OESM 101 - Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health
An overview of the development and implementation of basic safety and health principles and techniques; identification of factors of causation, techniques of investigation and reporting and environment effects; survey of regulations and professional guidelines. Required for OESM majors.
Contact: 3 hours lecture per week
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of OESM 101, the student will be able to:
- Define types of accident and give an example for each type
- Describe costs of accidents and explain major reasons for accident prevention
- Classify air contaminants and list routes of entry
- Explain health effects of common hazardous chemicals in the workplace
- Identify common chemical, physical, and biological hazards in the workplace
- Define 'ethics' and name guidelines used to determine ethical behavior
- Discuss ethical issues for the health and safety professional
- Identify federal and state agencies responsible for various functions in occupational and environmental safety & health
- Explain how OSH standards are developed and enforced
- Describe HIOSH compliance inspection procedures
- Give examples of hazard control methods
- Apply hazard analysis methods to a given scenario
- Conduct a witness interview as part of a mock accident investigation
- Describe characteristics of good machine guarding and give examples
- Explain the lockout/tagout procedures
- Describe hazards associated with electrical work and ways to control the hazards
- Apply the following concepts: PEL, TLV, flash point, LEL, UEL
- Use information from an MSDS to identify hazards and recommend controls
- Identify risk factors for cumulative trauma disorders and recommend controls
- Correctly record work-related injuries and illnesses in the OSHA 300 form
- List cost items covered under the Hawaii Workers Compensation Law
- Explain hazards evaluation requirements as part of the PPE program
- Inspect and maintain a half-face respirator
- Conduct qualitative fit testing for a half-face respirator
- Name types of respirators and explain their limitations
- Discuss relevant environmental regulations
- Describe criteria for an effective health and safety program
- Show quantitative ways to measure safety performance
- Conduct a limited safety inspection of a workplace
- Develop a written project on an occupation, its associated hazards, and hazard control methods