SFT 372 - Safety and Industrial Technology

College of Information Technology and Engineering

Department of Safety Technology

 

Semester & Year:  Spring, 2004

 

Classroom Location:  Marshall University, Huntington Campus, Smith Hall - Room 110

                                                Tuesday & Thursday 12:30 - 1:45 PM

 

Required Text:  29CFR 1910 OSHA General Industry Regulations (Updated thru September 1, 2003), Mangan Communications, Inc., 315West 4th Street, Davenport, Iowa  52801

ISBN 1-932249-08-7   Phone 563/323-6245  or 800/767-3759   www.mancomm.com

 

Pre-requisites:   Physics & Algebra

 

Computer Requirements:  Ability to utilize the Internet, PowerPoint and word processing software.

 

Instructor:                           Clair Roudebush PhD CSP

212 Communications Building

Personal Office Phone: (304) 696-3068

Departmental Office Phone: (304) 696-4664

Departmental Fax: (304) 696-3070

Email: ROUDEBUSH@MARSHALL.EDU

 

Course Description:  An introductory course in safety and health principles that is designed to prepare students to manage, supervise, coordinate, and evaluate safety and health problems in the workplace.

 

Objectives:  Student will be able to: 1) understand some fundamental concepts and terms in safety and health; 2) appreciate the legal requirements that motivate safety; and 3) recognize, evaluate and control the hazards present in the workplace.

 

Adaptive Methods for Disabilities: Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact Dr. Roudebush as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. A reasonable period of time must be given to Dr. Roudebush when making your initial request for any accommodation.

 

Course Activities:

 

Interim Examinations – There will be two (2) to three (3) interim exams throughout the semester. Make-up exams will only be given under extreme cases as determined by instructor. Make-up exams may or may not be of the same proportioned variety.

 

Machine Safeguarding Report - This course activity entails analyzing a machine safeguarding scenario and developing a technical report of your findings.  Late assignments will incur a 5% penalty per day (including weekends)

 

Machine Safeguarding Oral PowerPoint Presentation - This course activity entails orally presenting your machine safeguarding scenario findings to the class in the form of a PowerPoint presentation.  Oral presentations will be evaluated using the categorical criteria listed below. Late assignments will incur a 5% penalty per day (including weekends)

 

Oral Presentation Evaluation Criteria:

Category

Low Criteria

Evaluation

High Criteria

PowerPoint

Outline

- Minimal Info

Provided

 

10     11     12    13     14     15     16     17     18     19     20

Extensive Info

Provided

Introduction

 

- Nothing Given

 

 5     5.5     6     6.5     7     7.5     8     8.5     9     9.5     10

Subject Stated

Scope & Goal Stated

Delivery

Technique

 

-No Eye Contact

- Distracting

Body Moves

 

 

 5     5.5     6     6.5     7     7.5     8     8.5     9     9.5     10

Good Eye Contact

Audible Voice

Humor

Organization

- Confusion

 

10     11     12    13     14     15     16     17     18     19     20

On Subject

Knowledge

of  Subject

- Reading Notes

 

  5     5.5     6     6.5     7     7.5     8     8.5     9     9.5     10

No Notes Used

PowerPoint

Visual Aids

None Used

 

10     11     12    13     14     15     16     17     18     19     20

Effectively Utilized

TIme

Over/Under

 

 5     5.5     6     6.5     7     7.5     8     8.5     9     9.5     10

Within Time Limits

 

 

In-class Exercises, Out-of-class Activities & Class Participation – The criteria used to evaluate this student activity includes:

·         completion of in-class and out-of-class assignments in a timely fashion

·         student’s contribution to classroom discussions throughout the semester

·         student’s ability to raise relevant topical questions.

