This book discusses the latest findings on ensuring employees' safety health and welfare at
work. It combines a range of disciplines - e.g. work physiology health informatics safety
engineering workplace design injury prevention and occupational psychology - and presents
new strategies for safety management including accident prevention methods such as performance
testing and participatory ergonomics. The book which is based on the AHFE 2017 International
Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors held on July 17-21 2017 in Los Angeles
California USA provides readers including decision makers professional ergonomists and
program managers in government and public authorities with a timely snapshot of the state of
the art in the field of safety health and welfare management. It also addresses agencies such
as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as well as other professionals dealing with
occupational safety and health.
