Safety Engineering Books
in Print
by William English, CSP,
P.E. (Safety Engineer, CA)
Last Updated December
20, 2009
[With updated and expanded technical content] Pedestrian Slip Resistance: How to Measure It, How to Improve It, Second Edition, published by William English, Inc., 2003. View table of contents
Pedestrian Slip Resistance: How to Measure It, How to Improve
It, First Edition, published
by William English, Inc., 1996. View
table of contents
Both of these books are available only from http://www.exceltribometers.com/pub.htm
Out of Print:
Slips, Trips and Falls: Safety Engineering Guidelines for the Prevention of Slip, Trip and Fall Occurrences, published by Hanrow Press, 1989. View table of contents
Strategies for Effective Workers Comp Cost Control, published
by the American Society of Safety Engineers, 1988
Professional Articles and
Conference Presentations
by William
English, CSP, P.E. (Safety Engineer, CA)
Safety and Health (National Safety
Council's monthly magazine)
"Slips and Falls in Restaurants--Causes and Remedies," July 1988
"Cut the Risk, Cut the Cost," October 1986
"What Floor Tile Is Safest?" December 1984
"What Does It Take To Be an Effective Safety Manager?" September
1980
"Don't Fall Down on the Job," February 1976
"A Look at the Impact of the Proposed Heat Stress Standard,"
August 1973
"A Hard Look at Fire Protection," July 1972
"Material Handling Safety--Training Makes It Work," April 1972
Also numerous items in the "Safety Ideas That Worked" column
Risk Management (Risk & Insurance
Management Society)
"Claims Excellence: A Key to Workers Comp Cost Control," November
1985
"Handling Workers Compensation Claims," March 1978
Occupational Health and Safety
"Proper Fall Protection Depends on Design," August
1985
"Human Factors Engineering; Going Beyond Regulation," September
1981
"The Need for Safer Access to Mobile Equipment," January, 1991
National Safety Congress Transactions
"Getting a Handle on Cost Control in Workers Compensation,"
October 1977
"Safety Management," October 1977
OSHA Research Projects
"Investigation
of Surface Slip Resistance on Structural Steel," May 1995 [This
paper was co-authored by W. Marletta, PhD] "Investigation
of Means of Enhancing Footwear Traction for Ironworkers Working at Heights,"
1998 [This paper was co-authored by D. Underwood, PhD and
K. Vidal, P.E.]
Proceedings of the ASSE's 2002 Professional
Development Conference
"Pedestrian Slip resistance: the Remaining Safety Frontier,"
Presentation No. 744
International Fall Protection Symposium in
Wuppertall, Germany
"Whole-Shoe Traction Testing Under Actual Workplace Conditions,"
September 1998
Proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's 1994
Annual Conference
S. A Robertson, Ed., Taylor & Francis, London
"The Validation of Slipmeters," pp. 347-352
ASTM Standardization News [This
paper was co-authored by Bob Kohr.]
"A Study of the Comparative Slipperiness of Floor Cleaning
Chemicals," March 1991
Slips, Stumbles and Falls, Pedestrian Footwear
and Surfaces, ASTM STP 1103
"Improved Tribometry on Walking Surfaces," pp. 73-81,
1990
Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety
International Society for Occupational
Ergonomics and Safety, "Continuing Progress Toward an Ergonomically
Sound Shoe Traction Tester," Vol 1, pp. 919-924, 1996
Ceramic Engineering & Science Proceedings,
American Ceramic Society
"A New Slip-Resistance Tester," pp. 22-28, 1992
Security Management (American Society
for Industrial Security)
"Health & Prosperity, Keys to Effective WC Cost Control,"
August 1986
Product Liability Prevention Conference, 1980
Proceedings
"Human Factors Engineering - A Neglected Art"
Southeastern Safety and Health Conference,
1992 Proceedings
"Progress Toward Valid Walkway Slip-Resistance Standards"
EXCEL (WVU Center for Excellence in
Construction Safety newsletter)
"The Need for Safe Access to Mobile Equipment," Vol. 4/No. 3,
Spring, 1991