Advanced Safety Management, 3rd Edition

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

The principle purpose of this book is to provide guidance to managements, safety professionals, educators, and students concerning two major, interrelated developments impacting on the occupational safety and health discipline. They are the:

• Issuance, for the first time in the United States, of a national consensus standard for occupational safety and health management systems.
• Emerging awareness that traditional systems to manage safety do not adequately address serious injury prevention.

On July 25, 2005, the American National Standards Institute approved a new standard titled Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. Its designation is ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005. This standard is a state-of-the-art, best practices guide. Over time, Z10 will revolutionize the practice of safety.

The chapter titled “An Overview of ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005” comments on all the provisions in the standard. The chapter on “Serious Injury Prevention” gives substance to the position that adopting a different mindset is necessary to reduce serious injury potential. Other chapters give implementation guidance with respect to the standard's principal provisions and to serious injury prevention.

Recognition of the significance of Z10 has been demonstrated. Its provisions are frequently cited as representing highly effective safety and health management practices. The sales record for Z10 is impressive. Safety professionals are quietly making gap analyses, comparing existing ...