Principles of Safety Science: A Practical Undergraduate Textbook for the 21st Century

Author: Zhang Xingrong
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book is one of the general textbooks for applied undergraduate education in the 21st century organized by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, and it belongs to the key textbook construction project of higher education institutions in Shanghai during the 15th Five-Year Plan. The book discusses the fundamental theories of safety science, including systems theory, cybernetics, and information theory used to guide accident prevention, prediction, and handling. It also provides a detailed introduction to traditional and modern safety management methods and specific practical operations, achieving a balance between theoretical and practical content. The book is divided into ten chapters, covering topics such as safety science and its fundamental theories, safety production management policies, safety management systems, safety laws and standards, enterprise safety management, accident prevention and handling, labor hours, protection for special groups and special operation labor protection, occupational injury social insurance and occupational disease management, safety economic analysis, and safety management in special industries. It comprehensively includes all aspects of current enterprise safety technology and management. This book serves as a general textbook for undergraduate students in safety engineering programs and non-safety engineering programs in higher education institutions, as well as a teaching material for various safety education and training programs for the public. It can also be used as a reference book for managers in relevant departments and fields of the national economy.