Occupational Safety and Health

Occupational Safety And Health - Undergraduate Courses

SH 100 Safety Organization and Management History (back to previous page)
and development of the safety movement, nature and extent of the problem, development of worker's compensation, development of safety programs, cost analysis techniques, locating and defining accident sources, analysis of the human element, employee training, medical services and facilities, and the "what" and "how" of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

SH 110 Accident Conditions and Controls (back to previous page)
Mechanical hazards, machine and equipment guarding, boilers and pressure vessels, structural hazards, materials handling hazards and equipment use, electrical hazards, personal protective equipment.

SH 200 Elements of Industrial Hygiene (back to previous page)
Analysis of toxic substances and their effect on the human body. Analysis and effect of chemical hazards, physical hazards of electromagnetic and ionizing radiation, abnormal temperatures and pressure, noise, ultrasonic and low-frequency vibration; sampling techniques including detector tubes, particulate sampling, noise measurement and radiation detection; governmental and industrial hygiene standards and codes.

SH 210 Sound/Hearing/Noise (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: SH 200. An analysis of three major factors associated with the noise issue viz, the physics of sound, the biological phenomenon of hearing, and the engineering processes of noise abatement including a review of the OSHA legal standards for noise exposure.

SH 400 Occupational Safety and Health Legal Standards (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: SH 100. All aspects of the legal constrains applicable to the occupational safety field. Includes OSHA, federal laws not under OSHA jurisdiction, selected state legislation, current and pending product liability laws, environmental protection law and fire safety codes. Emphasizes particular legal areas as requested.

SH 401 Industrial Hygiene Measurements (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: SH 200. Current methods and techniques used in evaluating the occupational environment. Instruction on how to use the instruments necessary to measure ventilation, nonionizing radiation, airborne contaminants, noise and heat stress. Instruction on how to present data and prepare reports will also be included.

SH 500 Special Topics (back to previous page)
Selected study topics of special or current interest.

SH 599 Independent Study (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: Consent of faculty member and chair of department. Opportunity for the student under the direction of a faculty member to explore an area of interest. This course must be initiated by the student.

Occupational Safety And Health - Graduate Courses

SH 605 Industrial Safety Engineering (back to previous page)
An analysis of the major physical hazards in industrial work and the attendant safety practices employed to eliminate the hazardous conditions or minimize the likelihood and extent of injury. Includes the hazards associated with machinery, combustion, electricity, material handling and fire.

SH 620 Occupational Safety and Health Law (back to previous page)
A survey of the major federal occupational safety and health laws with an emphasis on the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 as well as state worker's compensation laws. Focus on the administration of the laws, their major provisions, the enforcement process as well as the federal/state interrelationships in this milieu.

SH 665 Industrial Hygiene Measurements (back to previous page)
Theory and practice of current methods and techniques applicable to industrial hygiene. Experiments in ventilation, non-ionizing radiation, measurement of airborne contaminants, noise and heat stress.

SH 667 Control of Occupational Health Hazards (back to previous page)
Advanced study of methodologies used to control exposures to those workplace agents which cause illness and/or disease. Primary focus on techniques used to minimize employee exposures; full discussion of personal protective devices.

SH 690 Research Project I (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Independent study under the supervision of an adviser.

SH 691 Research Project II (back to previous page)
A continuation of Research Project I.