SFT 4/597 - Occupational Safety & Health

Program Development

College of Information Technology and Engineering

Department of Safety Technology

 

Semester & Year: Fall, 2004

 

Classroom Location: Marshall University, Huntington Campus,

Smith Hall - Room 413 Monday Evening @ 6:30 pm

 

Required Textbook: Hagan, Philip & John Montgomery & James O'Reiley (Editors), 2001. Accident Prevention Manual for Business and Industry, Volume #1 - Administration & Programs. 12th Edition, Itasca IL: National Safety Council.     ISBN 0-87912-212-9 

                                                                                    

SFT 497 Course Pre-requisites: SFT 372 or approval of instructor

 

SFT 597 Course Pre-requisites: None

 

Computer Requirements:  Ability to utilize: a) internet search engine & download information, b) word processing software for developing student activity reports, c) e-mail software to generate scenario messages and d) PowerPoint software to prepare classroom presentations.

 

Instructor: Clair Roudebush, Ph.D. CSP

                Office Location: Communications Building, Room 212a

                Personal Office Phone: (304) 696-3068

                Departmental Office Phone: (304) 696-4664

                Departmental Fax: (304) 696-3070

                Email: roudebush@marshall.edu

 

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 Catalog Description: Safety functions in industry. Principles of organization and application of safety programs will be studied. Prevention, correction and control methods are outlined and evaluated.

 

Course Goals & Objectives: The primary goal of this course is mastery of writing communication skills necessary for effectively managing Occupational Safety & Health Programs in diverse industries such as: manufacturing, government, healthcare, and construction.

 

 

Course Activities:

In-Class & Out-of-Class Activities - These course activities involve participation and completion of all in-class writing activities during assigned class periods and completion of all out-of-class homework activities in a timely and comprehensive fashion.  Examples activities include: Safety Policy Evaluation, Safety Policy Development, Correspondence Message Writing, S&H Checklists and Report Forms.

 

Interim Examination/s - There will be one or two interim exam/s during this semester. Only authorized absences, with prior approval will be accepted for make-up examinations.  Make-up exams may or may not be of the same proportioned variety.

 

PowerPoint Training Module Presentations - This course activity entails the development of different safety related PowerPoint Training Modules and presenting them to the class. This course activity will be evaluated using the PowerPoint Classroom Presentation Evaluation Criteria listed below.

 

PowerPoint Classroom Presentation Evaluation Criteria:

Category

Low Criteria

Evaluation

High Criteria

PowerPoint

Outline

Minimal Info

Provided

 

 0     11     12    13     14     15     16     17     18     19     20

Extensive Info

Provided

Introduction

Nothing Given

 

 0       1       2      3       4       5       6      7        8      9      10

Subject Stated

Scope & Goal Stated

Delivery

Technique

 

No Eye Contact

Distracting

Body Moves

 

 

 0       1       2      3       4       5       6      7        8      9      10

Good Eye Contact

Audible Voice

Humor

Organization

Confusion ?

 

0     11     12    13     14     15     16     17     18     19     20

On Subject

Knowledge

of  Subject

Reading Notes

 

 0       1       2      3       4       5       6      7        8      9      10

No Notes Used

PowerPoint

Graphics

None Used

 

0     11     12    13     14     15     16     17     18     19     20

Effectively Utilized

Time

Over/Under

 

 0       1       2      3       4       5       6      7        8      9      10

Within Time Limits

 

 

Class Participation – The criteria used to evaluate this student activity includes:

·         student’s contribution to classroom discussions throughout the semester

·          student’s ability to raise relevant topical questions.

 

 

 

 

Article Summary & Critique - (SFT 597 - Graduate Students) This course activity entails reviewing various professional magazines, journals and web sites in the safety management field and choosing four (4) different articles relating to safety program development.  After reading these articles, prepare a one page summary & critique using the format detailed below.

 

 

Format for Article Summary & Critique:

 

SFT 597 – Occupational Safety & Health Program Development

 Article Summary & Critique

       

        Marshall University                                                                                Safety Technology Program

        By:                                                                                                                   Date:

 

                Author’s Name., Title of article. Full name of journal or professional magazine.  Pages,       Volume, Date.

 

        Summary:   Summarize the article you have reviewed in approximately 1/2 of a single                                              spaced typed page.

 

        Critique:   Summarize your comments about the article:

                - What is your opinion of article ?  (good points/bad points)

                - What type of article was it ?  (informative/research based)

                - Why was the article written ? (to get job promotion, part of grant)

                - Was there false statements ?/misleading trends ?/contradictions ?

                - What was the “flavor of the article ?

                - Do you believe the article was bias ?

                - Does the article need expanded or condensed ?

                - Do specific areas of the article need expanded or conensed ?

