Water utility safety and health
Subtitle: review of best practices
By: prepared by John Borowski and Paul Adams
Contributors: Adams, Paul; Water Research Foundation; United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher: Water Research Foundation
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Denver, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781605731056
Subjects: Water treatment plants; Safety measures; Water utilities; Industrial safety; Industrial hygiene
Notes: "Subject area: management and customer relations"--Cover.

"Jointly sponsored by Water Research Foundation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency"--T.p.

Includes bound-in folded charts.

"3104"--Spine.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151) and appendices.
Table of contents: title: 1. Background, regulatory perspective and project participants; title: 2. Overview of research objectives, elements and process; title: 3. Utility injury and loss experience, organizational culture, accountability, and structure; title: 4. Strategies for hazard recognition and mitigation; title: 5. Health and safety program metrics and drivers; title: 6. Best practices in organizational culture, accountability, and structure; title: 7. Prevalent and best practices in safety program management; title: 8. Best practices for integrating prevention-through-design (PTD) into water utilities; title: 9. New program initiatives and directions needed to improve and address new technologies; title: 10. Areas for future research; title: Appendix A. Water Research Foundation initial survey; title: Appendix B. Water utility safety & health questionnaire summary of results; title: Appendix C. Water Research Foundation project 3104 project case study protocol, March 2007; title: Appendix D. Best practices in hazard mitigation; title: References.