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| BLUEPRINT REFERENCES

These published references provide reasonable coverage on the subject matter associated with the ASP Examination Blueprint.
Examination items are not necessarily taken directly from these sources. You may have alternate editions of these references in
your library that also present acceptable coverage on the subject matter, as well as other useful references.
Book Title

Auxilliary information

Accident Prevention Manual for Business and Industry,

Administration and Programs
Accident Prevention Manual for Business and Industry, Engineering
and Technology
An Overview of ANSI/AIHA 2005: The American National Standard
for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems

Basic Concepts of Industrial Hygiene

Basic Environmental Technology: Water Supply, Waste Management,
and Pollution Control
Basic Guide to System Safety

Hagan, Montgomery, & O'Reilly (2009). Accident Prevention Manual for Business and Industry
Administration and Programs, 13th ed. National Safety Council.
Hagan, Montgomery, & O'Reilly (2009). Accident Prevention Manual for Business and Industry,
Engineering and Technology, 13th ed. National Safety Council.
Manuele, Fred A. (2007). An Overview of ANSI/AIHA-2005: The American National Standard for
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, American Industrial Hygiene Association.
Young, Glenn (2010). Applied Mathematics for Safety Professionals . American Society of Safety
Engineers.
Scott, Ronald (1997). Basic Concepts of Industrial Hygiene. Lewis Publishers.
Snyder & Arnofsky (2013). Basic Environmental Technology: Water Supply, Waste Management, and
Pollution Control, 4th ed.; Alliance of Hazardous Waste Materials.
Vincoli, Jeffrey W. (2006). Basic Guide to System Safety, 2nd ed.; Wiley Interscience.

Construction Safety Management and Engineering

Hill (2009). Construction Safety Management and Engineering. American Society of Safety Engineers.

Contemporary Engineering Economics

Cumulative Trauma Disorders--A Manual For Musculoskeletal
Diseases of the Upper Limbs
Definitions, Conversions, and Calculations for Occupational Safety &
Health Professionals
Essentials of Risk Control

Park, Chan (2007). Contemporary Engineering Economics, 4th ed., Prentice Hall.
NIOSH (1988). Cumulative Trauma Disorders-A Manual For Musculoskeletal Diseases of the Upper
Limbs. Putz-Anderson, V Ed.
Finucane, Taylor & Francis (2005). Definitions, Conversions, and Calculations for Occupational Safety &
Health Professionals, 3rd ed., CRC Press.
Haight, Joel (2008). Essentials of Risk Control. American Society of Safety Engineers.

Fatigue & Driving

Hartley, Laurence R. (1995). Fatigue & Driving. Taylor & Francis.

Fire Protection Handbook

National Fire Protection Association (2008). Fire Protection Handbook, 20th ed. Vol. 1 NFPA.

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering

Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health

Prasad, Rajendra (2006). Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering. Prentice-Hall.

Plog, Barbara A; Quinlan, Patricia (2002). Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, 6th ed., National Safety
Council.
DiBerardinis, Louis J. (Ed.) (1998). Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health, 2nd ed., Wiley.

Handbook of Rigging
Hazardous Materials Management Desk Reference: Volume II:
Regulations
Hazardous Materials Management Desk Reference: Volume III:
Management Practices
Human Error Reduction and Safety Management

McDonald, Rossnagel & Higgins (2009). Handbook of Rigging, 5th ed. McGraw-Hill.
Cox, Doyle B. (1999). Hazardous Materials Management Desk Reference Vol II: Regulations. McGrawHill.
Cox, Doyle B. (1999). Hazardous Materials Management Desk Reference Vol II:Management Practices ,
McGraw-Hill.
Vincoli, Jeffrey W.(2006). Human Error Reduction and Safety Management, 2nd ed., Wiley Interscience.

Human Factors in Engineering and Design

Introduction to Ergonomics

Sanders, Mark; McCormick, Ernest (1993). Human Factors in Engineering and Design. McGraw-Hill.
ACGIH Committee on Industrial Ventilation (2006). Industrial Ventilation--A manual of Recommended
Practice for Design, 26th ed. ACGIH.
Bridger, R.S. (2008). Introduction to Ergonomics, 3rd ed., CRC Press.

