ACCIDENT HOMEWORK AND ESSAYS
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accident_investigation_syllabus.docxUnit Assignments
Unit I Homework Assignment
Describe a real or hypothetical workplace accident. Identify the tools used to complete the investigation. Talk about your accident sequence, your approach, what was investigated, time taken, resources used, and corrective actions.
Discuss which of these various costs would most likely be tracked or estimated by the employer and which costs would be absorbed and not estimated or tracked.
Your response should be a minimum of three (3) pages in length (not including the title and references pages) in APA style. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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Unit II Homework Assignment
Who first came up with the domino theory? Discuss and give examples of the five labeled dominos within this theory.
Your response should be a minimum of three (3) pages in length (not including the title and references pages) in APA style. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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Unit III Annotated Bibliography
For this project, you will create an Annotated Bibliography. This is in preparation for an accident investigation you will conduct in Unit V. Possible subjects could include the Imperial Sugar explosion incident or the Chernobyl disaster. You may also choose a different workplace incident as long as it can be supported academically with peer-reviewed resources.
Your annotated bibliography should be a minimum of three (3) pages in length (not including the title and references pages) in APA style and contain a minimum of five (5) peer-reviewed journal articles. Each article must include 1-2 paragraphs about the article in your own words. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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Unit IV Homework Assignment
Events and Causal Factors Analysis with Barrier Analysis and Corrective Action
Using the charts in Exhibit 7.1 and 7.6 in your textbook as examples, create an events and causal factors analysis timeline of the scenario below (one (1) page). In addition to your chart, include a barrier analysis and corrective action recommendations (at least two (2) pages in length).
Your response should be a minimum of three (3) pages in length (not including the title and references pages) in APA style. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Submit your timeline, analysis, and recommendations in a single Word document.
OSH 4601, Accident Investigation 2
Tips for Events and Causal Factors Analysis Timeline: You are welcome to choose your own format; you may use PowerPoint, draw the chart by hand and scan it as a PDF, or use some other means. You could use your computer’s paint application, for instance, or use Microsoft Word, and use parentheses for events (Event), square brackets for conditions [Conditions], and brackets for the accident [Accident], or some similar convention (such as color coding text). Whatever convention you choose to use, make sure you provide a key.
Your chart will be graded on content, effort, and presentation. Also, keep in mind that if your chart is difficult to follow, you will lose points. It is expected that you use considerable effort on making your chart easy to understand and navigate. Your chart may be abbreviated; that is, it does not have to be infinitely detailed, but the key sequence of events must be charted, as must the key conditions surrounding the event. The objective of this project is to provide you with an opportunity to practice with this important and very practical analytical tool.
On January 2, 2013, at 5:34 a.m., the maintenance technician noticed a leak in the water pipe in the valve department. The valve has had a leak for four months, but because a maintenance request has not been submitted, the problem was not fixed. The maintenance technician was about to clock out at 5:40 a.m. and decided to leave a note for the first shift technician to mop up the area.
At 5:53 a.m., an air horn was sounded for everyone to respond to an area. As workers arrived, they noted Bob lying in a pool of water. It was very obvious to everyone that Bob’s leg was broken. An ambulance was called, and Bob was transported to the hospital. During the investigation, it was learned that the night maintenance technician had noted the water but decided to not clean the area immediately. The night maintenance technician left a note at the desk at 5:41 a.m. and left.
The morning maintenance technician was supposed to clock in at 5:40 a.m. but had called his supervisor at 5:33 a.m. to say that he was running late and would be there by 6 a.m. He also called and left a message for the morning maintenance technician saying that he was running 15 minutes late. The morning maintenance technician arrived at 5:53 a.m., heard the alert horns, and responded to the accident.
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Unit V Essay
Accident Investigation
Using your research from Unit III on a historical workplace incident, apply the investigative techniques you have learned so far. Include an events and causal factors chart. Possible subjects could include the Imperial Sugar Explosion incident or the Chernobyl disaster. You may also choose a different workplace incident as long as it can be supported academically with peer-reviewed resources.
Your response should be a minimum of three (3) pages in length (not including the title and references pages) in APA style. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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Unit VI Homework Assignment
An employee complained to his manager in reference to a machine that he felt did not have the proper guarding. He complained that the guarding was not present and that the blade was fully exposed.
The manager advised the employee that maintenance was aware of the issue, but did not have the manpower currently to work on this particular issue and would get around to it within a few days. The employee was advised to exercise extra caution while working on the machine and was given a pair of gloves. Moments later, the employee returned and reported to the same manager that he just had a near miss and almost ran his hand into the exposed blade because he was not paying close attention.
The employee implored to the manager that this time it was a near miss, but next time he or someone else may lose a finger or a hand.
OSH 4601, Accident Investigation 3
What should the manager do at this point? What type of recommendations should be made to fix the problem? How should the manager track this problem to ensure that it is fixed? Respond to this scenario with the steps that should have taken place for this incident. Include a corrective action for this situation.
Your response should be a minimum of three (3) pages in length (not including the title and references pages) in APA style. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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Unit VII Essay
Accident Analysis and Corrective Action
For this assignment, you will create an accident analysis report for the incident you investigated in Unit V. You must identify the techniques used in the original report and discuss the investigative or data gathering phase of your investigation. You will include your recommendations for corrective actions that will prevent a similar future incident.
Your response should be a minimum of three (3) pages in length (not including the title and references pages) in APA style. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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Unit VIII Homework Assignment
On July 5, 1985, a 27-year-old sewer worker entered an underground pumping station (8' x 8' x 7') via a fixed ladder inside a three-foot diameter shaft. Although this was clearly a confined space, it was not marked as a designated confined space.
Because the work crew had worked in the area several times without issues, they felt comfortable that they would be able to complete this task and could later meet the other crew at a diner after work. They were unaware that there was a procedure in place to isolate the work area and ensure that the pump had been bypassed. Thus, the transfer line that the worker was going to repair was still under pressure.
When the workers removed the bolts from an inspection plate that covered a check valve, the force of the waste water blew the inspection plate off, which allowed sewage to flood the chamber and trap one of the workers nearby.
A co-worker, a supervisor, and a policeman attempted a rescue, but were unsuccessful. Four workers died. Two deaths appeared to be due to drowning and two appeared to be due to asphyxiation as a result of inhalation of sewer gas.
Write a detailed report that you intend to discuss before an accident review board that answers the following questions:
1. How could a Job Safety Analysis been useful?
2. What is the root cause of this accident?
3. What are the contributing factors in this accident?
4. Which events and causal factors analysis from chapter seven of the textbook would you apply? Why?
5. What are your recommendations for corrective actions?
Your response should be a minimum of three (3) pages in length (not including the title and references pages) in APA style. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
