OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
COURSE CONTENTS:
1. PROMOTING HEALTH AND SAFETY
1.1- THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM.
1.2- THE COSTS OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES.
1.3- THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF A HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY.
1.4- THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING.
2. SAFETY HAZARDS
2.1- MECHANIAL HAZARDS AND SAFEGUARDING.
2.2- FALLINFG, IMPACT ACCELERATION, AND LIFTING HAZARDS.
2.3- ELECTRICAL HAZARDS.
2.4- CONFINED SPACES.
3. FIRE HAZARDS
3.1- SOURCES OF FIRE HAZARDS.
3.2- THE THREE ELEMENTS TO START AND SUSTAIN FIRE.
3.3- THE FIRE FRIANGLE.
3.4- DIFFERENT CLASSES OF FIRE.
3.5- COMMON HAZARDS PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION.
3.6- METHODS OF REDUCING FIRE HAZARDS.
3.7- USE OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
4. CHEMICAL HAZARDS
4.1- OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES AND ILLNESS.
4.2- AGENTS WHICH CAN CAUSE DISEASE AND ILLNESS.
4.3- CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, BIOLOGIVCAL AND ERGONOMIC STRESSORS.
4.4- THREE ROUTES OF ENTRY OF CHEMICALS INTO THE BODY.
4.5- MEDICAL MONITORING OF EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL HAZARD.
5. PHYSICAL HAZARDS
5.1- NOISE.
5.2- VIBRATION.
5.3- HEAT STRESS.
5.4- RADITION.
5.5- LASERS.
5.6- LIGHTING.
6. BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
6.1- NATURE OF A BIOLOGICAL AGENT.
6.2- TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION AGENTS.
6.3- DISEASES CAUSED BY BACTERIA, VIRUSES, FUNGL, PARASITES.
6.4- RISK FROM EXPLOSURE TO EACH TYPE OF BIOLOGICAL AGENT.
7. ERGONOMICS
7.1- DEFINE THE TERM ERGONOMICS.
7.2- MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES.
7.3- ALTERNATIVE NAMES FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL INJUIER.
7.4- SIGNIFICANCE OF BODY POSTURE WHILE DOING THE JOB.
7.5- FORCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB.
8. EXPOSURE CONTROLS
8.1- STRATEGIES TO CONTROL EXPOSURE AT THE SOURCE OF THE HAZARD.
8.2- THE MEANING OF “ENGINEERING” CONTROLS.
8.3- CONTROLS “ST THE WORKER”.
8.4- EXAMPLES OF ENGINEERING CONTROLS.
8.5- CONTROL PROCEDURES AT THE WORKER HIMSELF.
9. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
9.1- HEAD PROTECTOR.
9.2- TYPES OF PROTECTION FOR THE FEET.
9.3- PROTECTION FOR HANDS AND ARMS.
9.4- PROTECTION OF THE EYES AND FACE IN VARIOUS APPLICATIONS.
9.5- TYPES OF HEARING PROTECTION.
9.6- AIR PURIFING AND AIR SUPPLYING RESPIRATORS.
10. VENTILATION BASICS
10.1- TECHNIQUE OF DILUTION VENTILATION.
10.2- THE LIMITATIONS OF DILUTION VENTILATION OF CHEMICAL
CONTAMINANTS.
10.3- LIMITED APPLICATIONS OF DILUTION VENTILATION.
10.4- THE MEANING OF “AIR CHANGES PER HOUR”.
10.5- GOOD AND BAD FAN LOCATIONS.
10.6- THE TECHNIQUE OF LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION.
11. ACCIDENT PREVENTION
11.1- THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF A SITE SURVEY FOR OH&S.
11.2- BASIC FLOOR PLAN OF A WORK AREA.
11.3- SURVEY TABLE IDENTIFYING HAZARDS IN A WORK AREA.
11.4- SHOW ACTIVITIES WITH POTENTIAL HAZARDS ON THE FLOOR PLAN.
11.5- COMPLETE PART OF A SURVEY TABLE EVALUATING THE HAZARDS.
12. FIRST AID
12.1- ABCs OF FIRST AID.
12.2- FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAM.
12.3- CONTENTS OF A TYPICAL FIRST AID KIT.
12.4- MSDS.
BOOKS
1- CHEMICAL HAZARDS OF THE WORKPLACE, 4Ed. PROCTOR AND HUGES.
2- BASIC INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE-A TRAINING MANUAL, BRIEF ( AIHA ).
3- FUNDAMENTALS OF OCCUPATIONAL OF SAFETY AND HEALTH,
KOHN, FRIEND, WINTERBERGER.
______________________________________________________________________
Comments
Post a Comment