Educational and Research Centers
Site Visits and Industrial Processes
Spring 2014
(For ERC Students/Residents at Hunter College, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Institute of Technology, New York University and The Mount Sinai School of
Medicine.)
January 29th Introductory session @ NJIT (CKB 223) The remaining class room sessions
for NYU/Mt. Sinai and Hunter College students will be held at the Hunter College media
room at Room C105, Hunter North (132 E 68th Street) 9:00-12:00 Wednesday. NYU and
Mount Sinai students will have to get a pass across the street at the main building
information desk at 68th Street and Lex. You will need to have government issued ID
with you in order to get your pass.
NJIT students will go to their respective video centers.
Rutgers students will meet in SPH 334.
Site visits will usually start at 9:00. Ravenswood site visit will begin @ 8:00.
Class Schedule 2014
Feb. 5th: Ravenswood Power Plant- 38-54 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, Queens,
NY11101. The address does not come up on some web map searches. It is at the corner
of 40th Ave and Vernon Blvd, opposite Moishe Self Storage.
Feb. 12: Review of the Ravenswood site visit and discussion regarding upcoming
L’Oreal site visit. L’Oreal is a cosmetic manufacturing and packaging facility
Feb 19th: L’Oreal 81 New England Ave Piscataway, NJ 08854 (Ms. Julie Park 732-5625082)
Feb. 26th: Review of L’Oreal site visit and a discussion regarding the walkthrough of on
Scenic Studios. Hudson Scenic Studios is a large set design company. They manufacture
and design sets for the Broadway stage, traveling stage shows. TV and movie studios
Mar.5th: Hudson Scenic 130 Fernbrook Street, Yonkers N.Y. Mr. Rick Mone (914) 3750900 extension 154.
Mar.12 Review of Hudson Scenic Studios walkthrough and a discussion regarding our
visit to the American Museum of Natural History. The museum was founded in 1869 and
is one of the preeminent museums in this country
Mar.19th: American Museum of Natural History @ 79th Street and Central Park West
NYC Ms. Kala Harinarayanan (212) 769-5226. First report due.
Mar.26th: Review of the site visit to the American Museum of Natural History and
discussion of the University Hospital of N.J and Pulaski Skyway Rehabilitation Project
site visits.
Apr2nd: University Hospital of N.J @ 150 Bergen St, Newark, NJ 07103
Apr 9: Pulaski Skyway Rehabilitation Project. The contractor is CCA Civil Inc. @ 23
Second St, Kearny NJ 07032
April 16th: Review of site visits to University Hospital of N.J and the Pulaski Skyway
Rehabilitation Project. The second half of the class will be a discussion regarding the
upcoming site visit to GMD ship yard and Scott Jordan furniture manufacturer. GMD is a
ship repair yard located inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard. They repair ships, barges and
other marine vessels. The Brooklyn Navy yard was established by the US government in
1801. Scott Jordan is a manufacturer of locally produced furniture made from sustainable
wood. Second Report due
Apr. 23: GMD ship yard @ the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Scott Jordan furniture
manufacturing facility @ the Brooklyn Navy yard @ 62 Flushing Avenue Building unit
335 Building 280
April 30th: Final exam
Recommended texts: Recognition of Health Hazards in Industry (2nd edn.) by
W.A.Burgess, John Wiley and Sons (New York, 1995), and Encyclopedia of
Occupational Safety and Health (4th edn.) by Jeanne Mager Stellman (ed.), ILO (Geneva,
1998) http://www.ilo.org/safework_bookshelf/english?d&nd=170000102&nh=0
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Attendance at the site visits is mandatory. You are
allowed to miss one site visit during the semester. April 23 counts as one site visit, you
do not have to attend the afternoon visit. Each student must turn in two site visit reports
and pass the final exam. Please do not send reports in a pdf. format. A failing grade will
be given to any report suspected of plagiarism. Each report will count for 1/3 of the final
grade (2/3). The final exam will be the other 1/3rd. The final exam will be based on site
visits, class room discussions and assigned reading material.
Reports submitted after the due date will be reduced a minimum of one letter grade, and
no report will be accepted after it is one week late. Reports returned to you for re-editing
must be resubmitted within a week after they are returned to you. All sources must be
cited using a standard citation style.
You must take notes at all site visits. Reports will be graded for completeness,
identification of hazards and controls, the quality and appropriateness of health & safety
recommendations, and the accuracy of the overall evaluation of the health & safety
program at the site.