08 Oct Risk Assessment and Principles of Toxicology (2215) Occupational Risk

Risk Assessment and Principles of Toxicology (2215)

Occupational Risk

 

What type of hazards and risks are you exposed to in your job?  How does your perception of risk affect your decisions?  Has your perception of risk changed during the COVID pandemic?  What factors influenced your perception?  In what ways can risk perception potentially affect the way you will operate in the environmental management field?

 

 

 

ENMT390 Risk Assessment and Principles of Toxicology (2215)

 

Week 2 Discussion

 

Making Good Decisions

 

Read the linked article below and consider your experience in the Environmental Management degree program to discuss the following topics:

 

Describe how you consider risk in your current job, in your personal life.  Do you make decisions based on Zero Mindset or ALARP principle?  

 

What are your risk acceptance criteria?

 

When you receive updated or new information, how do you adjust past decisions?

 

Can We Make Good Decisions Without Risk Assessment?

 

 

 

ENMT390 Risk Assessment and Principles of Toxicology (2215)

 

Week 3 Discussion

 

Texas City BP Explosion

 

In 2005 an explosion rocked the BP Texas City refinery, killing 15 people and injuring 180. The company incurred direct and indirect financial losses on the order of billions of dollars for victims’ compensation as well as significant property damage and loss of production. The internal BP accident investigation and the Chemical Safety Board investigation identified a number of factors that contributed to the accident.

 

Based on what you saw in the interactive training video, share one example (not previously mentioned) of how a risk assessment might have prevented this disaster.  What were some indicators that could have been used?

 

 

 

ENMT390 Risk Assessment and Principles of Toxicology (2215)

 

Week 4 Discussion

 

Team Risk Analysis

 

Summarize a short overview of the industry and your team’s chosen workplace.  Share the results of your team’s Job Hazard Analysis and risk matrix along with the lessons learned. 

 

ENMT390 Risk Assessment and Principles of Toxicology (2215)

 

Week 5 Discussion

 

Team Fault Tree Analysis

 

Share the results of your team’s Fault Tree Analysis and risk matrix along with the lessons learned. 

 

 

 

ENMT390 Risk Assessment and Principles of Toxicology (2215)

 

Week 6 Discussion

 

Team Risk Evaluation

 

Share the results of your team’s risk prioritization and treatment plan along with the lessons learned. 

 

 

 

ENMT390 Risk Assessment and Principles of Toxicology (2215)

 

Week 7 Discussion

 

Stakeholders Presentation

 

Post your stakeholder’s presentation for discussion and questions from your classmates.

 

 

 

ENMT390 Risk Assessment and Principles of Toxicology (2215)

 

Week 8 Discussion

 

DQ1 Reflection

 

We covered a lot of material over the past few weeks. Reflect on our course and answer the following questions:

 

Which topic(s) covered in this course did you find the most interesting?  Why?

 

Which topic(s) did you find most challenging?  Why was it challenging?

 

Has your personal viewpoint on risk or risk assessment changed? If so, how?

 

If you could change one thing about the course, what would it be?

 

DQ2 Final Exam Review

 

This review discussion forum provides you a chance to help each other review and prepare for the final exam.

 

To participate, post a paragraph about one concept that you learned in this class and found difficult to understand. Do not forget to document your sources, including our course materials.

 

Then, respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts, for example by adding an explanation, providing an example, relating the concept to other topics discussed in class, or making gentle corrections to help each other learn.

 

Also, please answer any questions classmates might have about your post and provide additional feedback as necessary.