TITLE : SAFETY MANAGEMENT. 3RD ED.

THIS THIRD EDITION is intellded to develop a full and coherent text on the principles and practice of safety management as we view it presently. When the first edition introduced the safety management idea in 1953, it must have satisfied safety specialists and employers generally, in as much as the term "Safety Manager" soon became practically universal. The new concept placed in perspectivc the former title "Safety Engineer," which until then had characterized safety specialists, albeit incorrectly, since many did little or no true engineering work. Their primary task was to administer injury reduction programs. In this capacity they marshalled the knowledge, skills, and available authority necessary for accomplishing safety's objectives. This, of course, is relevant to the work of managing and justified the Safety Manager title.

Since the introduction of safety management a number of writers have offered views about its implementation. All, in their own right, have made contributions to its fulfillment. The subject is complex, however, and until now has not received a fresh treatment by this book's authors. Moreover, the advent of public safety advocacy has created a new emphasis on safety needs. Under its impact many federal laws, calling for safety achievement in a variety of areas, have been enacted. They have produced new problems and concerns for the safety manager.

The book, therefore, has been revised extensively. It is designed to continue to serve the basic needs of practitioners, as well as students training for the field. Integrated into its discussions are the new legal requirements resulting from OSHA and other legislation. Attention also is given to foreseeable requirements and problems as well as significant new concepts and treatments.

Use of the 25 chapters and Appendixes A and B as a text will provide full coverage for instruction in safety management generally, and particularly in occupational safety and health administration, or industrial safety. For a shorter course (with a somewhat lighter work load) the first 13 chapters would provide a complete course, including treatment of OSHA. Then the remaining chapters would serve a second, follow-up course that ineludes some new concepts of motivation and control, systems analysis for safety, cost analysis, problems of measurement, and related areas such as fire protection and product safety.

For the practicing safety specialist the book will serve two areas: First, it will provide a review of the functions the practitioner is expected to perform, together with recommendations for integrating safety into the management of the enterprise. Seeond, it will serve as a cormprehensive reference work reflecting current thought in the field. Included among other topics are up-to-date cost data for making rough estimates of injury and "accident" eosts for managerial decision making, and technical information on personal protective equipment and aspects of industrial hygiene, as well as the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Most authors are indebted to numerous colleagues. We are not exceptions. Acknowledgments arc owed'so many, in fact, who have played a part in the fulfillment of this work since the first edition that all cannot be named. There are some, however, whom we feel we should mention since the book takes on some gf their colorings.

In a distinctive way the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare has made a significant contribution to this edition. Two NIOSH grants: No. 5-TO1-OH00163-1-5 ("Training in Occupational Safety and Health") and No. 5-TO1-OH00103-1-5 ("Research Training in Occupational Biomechanics" ) awarded to The Center for Safety have provided a climate and tutorial need that encouraged and significantly directed preparation of the manuscript.

The enactment of Public Law 91-596 (OSHA) enabled the authors to work with many colleagues in both NIOSH and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor. Valuable suggestions were drawn, often unwittingly perhaps, from Alan D. Stevens, John F. Bester, George C. Guenther, John H. Stender, Chain Robbins, Howard J. Schulte, and Earl D. Heath as well as the authors' associates at New York University including William F. Dalton, Erwin R. Tichauer, Jerome C. Flato, Chitaranjan Saran, J. Duke Elkow, Leon Brody, and Enoch Glesnewho read, supplemented, and criticized selected chapters.

Among the associates who directly or inadvertently contributed their ideas, information and stimulation were Eugene Miller, Frank McElroy, Jack Horner, Robert G. Belknap, Harold N. Bowers, William E. Tarrants, Frank McGlade, Harold A. Sherman, Sheldon W. Samuels, George Taylor, Russell DeReamer, D. F. Jones, Edward N. Deck, Ross A. McFarland, William Haddon, Robert L. Marshall, and dozens of students and instructors, practicing safety directors, and business executives whose comments have from time to time helped shape this revision. We are indebted also to our secretaries at both New York and Michigan State universities, whose fortitude during the tvping of much of the manuscript enabled its completion and other work as well. Louise Rivas deserves particular recognition. Needless to say none of these persons is culpable for any deficiencies that may be found in the book.

September 1975 JOHN V. GRIMALDI ROLLIN H. SIMONDS