CIVL 1020 - OSHA Construction Safety

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Define the purpose of various organizations, including OSHA, MIOSHA, and MDEQ.
2. Compare safety standards of various organizations, including OSHA, MIOSHA, and MDEQ.
3. Use appropriate key words and phrases related to safety standards.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to manage workplace safety and health

Objectives:

1. Communicate workplace safety and health standards.
2. Monitor workplace safety and health standards.
3. Investigate injury, illness, and accident prevention programs.
4. Define successful job site inspections.
5. Complete safety communications.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to breakdown different types of safety standard procedures. 

Objectives:

1. Describe safety procedures.
2. Define traffic control.
3. Describe equipment-testing procedures.
4. Recommend safety procedures.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain the responsibilities of employees and employers concerning safety

Objectives:

1. Define lock out, tag out procedures.
2. Describe excavation procedures.
3. Compare employee and employer responsibilities.
4. Calculate insurance rates based on EMR.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to support the ethics of safety.

Objectives:

1. Define the right to know.
2. Contact outside inspectors.
3. Determine where certifications are obtained.
4. Contact appropriate people in case of an emergency.
5. Explain the consequences for disregarding procedures.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to develop a company safety management program based on standard safety areas.  

Objectives:

1. Define electrical safety.
2. Define stairways and ladder safety.
3. Define excavations with different trenches and shoring.
4. Define fall protection.
5. Define personal protection equipment safety.
6. Define confined space entry.
7. Define chemical awareness safety.
8. Define HazCom: Identifying the dangers.

• Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
• Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
• Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
• Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
• Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
• Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.

1. Orientation, General Information, Governing Bodies
2. Introduction to OSHA
3. Managing Safety and Health
4. OSHA Focus Four Hazards
5. Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment
6. Health Hazards in Construction
7. Safety Standard Procedures
8. Ethics of Safety
9. Responsibilities of Employees and Employers
10. Standard Safety Areas, Electrical
11. Excavations, Ergonomics, Cranes, Fire, Ladder
12. Trenching and Shoring, Scaffold, and Fall Protection
13. Final Project, Presentation of Project