Annotated Bibliography: Analyzing Workplace Safety Hazards and Risks

This annotated bibliography provides an overview of various sources related to workplace safety hazards. It includes books and research papers that discuss different aspects of workplace safety, such as laws, risk management, safety measures, and the impact of non-standard employment. The sources cover a range of topics, including safety regulations in different countries, the evolution of occupational safety research, and the analysis of health hazards in specific industries like textiles. The bibliography also examines the role of interventions, the integration of health and safety strategies, and the legal implications of workplace safety. Each entry offers a brief summary of the source's content, its relevance to the topic, and the credibility of the author or publisher. The bibliography aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and solutions related to workplace safety.

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Topic: Workplace Safety Hazards
The List of Sources
Channing, J. (Ed.). (2013). Safety at work. Routledge.
Friend, M. A., & Kohn, J. P. (2018). Fundamentals of occupational safety and health.
Rowman & Littlefield.
Hale, A., Borys, D., & Adams, M. (2015). Safety regulation: the lessons of workplace safety
rule management for managing the regulatory burden. Safety science, 71, 112-122.
Hofmann, D. A., Burke, M. J., & Zohar, D. (2017). 100 years of occupational safety research:
From basic protections and work analysis to a multilevel view of workplace safety
and risk. Journal of applied psychology, 102(3), 375.
Karanika-Murray, M., & Weyman, A. K. (2013). Optimising workplace interventions for
health and well-being: a commentary on the limitations of the public health
perspective within the workplace health arena. International Journal of Workplace
Health Management, 6(2), 104-117.
Khan, W. A., Mustaq, T., & Tabassum, A. (2014). Occupational health, safety and risk
analysis. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology, 3(4), 1336-
1346.
Loeppke, R. R., Hohn, T., Baase, C., Bunn, W. B., Burton, W. N., Eisenberg, B. S., ... &
Hymel, P. A. (2015). Integrating health and safety in the workplace: how closely
aligning health and safety strategies can yield measurable benefits. Journal of
occupational and environmental medicine, 57(5), 585-597.
Quinlan, M. (2015). The effects of non-standard forms of employment on worker health and
safety. Geneva, Switzerland: ILO.

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Stave, G. M., & Wald, P. H. (Eds.). (2016). Physical and biological hazards of the
workplace. John Wiley & Sons.
Tombs, S., & Whyte, D. (2013). The myths and realities of deterrence in workplace safety
regulation. British Journal of Criminology, 53(5), 746-763.

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Annotated Bibliography
Channing, J. (Ed.). (2013). Safety at work. Routledge.
The book describes the varied aspects of workplace safety in five parts. The first part
states the ways in which laws secure safety of the individuals at workplaces, while the second
part is concerned with risk management. The third, fourth and fifth parts are concerned with
the safety measures and the hazards at varied workplaces. The credibility of the source is high
as it was published in Routledge.
Friend, M. A., & Kohn, J. P. (2018). Fundamentals of occupational safety and health.
Rowman & Littlefield.
This work introduces the readers to the concept of occupational safety and the legal
implications, along with the diverse theories related to the topic and their application. The
book also states the varied methods to prevent work hazards and the resources on health and
safety in work environments. The source is directly related in describing the workplace
hazards and the prevention from such hazards.
Hale, A., Borys, D., & Adams, M. (2015). Safety regulation: the lessons of workplace
safety rule management for managing the regulatory burden. Safety science, 71, 112-
122.
The focus of the paper is to analyze the regulations on health and safety of the
individuals at workplaces as well as environmental regulations. There is a contrast between
the regulations in US and that of UK, Australia and Netherlands. Since the paper describes
the management of safety regulations at workplaces, it is highly relevant.

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Hofmann, D. A., Burke, M. J., & Zohar, D. (2017). 100 years of occupational safety
research: From basic protections and work analysis to a multilevel view of workplace
safety and risk. Journal of applied psychology, 102(3), 375.
The paper aims at analyzing the safety measures that diverse workplaces have taken
into account for the past hundred years. The authors have shifted their focus of research on
the applied psychology of occupational safety from the individual to the organization
gradually. Since the source covers a large span of time it gives greater clarity to the research
subject and hence is reliable.
Khan, W. A., Mustaq, T., & Tabassum, A. (2014). Occupational health, safety and risk
analysis. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology, 3(4), 1336-1346.
The study focuses on the assessment of the current occupational safety and health
hazards that are prevalent in the textile industries at Lahore. The paper comprises of surveys
and Pearson’s chi-square method for evaluation purposes. The analysis of varied attribute of
the paper is accurate and hence this is a credible source.
Quinlan, M. (2015). The effects of non-standard forms of employment on worker health
and safety. Geneva, Switzerland: ILO.
The study aims at stating the ways in which non-standard employments influences the
safety and health of the workers. It comprises of evidences to support the cause strongly and
the attributes of hazardous non-standard work. The paper contributes to the chosen topic by
providing recommendations to improve workplace safety.
Stave, G. M., & Wald, P. H. (Eds.). (2016). Physical and biological hazards of the
workplace. John Wiley & Sons.

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The book is concerned with the diverse biological and physical hazards in
workplaces. It comprises of the impacts such hazards produce on the workers and provides
certain recommendations to improve the situation in concerned workplaces. Since the authors
are from corporate health management backgrounds, their research is a credible source.
Tombs, S., & Whyte, D. (2013). The myths and realities of deterrence in workplace
safety regulation. British Journal of Criminology, 53(5), 746-763.
The paper is primarily concerned with the absence of deterrence in the workplace
regulation of UK regarding workplace safety. The authors have stated that the UK law
enforcement can regulate the laws regarding the workplace safety and thereby improve the
standards. Since the study focuses on the legal implications of workplace safety, it enhances
the scope of the chosen subject.
Karanika-Murray, M., & Weyman, A. K. (2013). Optimising workplace interventions
for health and well-being: a commentary on the limitations of the public health
perspective within the workplace health arena. International Journal of Workplace
Health Management, 6(2), 104-117.
The objective of the paper is to analyze the contemporary approaches to the safety and
health at workplaces. The paper also states the differences between the intervention
architecture of the workplace and public health index. The extent of the study directly
contributes to the chosen subject of research and hence enhances the scope of the research.
Loeppke, R. R., Hohn, T., Baase, C., Bunn, W. B., Burton, W. N., Eisenberg, B. S., ... &
Hymel, P. A. (2015). Integrating health and safety in the workplace: how closely
aligning health and safety strategies can yield measurable benefits. Journal of
occupational and environmental medicine, 57(5), 585-597.

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The scope of this study incorporates the ways in which the safety and health in the
workplaces can be integrated to enhance the productivity of organizations. The paper also
mentions the instances of how workplace safety has evolved with time and hence expands the
extent of knowledge regarding the chosen research subject.