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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. This course introduces the basic principles of fire and fire prevention in the work place. Major topics include: evaluating existing and planned facilities from a fire and explosion standpoint, and applying the basic principles of hazard recognition, evaluation, and control when developing fire prevention and emergency response activities.
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisites: Enrollment in or prior credit for Chemistry 101 and Physics 191. The course introduces the fundamentals of chemical and process industry safety. Major topics include: toxic, fire, and pressure hazards inherent in chemical plants and petroleum refineries, and the methods used to identify, assess, and eliminate those hazards. It also introduces students to federal safety regulations for proves safety management.
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisites: Enrollment in or prior credit for OSHE 111[OSH 115] and OSHE 121[OSH 120]. The course studies the application of management principles, communication and human relations factors, safety/health rules, industry and federal standards, accident investigation, and the job planning phases in the construction environment.
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. This course presents the key elements necessary to develop or to assess occupational safety and health programs. Major topics include management commitment and employee involvement; worksite analysis, hazard correction and control; training, and evaluation.
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Enrollment in or prior credit for Math 241. This course presents methods to objectively evaluate a company's safety progress. The course covers two distinct topics: (1) measuring safety performance, and (2) incident investigation and analysis. The first segment of the course addresses ways of measuring safety performance objectively and subjectively using safety audits, inspections, observations, performance appraisal systems, and injury/illness statistics. The second segment of the course addresses the causes of accidents, systematic ways of conducting investigations, documenting the findings, causes and other significant data, and drafting recommendations.
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Psychology 101. This course will introduce students to the application of scientific research based principles and methods to bring about change in the work culture through attitude, behavior, and environmental conditions. Specific topics will include traditional approaches and philosophies for improving safety, environmental effects, incentives, developing and building cultural change, identifying critical behavior, developing checklists, giving and receiving recognition and measuring performance.
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. This course examines the importance of considering the safety of a product in its ultimate use. Major topics include: aspects of product design, intended and improper use, and potential injury mechanisms. It uses classic product liability case studies to provide practical application of the principles learned. It also studies manufacturer liabilities through injury tort actions.
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisites: Mathematics 241, OSHE 111[OSH 115], and OSHE 121[OSH 120]. The course presents the concepts of Risk Management and Loss Control through the use of systematic approaches to hazard anticipation, identification, evaluation and control. Major topics include: an introduction to qualitative methods of evaluating the hazards and risks associated with systems, processes, equipment, and other entities. It also includes a review of techniques for mitigating or managing identified risks.
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisites: Mathematics 241 and OSHE 241. This course presents an examination of the methods used by the industrial hygienist for the identification and assessment of health hazards in the workplace. Major topics include: establishment and use of methodologies to sample and evaluate exposures to air contaminants (gases, vapors, aerosols, and particulates), microorganisms and allergens, noise, heat, and cold stress, electrical and magnetic radiation, and ionizing and ultraviolet radiation. The course also includes equipment use, maintenance, and calibration.
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3.00 Credits
Credit 3 hours. This course introduces the concepts of adult training and education with emphasis on occupational safety and health. Major topics include: instructional system design, including performing a training needs assessment tasks analysis, program design goals and objectives, performance evaluation, delivery methods and media; computerbased training methods; systems to manage costs; and record keeping.
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