 38.2 | Working in organisations | Future Chapter | |
| 38.3 | Leadership and the OHS professional | Future Chapter | |
| 38.4 | The ethical professional | Australian Institute of Health and Safety | Future Chapter |
| 39.1 | The OHS professional as a ‘critical consumer’ of research | Pauline Zardo and Pam Pryor | View Chapter |
| 39.2 | The OHS Professional as a workplace researcher | Future Chapter | |
| 40 | Investigations | Future Chapter | |