Introduction to Fall Protection

Ellis, Nigel (2012). Introduction to Fall Protection, 4th ed., ASSE.

ISO 14001: Environmental Management

Goetsch, David L; Davis, Stanley (1993). ISO 14001: Environmental Management, 4th ed., Prentice Hall.

Life Safety Code Handbook

Natural Hazard Analysis: Reducing the Impact of Disasters

Cote, Ron (2009). Life Safety Code Handbook. National Fire Protection Association.
Moore, Gary S. (2007). Living with the Earth: Concepts in Environmental Health Science, 3rd ed., CRC
Press.
Pine, John (2008). Natural Hazard Analysis: Reducing the Impact of Disasters. Auerbach Publications.

Fire Protection Handbook

National Fire Protection Association (2008) Fire Protection Handbook, 20th ed. Vol. 1 NFPA.

Applied Mathematics for Safety Professionals

Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene

Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice for Design

Living with the Earth: Concepts in Environmental Health Science

Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and
Managers

Balge, Marci Z. (2000). Occupational Health and Safety, 3rd ed., National Safety Council.
Goetsch, David L. (2014). Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers,
8th ed., Prentice and Hall.
Hammer, Willie; Price, Dennis (2000). Occupational Safety Management and Engineering, 5th ed.,
Occupational Safety Management and Engineering
Prentice Hall.
OHSAS 18001: Designing and Implementing an Effective Health and Kausek, Joe (2007). OHSAS 18001: Designing and Implementing an Effective Health and Safety
Safety Management System
Management System. Government Institutes.
OHSAS 18002: 2000
Head, George (1995). OHSAS 18002: 2000, 3rd ed. Vol. 2; Insurance Institute of America.
Hammer (1993). Product Safety Management and Engineering, 2nd ed., American Society of Safety
Product Safety Management and Engineering
Engineers.
Project Management for ESH Professionals
Pierce, F. David (1998). Project Management for ESH Professionals. Government Institutes.
Latino, Robert J.; Latino, Kenneth C.; Latino, Mark A. (2011). Root Cause Analysis: Improving
Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results
Performance for Bottom-Line Results , 4th ed., CRC Press.
Safety and Health for Engineers
Brauer, Roger L. (2006). Safety and Health for Engineers, 2nd ed.; John Wiley & Sons.
Safety Through Design

Christensen, Wayne C.; Manuele, Fred A. (1999). Safety Through Design. National Safety Council Press.

Statistics for Health Professionals

Shott , Susan (1990) Statistics for Health Professionals, 1st ed., Saunders.

Supervisors' Safety Manual

National Safety Council (2009). Supervisors' Safety Manual, 10th ed., National Safety Council Press.

Techniques of Safety Management, A Systems Approach 4th Edition

Petersen, Dan (2003). Techniques of Safety Management, A Systems Approach 4th Edition, 4th ed.,
Amercican Society of Safety Engineers.

The ISO 14000 Handbook

Cascio, Joseph (2013). The ISO 14000 Handbook. AHMP.

DiNardi, Salvatore (2003). The Occupational Environment: Its Evaluation, Control, and Management, 2nd
The Occupational Environment: Its Evaluation, Control, and Management
ed., American Industrial Hygiene Association.
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (2008). The Safety Professional's Handbook of Fire Prevention
The Safety Professional's Handbook of Fire Prevention Engineering
Engineering, 4th ed., NFPA.
Haight, Joel M. (2012). The Safety Professional's Handbook: Technical Applications, 2nd ed., American
The Safety Professionals Handbook: Technical Applications
Society of Safety Engineers.
Haight, Joel M. (2012). The Safety Professional's Handbook: Management Applications, 2nd ed.,
The Safety Professionals Handbook: Management Applications
American Society of Safety Engineers.
Training Design Basics

ASP Blueprint References | V.2015.08.11

Carliner, Saul (2005). Training Design Basics. ASTD Training Basics Series, ASTD.