INEN 4316 – Industrial and Product Safety

 

INEN 4316 Spring 2008

 

Catalog Information: 2006-2008 

INEN 4316 (Industrial and Product Safety).  Credit 3.  Loss control engineering.  Mandatory and voluntary standards.  Product liability.

 

 

Prerequisites by topic

Senior standing and INEN 3380 – Work Design

 

 

Textbook:

Marshall, Gilbert, 2000, Safety Engineering, 3rd Edition, American Society of Safety Engineers Press, Des Plaines, IL.

 

 

References:

Hammer, W., 1993, Product Safety Management and Engineering, 2nd Edition, American Society of Safety Engineers Press, Des Plaines, IL

 

Goetsch, D., 1998, Implementing Total Safety Management, 1st Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

 

Brauer, R., 2006. Safety and health for Engineers, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ.

 

Goetsch, D. L., 1996, Occupational Safety and Health, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

 

Geller, S., The Psychology of Safety, 1st Edition, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA

 

Eckenfelder, D., 1996, Values Driven Safety, 1st Edition, Government Institutes, Inc., Rockville, MD

 

Petersen, The OSHA Compliance Manual, McGraw-Hill, Latest Edition.29 CFR 1910, 29 CFR 1926.

 

 

 

 

Coordinator:

Lamar IE Homepage:  http://dept.lamar.edu/industrial/

 

 

Objectives:

To provide the student with an appreciation of the social and economic impact of industrial accidents.  To provide the student with general rules and checklists to help design and maintain a safe work environment.  To define the role of the design engineer in industrial and product safety.  To introduce the role of governmental and voluntary standards in process and product design safety.

 

 

Topics:          • Introduction (0.5 week)

• Approaches to Safety (0.5 week)

                        • Standards and Legislation (0.5 week)

                        • Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (0.5 week)

• Recognition and Control of Hazards (0.5 week)

• Work Systems, Ergonomics, and Work Related MSDs (0.5 week)

• Personal Protective Equipment (0.5 week)

• Walking and Standing Surfaces and Egress and Life Safety (0.5 week)

• Fire Prevention and Suppression (0.5 week)

• Noise and Noise Control (0.5 week)

• Hazardous Materials and Environmental Controls (0.5 week)

• Personnel and Promoting Safe Work Practices (0.5 week)

• Appraising Plant Safety and Accident Investigations (1 week)

• Hazards (Mechanical, Mobile Equipment, Electrical, Tools and Machine  Controls, Fall Prevention, and Machine Safeguarding) (2.5 weeks)

• Oral Presentations) (2.0 weeks)

 

Computer Usage:  

MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Internet, other.

 

Engineering Design Experience:                        

Students are required to design/redesign workplaces and jobs with  respect to noise, fire prevention/protection, as well as re-designing workplaces and jobs based on

fault tree analysis

 

Probability and Statistics:

A common approach of appraising plant/job safety is through the use of and probability and severity matrices.  From analyses of the probability of Statistics: occurrence and severity, prioritized facility “fix-it” lists are developed.

 

ABET category content as estimated by the faculty member who prepared this course description:

 

            Professional Component: 3 Credits of Engineering Topics

 

Outcomes Achieved:    a (N), c (N), d (P), e (N), f (P), g (P), j (P), k (N), l (N),   P = Primary, N = Non-primary

 

a.

An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. 

c.

An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.

d.

An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.

e.

An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.

f.

An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.

g.

An ability to communicate effectively.

j.

A knowledge of contemporary issues.

k.

An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.

l.

An ability to design, develop, implement, and improve systems that include people, materials, information, equipment, and energy.

 

 

Prepared by: Dr. Brian N. Craig

 

Last Updated:   09/13/07