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These published references provide reasonable coverage on the subject matter associated with the ASP9 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 Auxiliary 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
Applied Mathematics for Safety Professionals
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.

Basic Concepts of Industrial Hygiene Scott, Ronald (1997). Basic Concepts of Industrial Hygiene. Lewis Publishers.

Basic Environmental Technology: Water Supply, Waste Management, and
Pollution Control
Basic Guide to System Safety
Construction Safety Management and Engineering
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.
Hill (2009). Construction Safety Management and Engineering. American Society
of Safety Engineers.

Contemporary Engineering Economics Park, Chan (2007). Contemporary Engineering Economics, 4th ed., Prentice Hall.

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

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

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

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

Plog, Barbara A; Quinlan, Patricia (2002). Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene,

Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene
Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health
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
Human Factors in Engineering and Design
Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice for Design
6th ed., National Safety Council.
DiBerardinis, Louis J. (Ed.) (1998). Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health,
2nd ed., Wiley.
McDonald, Rossnagel & Higgins (2009). Handbook of Rigging, 5th ed.
McGraw-Hill.
Cox, Doyle B. (1999). Hazardous Materials Management Desk Reference Vol II:
Regulations. McGraw-Hill.
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.
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.

Introduction to Ergonomics 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.

Goetsch, David L; Davis, Stanley (1993). ISO 14001: Environmental Management,

ISO 14001: Environmental Management
4th ed., Prentice Hall.
Cote, Ron (2009). Life Safety Code Handbook. National Fire Protection
Life Safety Code Handbook
Association.

Living with the Earth: Concepts in Environmental Health Science
Natural Hazard Analysis: Reducing the Impact of Disasters
Fire Protection Handbook
Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and
Managers
Occupational Safety Management and Engineering
OHSAS 18001: Designing and Implementing an Effective Health and
Safety Management System
OHSAS 18002: 2000
Product Safety Management and Engineering
Project Management for ESH Professionals
Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results
Safety and Health for Engineers
Safety Through Design
Statistics for Health Professionals
Supervisors’ Safety Manual
Techniques of Safety Management, A Systems Approach 4th Edition
The ISO 14000 Handbook
The Occupational Environment: Its Evaluation, Control, and Management
The Safety Professionals Handbook of Fire Prevention Engineering
The Safety Professionals Handbook: Technical Applications
The Safety Professionals Handbook: Management Applications
Training Design Basics
ASP9 Blueprint References | V.2016.10.11
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.
National Fire Protection Association (2008) Fire Protection Handbook, 20th ed.
Vol. 1 NFPA.
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., Prentice Hall.
Kausek, Joe (2007). OHSAS 18001: Designing and Implementing an Effective
Health and Safety Management System. Government Institutes.
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 Engineers.
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 Performance for Bottom-Line Results , 4th ed., CRC Press.
Brauer, Roger L. (2006). Safety and Health for Engineers, 2nd ed.; John Wiley
& Sons.
Christensen, Wayne C.; Manuele, Fred A. (1999). Safety Through Design.
National Safety Council Press.
Shott, Susan (1990) Statistics for Health Professionals, 1st ed., Saunders.
National Safety Council (2009). Supervisors’ Safety Manual, 10th ed., National
Safety Council Press.
Petersen, Dan (2003). Techniques of Safety Management, A Systems Approach
4th Edition, 4th ed., American Society of Safety Engineers.
Cascio, Joseph (2013). The ISO 14000 Handbook. AHMP.
DiNardi, Salvatore (2003). The Occupational Environment: Its Evaluation,
Control, and Management, 2nd ed., American Industrial Hygiene Association.
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (2008). The Safety Professional’s Handbook
of Fire Prevention Engineering, 4th ed., NFPA.
Haight, Joel M. (2012). The Safety Professional’s Handbook: Technical
Applications, 2nd ed., American Society of Safety Engineers.
Haight, Joel M. (2012). The Safety Professional’s Handbook: Management
Applications, 2nd ed., American Society of Safety Engineers.
Carliner, Saul (2005). Training Design Basics. ASTD Training Basics Series, ASTD.