Unlike most textbooks on occupational safety and health—which address the needs of students who are preparing to become full-time safety professionals—this book focuses on the needs of students in other fields that have an interest in, or partial responsibility, for safety—e.g., managers, engineers, and technologists. Using a convenient handbook approach, it provides nineteen consistent chapters, each focusing on a major concern of occupational safety and health and how it affects productivity, quality, and competitiveness. (This is an abridged version of the author's comprehensive text Occupational Safety and Health , 3/e.)