Health and Safety Management: An Alternative Approach to Reducing Accidents, Injury and Illness at Work

Table of Contents

Introduction - We’re Only Human. Born to Make Mistakes. Black Box Thinking. Managing Experience and Inexperience. Risk Perception. Well-Being. The Outdoor Environment. Team and Relationship Building. Nutrition and Diet. Visualization. Free Thinking Hazard Identification. Avoiding and Managing Injuries

Features

• Uses principles from high level sport and applying them to Health and Safety
• Links the benefits of outdoor recreation to well-being at work
• Provides an understanding of how to reduce human error in relation to workplace accidents and ill-health through a range of routine and intervention strategies
• Identifies practical ways of implementing the principles of marginal gain in Health and Safety
• Offers examples from managing safety in very high risk outdoor activities and applying them to other work environments

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