 

 

Evaluation / Grade Computation: Course grades are based on “weighted” percentage averages. Your final grade will be derived by multiplying each individual Student Activity score by the weighted percentage and summing all of the weighted percentage averages. All late assignments will incur a 5% penalty per day (including weekends & holidays)

 

Student Activity

Individual

Score

Weighted %

Weighted %

Average

Interim Exams

 

x 0.40

 

Machine Safeguarding Report

 

x 0.20

 

Machine Safeguarding Oral PowerPoint Presentation

 

x 0.15

 

In-class exercises, Out-of-class activities & Class Participation

 

x 0.25

 

Grand Total =

 

 

Evaluation Scale

90% & Above =A

80% - 89% = B

70% - 79% = C

60% - 69% = D

59% & Below = F

 

 

 

Bibliography

 

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Chandler, R. L., Iannaccone, M., and Toki, A.  Eds.  1995.  Best's Safety Directory:  Industrial Safety, Hygiene, Society.  1995 ed., Vol. 2. Oldwick, NJ:  A.M. Best Company.

 

Colangelo, V. J. and Thornton, P. A.  1981.  Engineering aspects of product liability.  Metals Park, OH:  American Society for Metals.

 

Confer, R. and Conver, T.  1994.  Occupational health and safety:  Terms,

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DeReamer, R.  1980.  Modern safety and health technology.   New York: Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

Ferry, T.  1990.  Safety and health management planning.  New York, NY:  Van Nostrand Reinhold.

 

Ferry, T. S.  1988.  Modern accident investigation and analysis (2nd ed.).  New York:  John Wiley & Sons.

 

Goetsch, D. L.  1993.  Industrial safety and health:  In the age of high      technology.  New York:  Maxwell Macmillan International.

 

Grimaldi, J. V. and Simonds, R. H.  1989.  Safety management.  Homewood IL: Richard D. Irwin.

 

Hale, A. R., and Glendon, A. I 1987.  Individual behavior in the control of danger.  New York:  Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.

 

Hammer, W.  1972.  Handbook of system and product safety.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ:  Prentice-Hall.

 

Heinrich, H. W., Petersen, D., and Roos, N.  1980.  Industrial accident prevention.  New York:  McGraw-Hill Book Company.

 

Kuhlmann, R. L.  1977.  Professional accident investigation:  Investigative methods and techniques.  Loganville, GA:  Institute Press.

 

Malasky, S. W.  1982.  System safety:  Technology and application.  2nd ed.  New York, NY:  Garland STPM Press.

 

Mansdorf, S. Z.  1993.  Complete manual of industrial safety.   Englewood Cliffs, NJ:  Prentice Hall.

 

OSHA Training Institute.  1994.  A guide to voluntary compliance in safety and health.  Atlanta, GA:  Georgia Tech Research Institute.

 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration.  2001.  Code of federal regulations, title 29 sections 1910.134, 1910.1000, 1910.1200.  Rockville, MD:  Government Institutes.

 

Roland, H. E., and Moriarty, B.  1990.  System safety engineering and management (2nd ed.).  New York:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

Seiden, R. M.  1984.  Product safety engineering for managers:  A practical handbook and guide.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ:  Prentice-Hall.

 

United States Department of Labor,  1991.  All about OSHA.  Washington, DC:  U. S. Government Printing Office.

 

United States Department of Labor.  1990a.  OSHA compliance manual:  What is OSHA.  Washington, DC:  U.S. Government Printing Office.

 

United States Department of Labor.  1990c.  OSHA compliance manual:  Inspections.  Washington, DC:  U.S. Government Printing Office.

 

 

Internet Web Sites

 

Occupational Safety & Health

        Administration - Washington DC                     http://www.osha.gov

 

US Centers for Disease Control                                   http://www/cdc.gov

 

US Dept. of Health and Human Services                  http://www.os.dhhs.gov

 

US EPA                                                                                 http://www.epa.gov

 

US FEMA                                                                             http://www.fema.gov

 

US National Institutes of Health                                 http://www.nih.gov/

 

US National Library of Medicine                               http://www.nim.nih.gov/

 

World Health Organization                                         http://www.who.ch