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Concepts and measurements of reactive vs. proactive safety practices. Learn major hazards in workplace; how to collect, evaluate, respond to safety and health trend data; develop site-specific programs, policies, procedures; the basic concepts of emergency preparedness. Prerequisite: Placement into ENGL 100.
Overview of risk manager role/current risk analysis methods. History/evolution of workers compensation system, ADA, FMLA, WA State Disability Act. Covers business insurance and claims process, transfer/assumption/assessment of risk, lines of insurance. Prerequisite: Placement into ENGL 100.
Students will review the history of violence in the workplace; study different types of threats, such as internal versus external; analyze case studies; explore a variety of prevention strategies; create violence prevention plans.
Basics of industrial hygiene programs and relationship to company safety plan. Addresses chemical absorption into the body, physical/ airborne hazards; sampling techniques; how to identify/apply hazard control techniques; and using Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). Prerequisite: MATH 90, CHEM& 121 (was CHEM 101), BIOL& 175 (was BIOL 101), OSH 100.