 

Oral Presentation of Article Summary & Critique – (Graduate Students) This course activity entails presenting the highlight of your four (4) article reviews to the class. This presentation should be 5-10 minutes in length. Some form of visual aid is required (Overhead Transparency/s or PowerPoint)

 

Article Summary & Critique Evaluation Criteria:

Category

Low Criteria

Evaluation

High Criteria

Topic Selection

 

- Pertains to

Course

0       1       2      3       4       5       6      7        8      9      10

- Does NOT Pertain

to Course

Article Summary

 

- Readable

- Correct Grammar

0       1       2      3       4       5       6      7        8      9      10

- Un Clear

-Grammatical Errors

Article Critique

 

- Content

- Correct Grammar

0       1       2      3       4       5       6      7        8      9      10

- Said Nothing

-Grammatical Errors

Presentation

Introduction

 

- Nothing Given

0       1       2      3       4       5       6      7        8      9      10

- Subject Stated

- Scope & Goal Stated

Presentation

Delivery

Technique

 

-No Eye Contact

- Distracting

Body Moves

 

 

0     11     12    13     14     15     16     17     18     19     20

- Good Eye Contact

- Audible Voice

- Humor

Knowledge

of  Subject

- Reading Notes

 

0       1       2      3       4       5       6      7        8      9      10

- No Notes Used

Presentation

Visual Aids

- None Used

 

0     11     12    13     14     15     16     17     18     19     20

- Effectively Utilized

Presentation

Time

- Over/Under

 

0       1       2      3       4       5       6      7        8      9      10

- Within Time Limits

Evaluation / Grade Computation: Course grades are based on “weighted” percentage averages. Your final grade will be derived by multiplying each individual Course Activity scores by the weighted percentage and summing all of the weighted percentage averages.

 

SFT 497 Course Activities

Individual

Scores

Weighted %

Weighted %

Average

In-Class & Out-of-Class Writing Activities

 

x 0.45

 

Interim Exam/s & Quizzes

 

x 0.25

 

PowerPoint Training Module

 

x 0.15

 

Class Participation

 

x 0.15

 

Grand Total %  =

 

 

Grading Scale

90% & Above =A

80% - 89% = B

70% - 79% = C

60% - 69% = D

59% & Below = F

 

           

SFT 597Course Activities

Individual

Scores

Weighted %

Weighted %

Average

In-Class & Out-of-Class Writing Activities

 

x 0.30

 

Interim Exam/s & Quizzes

 

x 0.25

 

PowerPoint Training Module

 

x 0.15

 

Class Participation

 

x 0.10

 

Article Summary/Critique & PP Presentation

 

x 0.20

 

Grand Total %  =

 

 

Grading Scale

90% & Above =A

80% - 89% = B

70% - 79% = C

60% - 69% = D

59% & Below = F

 

NOTE: Late assignments will incur a 5% penalty per day (including weekends).

 

Bibliography

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·               Bird, F. E., and Loftus, R. G.  1976.  Loss control management.  Loganville, GA: Institute Press.

·               Bureau of Labor Statistics.  1993.  Occupational injuries and illnesses in the United States by industry, 1991.  Washington, DC:  U.S. Government Printing Office.

·               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 Co.

·               Chissick and Derricott.  1981.  Occupational health and safety management. New York, NY:  Wiley and Sons.

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·               National Safety Council.  1983.  Protecting workers lives:  A safety guide for unions.   Washington, DC:  National Safety Council.

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

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

 

Internet Web Sites

·               American Board of Industrial Hygiene                                                        www.abih.org

·               Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers                         wwwachmm.org

·               American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists           wwwacgih.org

·               American Industrial Hygiene Association                                                  wwwaiha.org

·               American National Standards Institute                                                      www.ansi.org

·               American Society for Testing and Materials                                              www.astm.org

·               American Society of Safety Engineers                                                           wwwasse.org

·               Board of Certified Safety Professionals                                                        wwwbcsp.org

·               Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety                            www.ccohs.ca

·               Canada Safety Council                                                                       www.safety-coundil.org

·               Dupont Safety Programs                                                                                   www.dupont.com          

·               International Standardization Organization                                            www.iso.ch

·               J.J. Keller & Assoc. (safety training & services)                          www.jjkeller.com/keller.html    

·               National Safety Council                                                                                     www.nsc.org

·               Safety Online                                                                                                         www.safetyOnline.net 

·               Underwriters Laboratories (UL)                                                                    www.ul.co

·               US Bureau of Labor Statistics                                                                          www.bls.gov

·               US Department of Health and Human Services                                        www.os.dhhs.gov

·               US Department of Transportation                                                                 www.dot.gov

·               US Environmental Protection Agency                                                          www.epa.gov

·               US Federal Emergency Management Association                                    www.fema.gov

·               US Federal Registar                                             www.access.gpo.gov/su docs/aces/aces140.html

·               US Mortality & Morbidity Weekly Reports               www.cdc.gov/ epo /mmwrl mmwr.html

·               US National Institutes of Health                                                                     www.nih.gov

·               US National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health                         www.cdc.gov/niosh

·               US Occupational Safety and Health Administration                              www.osha.gov

·               World Health Organization                                                                             www.who.ch

·               3M's Environmental, Health & Safety Programs                                      www.mmm.com