Dictionary of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health

The occupational and environmental safety and health professions have been on merging paths for several years now. Corporate "down-sizing" or "right-sizing" has resulted in a more streamlined approach to these once very diverse and quite separate disciplines. Although they both may now be practiced in tandem, often by the same individuals, each has evolved and developed as a separate area of study. As such, there are literally thousands of words, terms, and phrases that have specific meanings within their respective disciplines that may not always be clear and simple. The practicing professional who has responsibilities in both occupational and environmental safety and health must be familiar with the "language of the profession" to successfully maneuver through the maze of compliance, regulatory, management, administrative, legal, technical, scientific, and even industryspecific slang terminology that are encountered every working day. The Lewis Dictionary of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health is the most comprehensive reference source of its kind available to today's diversified professional. Words, terms, and phrases from the following specific areas have been included in this publication. In total, there are approximately 25,000 definitions from the various listed areas of study.