Use this schedule to plan your reading and studying. Do not put too much
emphasis on the dates, as they may change with our progress. The topic
sequence should be reliable.
| January 7 |
Administrivia |
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Introduction |
Text pp. 4-5 |
| January 9 |
Current Events: Midtown Tank Explosion |
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Introduction |
Text pp. 4-5 |
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Scope of a Safety Professional |
ASSE Website |
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Definitions |
Text pp. 1-2, 6, 26 |
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| January 11 |
Loss Statistics |
Text pp. 4-12 |
| January 14 |
Risk |
Text pp. 12-15 |
| January 16 |
Case Histories |
Text pp. 23-28 |
| January 18 |
Toxicology and Chemical Hazards |
Text pp. 35-54 |
| January 23 |
Threshold Limit Values |
Text pp. 54-59 |
| January 25 |
Occupational Exposure Limits |
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| January 27 |
Guest Speaker, Leo Old PE CIH
Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Exposure Limits |
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| January 30 |
Occupational Exposure Limits |
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Quiz 1 |
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| February 1 |
Guest Speaker: Paul Butler
History of Process Safety |
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| February 2 (THURSDAY 12:30 pm)
| Buckeye Technologies Lab Safety Program |
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| February 3 |
Class Canceled (attend Feb 2) |
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| February 6 |
Industrial Hygiene |
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| February 8 |
Guest Speaker: Steve Duym, PE CSP
Process Safety Management, Risk Management Planning |
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| February 10 |
Class Cancelled -- RMP absent |
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| February 13 |
Industrial Hygiene |
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| February 15 |
Guest Speaker: Mike Johnson
Voluntary Compliance, OSHA, and VPP |
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| February 17 |
Personal Protective Equipment |
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Process Safety Management |
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| February 20 |
Government Regulations |
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| February 22 |
Fires and Explosions |
Text pp. 225-229 |
| February 24 |
Flammability |
Text pp. 230-238 |
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Quiz 3 |
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| February 27 |
Ignition |
Text pp. 248-252 |
| March 1 |
Explosions |
Text pp. 252-255, 258-265 |
| March 3 |
Explosion Damage Estimation |
Text pp. 265-270 |
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Quiz 4 |
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| March 13 |
Explosion Energy |
Text pp. 274-80 |
| March 15 |
Vapor Cloud Explosions |
Text pp. 282-282 |
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BLEVEs |
Text p. 282 |
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Explosion and Fire Prevention |
Text p. 291 |
| March 17 |
Inertging |
Text p. 292 |
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Purging |
Text pp. 292-301 |
| March 20 |
Purging |
Text pp. 292-301 |
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Quiz 5 |
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| March 22 |
Static Electricity |
Text pp. 307-312 |
| March 24 |
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| March 27 |
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| March 29 |
Guest Speaker: Lynn Richardson CSS
Work Processes |
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| March 31 |
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| April 3 |
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| April 5 |
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| April 7 |
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| April 10 |
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| April 12 |
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| April 17 |
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| April 19 |
Guest Speaker: Zach Robbins
HAZOP |
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| April 21 |
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| April 24 |
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| April 26 |
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| April 28 |
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| May 1 |
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| TBA |
Final Exam |
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