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SAFE 330 - Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Occupational Health Hazards I

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 4

Prerequisite: CHEM 101 ; safety, health, and environmental applied sciences majors only or instructor permission
Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIOL 104  or BIOL 155 

Description: Provides an understanding of selected chemical stressors in the workplace that may present occupational health hazards to workers. Students learn to anticipate, identify, evaluate, and control chemical stressors including dusts, mists, metal fumes, airborne fibers, inorganic and organic gases and vapors, and oxygen-deficient atmospheres. Hazard classification systems, adverse health effects from excessive exposures, workplace standards, sampling and analytical methods, and control options are emphasized.


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