Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene II Course Outline

COURSE CODE OSHE 241

COURSE TITLE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE II
CRN 22564
CONTACT HOURS 3 CREDITS – 45 HOURS
PRE-REQUISITE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE I
LECTURER MR. CHRISTIAN VIRGIL
LECTURER EMAIL CHRISTIAN.VIRGIL@MY.COSTAATT.EDU.TT
LECTURER PHONE 277-5754

Course Description
Industrial hygiene is the science of protecting and enhancing the health and safety of people at
work and in their communities. Health and safety hazards cover a wide range of chemical,
physical, biological and ergonomic stressors that can cause harm to workers. In this course,
students will analyze the effects that toxic substances and physical hazards have on the human
body. It examines aspects of epidemiology, toxicology and includes methods of evaluation and
control of environmental and other hazards.

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Course Overview
This course is designed to help students understand the basic principles and the scientific
methodology in industrial hygiene.
This course covers:
 Hazard Evaluation : measurement of hazard exposure intensity, determination of
exposure frequency and duration and comparison of identified hazards with regulatory,
professional, and internal standards
 Control of hazards and hazardous materials
 Introduction to Epidemiology
 Introduction to Toxicology

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Course Objectives
Broadly the objectives are for students to:
 Identify hazards found in a typical work environment;
 Determine the magnitude, frequency and duration of hazards that may exist at a
worksite by employing appropriate measurement methodology;
 Compare the quantitative assessment of workplace hazards to established standard;
 Utilize various tools and methods for controlling hazards;
 Understand basic principles of epidemiology;
 Understand basic principles of toxicology;
 Conduct and indoor air quality assessment.

ASSESSMENT Continuous Assessment - 60%

Final Assessment - 40%

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Explanation of Grades
Percentage points Notation Grade Quality Points
90-100 Excellent A 4.0
85-89 Very Good B+ 3.5
80-84 Good B 3.0
75-79 Satisfactory C+ 2.5
70-74 Average C 2.0
65-69 Below Average D+ 1.5
60-64 Minimum Passing Grade D 1.0
0-59 Fail F 0.0

My Office Hours
Day Time Location
Monday 3pm-5pm El Dorado Campus
Tuesday 3pm-5pm Sangre Grande Campus
Wednesday 2pm-5pm City Campus

Thursday 2pm-5pm El Dorado Campus

Friday - -

Please note that you can also reach me via email or phone (if urgent).

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Date Week ACTIVITY/TOPICS TO BE COVERED
INTRODUCTION/UNIT 1
27th Jan 1  Roll/CRN Power point
 Introduction (Student/Lecturer)
 Discussion (Student/Lecturer Expectations)
 General Course Objectives
 Departmental Rules (agreement)
 Classroom conduct
 Scheme of work
 Recap of Basic Principles of Industrial Hygiene

AIR QUALITY
3rd Feb 2 Indoor air quality Power point
 What is indoor air quality?
 Indoor air quality problems.
 Sources of Pollutants.
 Health effects of pollutants: Immediate/Long Term
 Ventilation
 Sick Building Syndrome
 Evaluation and Monitoring
 Control
TOXICOLOGY
10th Feb 3  Definition of Toxicology Power point
 Toxic Response
 Classification of Toxic Agents
 Effects of Toxic Agents
 Exposure
 Dose response
 Exposure and delivery methods:
 Fate of chemicals post exposure: absorption, distribution,
excretion
EPIDEMIOLOGY
17th Feb 4 Measurement methodology Power point
 Devices used to measure various types of workplace
hazards
 Basic hazard quantification techniques and methodology
 Techniques used to assess chemical exposure
 Controlling or limiting chemical exposure

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 CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS CARNIVAL FRIDAY
24th Feb 5 Radiation E-classroom session
 Types: Ionizing/ Non- Ionizing
 Sources of radiation
 Dose
 Health effects – radiation poisoning
 Protection against radioactive sources

Control of substances hazardous to health

 Types of hazardous material
 HAZCOM
 MSDS
 Management of Hazardous Materials

FIRST INCOURSE EXAM (20%)

3rd Mar 6  Based on lectures delivered during weeks 2-5

CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS

10th Mar 7 Noise
 Types of hearing loss
 Standards associated with safeguarding worker exposure to
hazardous noise
Noise exposure assessment – measuring noise levels and creating a
sound map
17th Mar CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
8  Hazardous substances
 What COSHH requires
 Substances that are hazardous/non-hazardous to health
under COSHH
 Duties under the regulations
 Monitoring exposure at the workplace

EPIDEMIOLOGY
24th Mar 9  Purpose of Epidemiology
 Basic principles of Epidemiology E-ClASSROOM
 Types of epidemiological studies: case control studies,
cross sectional studies, cohort studies.
31st Mar ERGONOMICS
10  Recognition of repetitive strain hazards: approaches to Power point
eliminate them or reduce their impact
 What is RSD?
 Health effects
 Detection methods
 Assessments :REBA, RULA
 Mitigation methods

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 INCOURSE EXAM 2 (20%)
7th Apr 11 Exam based on weeks 7-10

ONLINE CLASSROOM E- CLASSROOM

14th Apr 12 Manufacturing industry
 Manual/ mechanical handling
 Noise
 Toxic chemicals
 Electrical shock
 Exposures to newly synthesized materials
 Health effects of hazards
Agricultural industry
 Toxic chemical (pesticides/fertilizers)
 Noise
 Manual / mechanical handling
 Energy industry
FIELD TRIP
21st Apr 13  Field trip to an industrial complex

CONTROL OF HAZARDS
28th Apr 14  Worker education and training Power point
 Hazard Communication

5th May 15  Developing an Occupational Safety Power point

Program

12th May 16 Final Exams (40%)

Re: Departmental Student Policies

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To All Students,

Please note the following Student policies to be implemented as of January 23rd 2012:-

1. Late submission of course work assignments

No late submission of course work assignments will be accepted without valid documentation. Examples of
‘valid documentation ‘are listed below:

 medical certificates and or;

 letters from employers or other agencies stating valid reasons for your failure to meet the deadline
date

Failure to meet this requirement will result in the student being awarded a mark of zero.

Regarding ‘Group assignments’, students experiencing problems within the group are expected to discuss these
issues with the lecturer at least one (1) week before the set due date so that some attempt would be made to
address the problem. Non-participation in the group activity will result in the student(s) being awarded a mark
of zero.

2. Requirements for fieldtrips

i. Classroom attendance
Fieldtrips are based on what has been taught in the specific courses. Since field exercises and subsequent
reports are meant to reinforce classroom sessions, a minimum attendance of three (3) out of four (4)
classes/lectures prior to the fieldtrip date is required. Failure to do so will result in the student being barred
from the activity.

ii. Attire
Students will not be allowed to attend the fieldtrip activity without the stipulated attire:-
1. Department’s signature T-Shirt
2. Full length trousers/jeans ( unless otherwise stated)
3. Suitable shoes (whole closed toe shoes with instep coverage and suitable traction, such as sneakers)

3. Grade Query Policies

Students are reminded that grade appeal policies for the College already exist. As stated in the College Catalogue 2010-
2012 pg 258, “Students are asked to first make their concerns known to their assigned lecturer within one week of
receiving his/her grade”. For more details please refer to COSTAATT’s Catalogue.

4. Academic Advisement

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Students are required to access their advisor’s advisement schedule and make themselves available for academic
advisement only within the stipulated days and times. Please note this is an essential component of the registration
process.

5. Office Hours

Lecturers are available for student consultation during their office hours as posted. Schedules will be posted on College’s
notice boards.

My office hours