Category: Law

Instructions
Injury/Illness Prevention Case Study

As the new Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) manager for the CSU Widget Factory, you recently completed a study of the injuries entered on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 300 form over the past 12 months. Your findings revealed the following:

Eight employees were treated for various levels of heat strain during the summer months. Six were working indoors in the warehouse, and two were working outdoors doing grounds maintenance. All were first aid injuries.
There were six forklift accidents that resulted in injuries:
Three dropped loads struck nearby workers. All received first aid.
One forklift flipped over going around a corner, ejecting the operator. The operator lost 10 days of work and was on restricted duty for 30 days.
Two employees working in the warehouse aisles were struck by forklifts. Both were medical treatment injuries.
Five electrical shocks were reported in the machine shop. All occurred during routine equipment maintenance. All were medical treatment injuries, but none resulted in days away from work.
There were nine eye injuries in the machine shop. Five were foreign particles in the eye and four were machine oil splashes. All were reported as first aid injuries.
Six employees in the plating shop were treated for inhalation of solvent vapors. Two resulted in lost workdays, and the others were medical treatment injuries.
To reduce workplace injuries, select three program areas from the analysis above that should receive immediate attention. Select three OSH programs from the following:

Heat Stress, Powered Industrial Vehicles, Material Handling and Storage, Hazardous Energy Control (Lockout / Tagout), Personal Protect Equipment (PPE), Respiratory Protection Program
Discuss why the specific OSH program area was selected.
Explain how you would identify and assess the hazards related to this program area.
Discuss some possible hazard control measures that could be used to reduce risk.
Identify training requirements for the program area.
Propose methods for ensuring employees comply with safety procedures.
Your submission must be in APA format, and a minimum of three pages in length, not including title and reference pages. At least two reference sources must be used to support your discussion. One of the references can be the course textbook. Additional references should be articles from professional journals, recognized safety organizations, or other OSH textbooks. Contact your professor if you have questions about specific references.

Share with the class any experiences you have had working in an environment where hearing protection was required.  Did you wear the personal protective equipment (PPE) willingly?  Could the type of PPE provided have been improved?  If you have never worked in a noisy environment, what do you think would be some of the barriers to PPE compliance?  How could the barriers be removed?  How could employees be encouraged to wear the PPE?

Instructions
Recognize, Evaluate, and Control Health Hazards

Your boss at the CSU Widget Factory is pleased with how you handled his previous hazard analysis requests. He is now turning his attention to health hazards and has asked you to develop plans to address these two areas of concern:

confined space entry and
noise.
For each area of concern, discuss the following as it applies to the methodologies of health hazards:

how you would identify the presence of specific health hazards,
how you would evaluate the level of risk for each hazard identified, and
the control measures you would recommend to eliminate identified hazards or reduce the risk of exposure to the hazards.
The assignment submission must be a minimum of two pages in length, not including title and reference pages. APA formatting is required. All sources used, including the course textbook, must be referenced. Paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying in-text citations

a writing assignment about a Terrorism-related topic (Details will be discussed in the class) of 5-7 pages. All papers must be submitted electronically thorough the instructors mail address.  Papers must be type written in APA format 12-point font size (preferably Times New Roman, 12-point font size)

Develop an essay on what an ideal ethical organization would be. What would be the characteristics of leadership? Training? Employees? How does one create such an organization as a change agent if the existing organization is rife with corruption?

You are expected to write professionally with correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar, developing your topic and providing solid examples from our readings, your own research, or your own experiences to back up your statements.

Essays should be double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman or Cambria font, with 1-inch margins all around. When citing resources, you must adhere strictly to APA style (all papers must include a title page and reference page, although you will not be required to provide an abstract). The paper must have a minimum of 2 full double-spaced pages of meaningful discussion (title page and reference page do not count as part of those pages). The paper must include a minimum of 3 references (outside of the course text), with at least one reference from a peer-reviewed academic journal (peer-reviewed references should be highlighted in bold type in the reference list). You must not to write in first person. All papers must be in a .doc, .pdf, or .rtf format.

All assignments must be your own original work and you are not allowed to turn in papers for this course that you have used previously for another course (even if it is from taking this very course during a previous session). All papers will be evaluated for originality by Turnitin.” Should the instructor deem the “Originality Index” score too high (50% or above), the paper may not be accepted.

Criminal Justice Model Essay:

1.    Explain the criminal justice model.

2.    Outline the model by identifying factors that may influence the various paths that an individual may take through the criminal justice system once an arrest is made.

3.    Why do you think the basic model, which was created in 1967, is still used today?

4.    Do you believe it can or should be improved upon? Explain your rationale.

Guidelines to the Essay:

a.    The essay should begin with an introduction to the topic.
b.    Organization should be logical, clear, and appropriate.
c.    You should provide strong evidence of critical thinking.
d.    Essay should end with a conclusion statement to support your essay.

Criminal Justice System Essay:

1.    Compare and contrast the four types of criminal justice systems (process, network, nonsystem, and true system).

2.    Be sure to include descriptions and functions of each.

3.    Identify the type in which you would be most comfortable working in,  explain why.

Guidelines to the Essay:

a.    The essay should begin with an introduction to the topic.
b.    Organization should be logical, clear, and appropriate.
c.    You should provide strong evidence of critical thinking.
d.    Essay should end with a conclusion statement to support your essay.

** Need two (2) peer-reviewed, academic sources no more than 5 years old minimum**