About the Book: 

This Handbook mainly focuses on accidents and their prevention, health & safety in organisations, occupational health & safety, statutes on accident compensation, pollution control and protection, and Disaster Management. This Handbook provides various suggestions on how to enhance conceptual knowledge and professional skills, making it an indispensable tool for those looking to improve workplace safety and health.

It contains 15 chapters and 10 Appendices.

Salient features

·         Presents the material in a simple and lucid style for easy understanding of a multi-dimensional subject

·         An authoritative and up-to-date text related to Indian situation

·         Immensely useful to students of management and engineering and also professionals working in the field of industrial safety and health

Contents:

1.         Workplace Safety and Health – An Overview

2.         Accidents and Their Prevention

3.         Development of Industrial Health and Safety

4.         Safety and Health Organisation

5.         Organisational Role on Safety and Health

6.         Fire Prevention and Control

7.         Occupational Health and Safety

8.         Industrial Hygiene

9.         Safety in Construction

10.      Health and Safety at Workplaces

11.      Accident Compensation Statutes

12.      Safety Audit

13.      Stress at Work

14.      Environmental Pollution and Protection

15.      Disaster Management

About the Author:

Prof. A M Sarma obtained a Master's Degree in Labour and Social Welfare, through Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur and also a Degree in Law from the Ranchi University. His thesis entitled “Industrial Relations in Public and Private Sector Undertaking” earned him a Ph.D from the same University. Currently, he is a visiting faculty member in some management institutes and offers specialised training programmes to industrial organisations. Earlier, he was a member of the faculty, Department of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and Dean NICMAR, Pune.

            His publications include Personnel and Human Resource Management, Aspects of Labour Welfare and Social Security, Industrial Jurisprudence and Labour Legislation, Industrial Relations – Conceptual and Legal Framework, Understanding Wage and compensation System, Labour Administration in India, Compensation Management and Labour Legislation, Performance Management Systems, Welfare of Unorganised Labour, and Occupational Hazards Safety and Environmental Studies. He has also published a number of articles in professional journals.