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Baton Rouge Community College
Academic Affairs Master Syllabus
Date Approved or Revised: July 2012
Course Name:
General Industry Safety and Health
Course Number: OCSH 101
Lecture Hrs. 3
Lab Hrs. 0
Credit Hrs. 3
Course Description: Trains workers in the basics of occupational safety and health in general
industry. Focuses on the general Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards
and emphasizes hazard identification, avoidance, control and protection. Upon successful completion
of the course, students may obtain their 30-Hour General Industry Safety and Health OSHA
Certification.
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Suggested Enrollment Cap: 30
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of the specific role of Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) and other agencies in regulating workplace safety and health.
2. Use computer technology to access and communicate data and information relevant to
fundamental concepts in health and safety;
3. Explain the role of federal, state, and local agencies in workplace health and safety:
4. Analyze, evaluate, and apply various regulatory concepts to health and safety in the general
industry workplace.
Assessment Measures:
Assessment of all learning outcomes will be measured using the
following methods:
 Learning outcomes will be assessed by administering instructor-designed periodic exams
during the semester.
 Instructor-designed assignments will assess the learning outcomes and will be given as a
portion of the total grade. Assignments may include written and oral assignments, projects,
homework, and quizzes; all assignments will be graded using an instructor-designed rubric.
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Information to be included on the Instructors’ Course Syllabi:
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Disability Statement: Baton Rouge Community College seeks to meet the needs of its
students in many ways. See the Office of Disability Services to receive suggestions for
disability statements that should be included in each syllabus.
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Grading: The College grading policy should be included in the course syllabus. Any
special practices should also go here. This should include the instructor’s and/or the
department’s policy for make-up work. For example in a speech course, “Speeches not
given on due date will receive no grade higher than a sixty” or “Make-up work will not
be accepted after the last day of class.”
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Attendance Policy: Include the overall attendance policy of the college. Instructors
may want to add additional information in individual syllabi to meet the needs of their
courses.
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General Policies: Instructors’ policy on the use of things such as beepers and cell
phones and/or hand held programmable calculators should be covered in this section.
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Cheating and Plagiarism: This must be included in all syllabi and should include the
penalties for incidents in a given class. Students should have a clear idea of what
constitutes cheating in a given course.
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Safety Concerns: In some programs this may be a major issue. For example, “No
student will be allowed in the safety lab without safety glasses.” General statements
such as, “Items that may be harmful to one’s self or others should not be brought to
class.”
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Library/ Learning Resources: Since the development of the total person is part of our
mission, assignments in the library and/or the Learning Resources Center should be
included to assist students in enhancing skills and in using resources. Students should
be encouraged to use the library for reading enjoyment as part of lifelong learning.
Expanded Course Outline:
OSHA allows an authorized outreach trainer to present a mixture of mandatory
and optional topics. The following topics are covered throughout the semester:
Mandatory topics:
I. An introduction to OSHA – mandatory – 2 hours.
a. Why OSHA is important to workers.
b. Workers rights under OSHA.
c. Employer responsibilities under OSHA.
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d. The use of OSHA standards.
e. How OSHA inspections are conducted.
f. Demonstrate useful work safety and health resources using www.osha.gov.
II. Walking and working surfaces – mandatory – 1 hour.
a. Housekeeping issues in the workplace.
b. Aisles and passageway requirements.
c. Covers and guardrails over open areas.
d. Floor load limits and protection.
e. Safe use of fixed industrial stairs and ladders and portable ladders.
f. Safe use of scaffolding – portable and stationary.
III. Exit routes, emergency action plans, fire prevention plans and fire
protection – mandatory – 2 hours.
a. Employee coverage and exit routes.
b. Compliance with NFPA 101-2000, the Life Safety Code.
c. Design and construction requirements for exit routes.
d. Maintenance, safeguards, and operational features for exit routes.
e. Employee alarm systems.
f. Emergency action plans.
g. Fire prevention plans.
IV. Electrical – mandatory – 2 hours.
a. Electric utilization systems.
b. Wiring design and protection.
c. Wiring methods, components and equipment for general use.
d. Specific purpose equipment and installations.
e. Hazardous locations.
f. Selection and use of work practices.
g. Use of equipment.
h. Safeguards for personnel protection.
V. Personal protective equipment – mandatory – 1 hour.
a. Job hazards analysis.
b. Eye and face protection.
c. Respiratory protection
d. Head protection
e. Foot protection
f. Electrical protective equipment
g. Hand protection
VI. Materials handling – mandatory – 2 hours.
a. Handling materials in general.
b. Servicing multi piece and single piece rim wheels.
c. Powered industrial trucks.
d. Overhead and gantry cranes.
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e. Crawler, locomotive and truck cranes.
f. Derricks.
g. Helicopters
h. Slings
VII. Hazard communication – mandatory – 1 hour.
a. Hazards of all chemicals produced or imported are evaluated.
b. That information on hazards is transmitted to employers and employees.
c. A comprehensive hazard communications program
d. Container labeling and other warnings
e. Material safety data sheets
Elective topics:
VIII. Hazardous materials – elective - 0.5 hours.
a. General requirements for compressed gases
b. Flammable and combustible liquids
c. Spray finishing using flammable and combustible materials
d. Explosives and blasting agents
e. Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases
f. Dipping and coating operations
Permit required confined spaces – elective – 0.5 hours.
a. Requirements for practices and procedures to protect employees from the
hazards of entry into permit required confined spaces.
b. General requirements
c. Permit required confined space written program
d. Required equipment
e. Employee duties during entry
X. Lockout/Tagout (the control of hazardous energy) – elective – 0.5 hours
a. The control of energy during servicing or maintenance of machines and
equipment.
b. Required equipment.
c. Employee responsibilities.
d. Written LOTO program.
XI. Machine guarding – elective - 0.5 hours
a. General requirements for all machines.
b. Woodworking machinery requirements.
c. Abrasive wheel machinery
d. Mills and calenders in the rubber and plastic industries
e. Mechanical power presses
f. Forging machines
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g. Mechanical power transmission apparatus
XII. Welding, cutting and brazing – elective – 0.5 hours
a. General requirements
b. Oxygen-fuel gas welding and cutting
c. Arc welding and cutting
d. Resistance welding
XIII. Introduction to industrial hygiene – elective – 0.5 hours
a. The anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of environmental
factors arising in the workplace, which may cause sickness, impaired health
and well being or significant discomfort among workers.
b. Use of environmental monitoring and analytical methods to detect the
extent of worker exposure and employ engineering, work practice controls
and other methods to control potential health hazards.
XIV. Bloodborne pathogens – elective – 0.5 hours
a. Discuss of occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious
materials.
b. Written procedure and work practices.
c. Required equipment.
XV. Ergonomics – elective – 0.5 hours
a. Procedures to follow to prevent repetitive movement injuries and to prevent
muscle and skeletal disorders.
XVI. Fall protection – elective – 0.5 hours
a. General guidelines for the protection of employees in a variety of working
conditions.
XVII. Safety and health programs – elective – 0.5 hours
a. Programs in the workplace that systematically provides safe work
practices, engineering controls and personal protective equipment for
employees.
XVIII. Powered industrial vehicles – elective – 0.5 hours
a. Includes the safety requirements relating to the design, maintenance and
use of fork trucks and other specialized industrial trucks powered by
electric motors or internal combustion engines.
b. Requirements for operators of powered industrial vehicles.
There are 11 hours of mandatory training. The authorized outreach trainer may choose
from the elective topics to make up the remaining 19 hours. At least 5 of the elective
topics must be covered.