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University Case Study
Congratulations! You have
just become the safety manager for Podunk University. Your position is at the
campus in Podunk, Colorado, and your predecessor left the job a year and a half
ago. There has been nobody in the position during that interval. The commitment
of the institution to safety is dubious at best, but you are looking forward to
starting your new position and making a positive change.
After introducing yourself
to the secretary you share with a half dozen other, more senior, people, you
decide to focus on hazardous material and hazardous waste issues since you just
completed a great college course on those topics. You tour the campus and
discover that the following departments and programs are yours to deal with:
· The biology department has animal dissection,
human dissection, a microbiology lab, and a medical laboratory education
program that uses small quantities of a lot of chemicals.
· The chemistry department has chemicals that
have never been inventoried and a new forensics program (as in CSI, not in
college debate).
BOS 3125, Hazardous
Materials Management 4
· The physics department has high-voltage
equipment, lasers, and LEDs.
· The English department has lots and lots of
books and papers, as well as photocopiers.
· The math department has lots of computers and
whiteboards.
· The automotive technology department has
everything pertaining to auto repair, including solvents, asbestos brake
linings, pneumatic tools, waste oil, and cutting and grinding tools.
· The Massive Arena is one of the original
buildings on campus and has a variety of interesting problems, including
asbestos insulation, and the building is undergoing a massive renovation.
Respond to each of the
following questions:
1. Where do you start?
2. Where should you focus
your initial HazCom efforts? In what order do you tackle the rest of the
departments?
3. What are the HazCom
issues in the automotive technology department?
4. What are the hazardous
waste issues in the automotive technology department?
5. What are the HazCom
issues in the chemistry department?
6. What are the hazardous
waste issues in the chemistry department?
7. With the Massive Arena
renovation, who are the people to whom you need to communicate hazards?
8. What are your main
concerns with the physics department?
9. What are the hazardous
material/waste spill response issues for the university, and how should you
prepare for them?
10. Is any HazCom training
needed for the English and math departments?
11. What are some resources
for finding out how to solve the HazCom issues?
12. You must choose
technology or trainers to do the needed training. What are some issues to
consider when selecting these?
13. Due to budget cuts, you
have to do the training yourself, and you will use PowerPoint. What are some
considerations when developing your PowerPoint Presentation?
14. How can you evaluate
your training to ensure that it is accomplishing your goals?
15. One of the chemistry
professors working with some of the automotive technology faculty members,
invents a new nonflammable compound that will render obsolete the need for
solvents to degrease auto parts. She wants to market the stuff. What needs to be
done before it can be marketed, and who should do it?
16. The University decides
to partner with the chemistry professor and market this new compound. Due to
the lack of flammability, it is a great hit nationwide. They then decide to
market it worldwide. What concerns need to be addressed?
17. It turns out that this
wonderful new compound makes a really great explosion when used in conjunction
with another chemical. As the University is manufacturing the compound in large
quantities and storing it on the grounds, what concerns do you now have? What
experts should you consult?
18. The biology department
has been busy as well. The little microbiology lab is large now, and they are
working with stronger pathogens. How would you determine the new hazard
communication requirements and things that you should do beyond that minimum?
After a tough five years,
you have the Podunk University campus running smoothly. Everybody is trained,
and your successor will not have nearly as much of a challenge as you did.
Congratulations, and best wishes on your next challenge!
Your submission must be a
minimum of four pages double-spaced, not including the title and reference
pages, and in APA format. Support your answers to the questions with
appropriate references and in-text citations.
Information about accessing
the Blackboard Grading Paper Writing Service – Topic Examples – Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
(Course book is Hazardous
Material Management and Hazard Communication by Joel M Haight form the safety
professionals handbook 2nd edition)
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