OSH 160 Incident Investigation (3 credits)

2. Identify and report causal factors of an incident and provide recommendations for appropriate action(s).

3. Analyze the immediate supervisor’s role and compare to other roles found in a designated institution.

4. Determine what methods safety committees and management use in what contexts.

5. Analyze incident reports, Logs of Work Related Injuries and Illnesses, and case studies in order to determine the financial and human impact of proper and improper methods, protocols, and documentation for incident investigation.

6. Identify root causes of accidents that need to be eliminated in order to promote a safe, healthy work environment.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Respond to an accident or incident by utilizing emergency response plans, investigating the event, assisting the worker(s) with immediate and long term rehabilitation with a focus on returning to work and by promoting corrective action to prevent a similar incident from happening again. Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30