COURSE SYLLABUS

SFT 375 - Construction Safety

College of Information Technology & Engineering

Department of Safety Technology

Semester & Year: Fall, 2005

Classroom Location: Marshall University, Huntington Campus – Smith Hall Room 409

Tuesday & Thursday 12:30-1:45 pm

Required Text: 29CFR 1926 OSHA Construction Industry Regulations

Mangan Communications, Inc., 315West 4^th Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801

ISBN 1-932249-08-7 $25 /copy @ bookstore

Phone 563/323-6245 or 800/767-3759 www.mancomm.com

Pre-requisites: SFT 235 (Introduction to Safety Education with Minimum Grade of C)

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

Course Description: Basic construction site safety focus on site preparation, planning, and inspection for safe operations.

Course Outcome Objectives

At the completion of this course the student will be able to:

COO #1 identify personal protective equipment needs for construction site applications

COO #2 – identify the various types of construction vehicles and evaluate correct operation procedures

COO #3 – describe the various types of welding equipment and discuss the hazards and associated safety precautions of each type

COO #4 – describe the various types of concrete construction methods and the associated safety precautions of each

COO #5 – inspect a construction crane for safety related deficiencies

COO #6 – inspect a construction site for proper installation and usage of temporary electrical wiring.

COO #7 – conduct a hazard assessment of a confined space and determine needed safety precautions.

COO #8 – evaluate the need for construction site fall protection and identify necessary compliance options

COO #9 – evaluate soil conditions for trenching operations and determine needed levels of protection

COO #10 – inspect a scaffolding system for hazardous conditions

COO #11 – inspect a construction site for compliance with sanitation standards

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 interim exams during this semester. Only authorized absences, with prior approval by Dr. Roudebush, will be accepted for interim examination make-up. Make-up examinations may or may not be of the same proportioned variety.

PowerPoint Presentation of Observed Construction Safety Hazards - This is a group activity comprised of 2-3 students per group. This course activity entails preparing a PowerPoint presentation identifying examples of actual construction safety situations. This PowerPoint presentation should identify a minimum of ten (10) construction site safety hazardous situations and ten (10) situations where construction safety standards are being correctly followed. Each situation should identify the:

- hazard level (imminent danger, serious, other-than-serious hazards)

- explanation of potential injury/s

- OSHA standard violated or correctly followed

- needed correction (if applicable)

This PowerPoint presentation will be evaluated using the categorical criteria below.

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 & Homework Activities - This course activity entails completing various in-class activities and out-of-class worksheet / activities which often may include the need to use internet or other research methodology.

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

· student’s completion of homework activities

· student’s contribution to classroom discussions throughout the semester

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 Examination #1		x 0.30
Interim Examination #2		x 0.30
PowerPoint Presentation of Construction Safety Hazards		x 0.25
Class Participation & Homework Exercises		x 0.15
Grand Total % =

Grading Scale
90% & Above =A	80% - 89% = B	70% - 79% = C	60% - 69% = D	59% & Below = F

OSHA Voluntary Compliance Certificate - Students with a final grade point average of 70% or greater in this course will be eligible for 30-Hour OSHA Voluntary Compliance Construction Certificate.

Bibliography

· Chandler, R. L., Iannaccone, M., and Toki, A. Eds. 2002. Best's Safety Directory: Industrial Safety, Hygiene, Society. 2002 ed., Vol. 2. Oldwick, NJ: A.M. Best Co.

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· National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 1979. Self-evaluation of occupational safety and health programs. Washington, DC: NIOSH.

· National Safety Council 2001. Accident facts, 2001 edition. Itasca, IL: National Safety Council.

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

· 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

American National Standards Institute www.ansi.org

American Society for Testing and Materials www.astm.org

American Society of Safety Engineers wwwasse.org

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

Canada Safety Council www.safety-coundil.org

International Standardization Organization www.iso.ch

National Safety Council www.nsc.org

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) www.ul.co

US Department of Transportation www.dot.gov

US Federal Emergency Management Association www.fema.gov

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

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

US Occupational Safety and Health Administration www.osha.gov

World Health Organization www.who.ch