SFT 645 – Safety Engineering & Equipment Design

College of Information Technology and Engineering

Department of Safety Technology

 

Semester & Year:  Spring, 2005

 

Classroom Location:  Marshall University, Huntington Campus, Smith Hall - Room 437

                                                Monday Evening: 6:30-9 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

 

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:  The design and engineering of facilities and equipment to meet the physical needs of the human as well as enhancing production.

 

Course Outcome Assessment: This assessment is based upon an analysis of classroom assignments, out-of-class assignments, examination questions, written reports, and PowerPoint presentations. The performance criterion for all outcomes is based on the class average scores for the course activity. Performance is deemed acceptable at an average score of 70% or above. If class average scores are between 50% and 70% then there is course outcome concern. If class average score below 50% then course outcome is considered a weakness.

 

CO-1:     The student will be able to successfully complete two (2) competency examinations encompassing safety engineering terms and regulatory standards.

 

CO-2:     The student will be able to successfully complete one (1) timed competency examination testing their ability to identity and discern OSHA regulatory standard for specific industrial hazards.

 

CO-3:     The student will be able to successfully complete a competency mathematical examination testing their ability to apply trigonometry and algebraic formulas to solving of safety engineering problem sets.    

 

CO-4:     The student will be able to successfully apply safety engineering principles to the evaluation of a specific machine guarding situation.

 

 CO-5:    The student will be able to utilize problem solving skills to propose a solution to the specific machine guarding problem that meet all regulatory standards and safety engineering principles.

 

CO-6:     The student will be able to develop a PowerPoint presentation which meets the organization criteria described in the Course Activities Section of this syllabus.

 

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

 

 

 

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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