Safety Is a People Business: A Practical Guide to the Human Side of Safety

Safety Is a People Business: A Practical Guide to the Human Side of Safety

Michael Manning

Government Institutes, Rockville,

MD, 192 pp., $49, indexed

This book is directed to the newly appointed safety director in an industrial facility. Rather than dwelling on detailed safety technical issues, Prof. Manning focuses on the critical need for the safety director to develop personal communications skills to maintain safety ideas and concepts in the plant's culture.

Although the book is targeted toward the safety director, particularly someone just getting into the job, others, including directors who have been on the job for a long time, can also …