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OHS 508
Occupational Health and Safety
This course introduces aspects of occupational health and safety that are of relevance to public health students. In the first half of the course, the nature of common occupational health hazards, their effects upon the human body and examples of common protective devices and measures are examined. In the second half of the course, a number of accident causation models are introduced as a foundation for occupational safety. Techniques of hazard recognition, evaluation and control are then examined.
Weekly Contact: Lecture: 3 hrs.
GPA Weight: 1.00
Course Count: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
Prerequisites
None
Co-Requisites
None
Antirequisites
None
Custom Requisites
None
Mentioned in the Following Calendar Pages
*List may not include courses that are on a common table shared between programs.
- Health Services Management Professionally-Related Table I
- Nursing Collaborative Professionally-Related Table I
- Occupational Health and Safety Minor
- Occupational and Public Health
- Open Elective Table
- Public Administration and Governance Professionally-Related Table I
- Undeclared Arts Professionally-Related Table II
