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This chapter discusses on the introductory and background of safety and health in general aspect. In this section, the elaborations on theories and theroretical frameworks of accident and its causes are outlined accordingly. Later, this section narrows toward the foundation of safety and health in term of composites and engineering perspectives, such as safety engineering, chemical engineering, ergonomics and human factor engineering, industrial engineering and fire protection engineering. The preventive concepts and strategies in order to comprehend the accidents occurred in workplaces were also revealed. Lastly, this section identifies the details on significance and importance of safety and health monitoring.
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Sapuan, S.M., Ilyas, R.A., Asyraf, M.R.M. (2022). Introduction to Safety and Health. In: Safety and Health in Composite Industry. Composites Science and Technology . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6136-5_1
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