Occupational health and safety expert Schneid provides guidance on legal issues related to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and OSHRC regulations and gives advice on avoiding legal liability in the safety and health arena. He provides an engineering approach to the integration of ethics into design and business operations, and supplies a working knowledge of the appeals process from the informal conference stage to the US Supreme Court. He also explores the confusing area of criminal liability for individuals and corporations under the OSHA Act and state criminal codes. The bulk of the book (about 180 pages) consists of appendixes of official guidelines and standards, compliance checklists, and cases. The text was specifically designed as a starting point for students and safety professionals to identify the potential sources of applicable laws and regulations. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)