Site Visits and Industrial Processes

NIOSH ERC Course: SITE VISITS AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES

Faculty: Drs. David Kotelchuck, Michael Gochfeld and Franklin Mirer Required Course for ERC interns and students at Hunter College, UMDNJ, NJIT, NYU, Mt. Sinai Spring 2009 semester Jan. 28 Course introduction and protocols for site walk-throughs. Prebriefing for Power Battery plant visit (at audiovisual Conferencing centers on individual campuses. All remaining debriefing sessions will be held at these campus centers.) Feb. 4 Power Battery Company (Paterson, NJ) Direction Feb11 Debriefing discussion and preparation for Schering plant visit Feb18 Schering pharmaceutical plant (Kenilworth, NJ) Feb25 Debriefing discussion for Schering and preparation for construction safety site visit. Guest lecture on construction H&S by Norman Zuckerman, CIH, Mt. Sinai. Mar. 4 Construction site safety at Carpenters Union Tng. Ctr.(Manhattan, NY), with presentation by Richard Mendelson, Director, Manhattan Area OSHA Office Mar11 Debriefing on Carpenters site visit and discussion of hospital health &safety Mar18 UMDNJ University Hospital (Newark, NJ) Mar25 NY Times printing plant (College Point, Queens) Apr. 1 NO CLASS (attend Friday ERC Conference) Friday, April 3 Students to attend ERC Scientific Conference. Apr 8 Debriefing Univ Hospital and NY Times site visits Apr15 Construction site TBA (NYC) Apr22 BASF Paint factory (Belvidere, NJ) Apr 29 Final Examination for ERC students and interns (at your school sites)

Recommended texts: Recognition of Health Hazards in Industry (2nd edn.) by W.A.Burgess, John Wiley and Sons (New York, 1995), and Encyclopedia of Occupational Safety and Health (4th edn.) by Jeanne Mager Stellman (ed.), ILO (Geneva, 1998) http://www.ilo.org/safework_bookshelf/english?d&nd=170000102&nh=0

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Attendance at the site visits is mandatory (One excused absence is allowed.) Each student must turn in four site visit reports and pass the final examination. Writing Requirements

GRADES: Notebooks shall be kept of all site visits, which will be the basis of the written reports. Reports will be graded for completeness of identification of hazards and controls, the quality and appropriateness of health & safety recommendations, and the accuracy of the overall evaluation of the health & safety program at the site.

Written site visit reports (4) 80% of course grade Final Examination 20% of course grade