MPEM 5140
Systems Safety and Management
Instructor
Dr. Roger Jensen, J.D., Ph.D., CSP, Professor of Safety, Health and Industrial Hygiene, Montana Tech of The University of Montana
Systems Safety Aspects
Dr. Roger Jensen joined the Montana Tech faculty in 1999. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in occupational safety and ergonomics. Prior to this academic appointment, Dr. Jensen spent 7 years as the Senior Ergonomist for a technical services company. During most of 1991 he was the Visiting Lecturer in Ergonomics for the Safety Science Department, University of New South Wales, Australia. Prior to that, he served 22 years in research and management position with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Dr. Jensen has authored about 60 publications on occupational safety and ergonomics. He is a Certified Professional Ergonomist, a Certified Safety Professional in Systems Aspects, and a Registered Professional Engineer in Ohio. His education in industrial engineering includes the B.S., M.S.E., and Ph>D. degrees from the University of Utah, University of Michigan, and West Virginia University, respectively. He also holds a J.D. degree from the Northern Kentucky State law school.
Text
Systems Safety Engineering and Risk Assessment: A Practical Approach, Nicholas J. Bahr, 1997, Taylor & Francis Publishing.
ISBN Number: 1-56032-4163
*Can follow the textbook link to half bay and go to the Textbook Superstore and type in the ISBN number or can purchase at the Montana Tech Bookstore.
Required Background
An undergraduate degree in a technical field should provide sufficient background.
General Policies and Procedures
This is an on-line course. Reading assignments will consist of textbook chapters, articles and instructor-developed lectures. Students understanding of reading material will be enhanced by answering study questions and solving problems based on the assigned readings. Each student will do a semester project in order to gain experience using systems safety techniques or to broaden knowledge of a related topic. Engineering management skills will be further developed by writing a formal written report and presenting it to fellow students on the course web site as a PowerPoint presentation.
Grading Policies
The core course involves four modules. Each module involves assigned readings, homework questions, on-line discussion topics, and an exam. In addition to the modules, each student will do a semester project. Each module counts as 20% of the course grade. The semester project counts as 20%.
Tests: There will be four exams corresponding to the first four Modules.
Homework are due on dates posted on the course web site. Late performance will result in a penalty as indicated below. The instructor may waive the penalty if the late performance was due to extenuating circumstances. Homework should be transmitted to the instructor as an email attachment. The grade will be penalized 5% for each day late, up to a maximum of 50%.
Assignments will be graded solely on content. The project report will be graded on technical quality, organization, and clarity of communication. Project presentations will be graded by fellow students based on content, organization, and quality of slides.
Description
This course covers the techniques of systems safety, with emphasis on industrial applications. The course introduces the most widely used analysis techniques for systematically identifying hazards, controlling hazards, managing hazards, and investigating loss incidents. Each student will complete a project such as an application of systematic safety analysis or review of relevant book.
Objectives
Students who succeed in this course will have the following knowledge and skill:
Module 1
Systems Safety Concepts and Program Management
- Approach injury prevention in a systematic manner
- Appreciate attempts to define and classify hazards
- Understand the hazard control precedence sequence
- Appreciate what industries are the primary users of systems safety
- Understand the OSHA Process Safety Standard, and
- Know basics of the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program
Module 2
Systemic Analysis Methods I
- Understand job hazard analyses and phase hazard analyses
- Understand process diagrams and modeling of systems
- Understand systems and subsystems
- Understand common hazard analysis techniques
- Understand facility hazard analysis
- Appreciate the HAZOP method for analyzing industrial processes
- Know how to construct fault trees
- Know what a "cut set" is
- Know how to computer probabilities of fault tree events
- Recognize common mistakes in fault trees
Module 3
Systematic Analysis Methods II
- Understand the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis technique
- Understand human factors analysis, errors, and reliability
- Learn basics of software safety
- Learn about MORT, Energy Trace Barrier Analysis, and sneak circuit analysis
- Understand the importance of sound data sources
- Relate job hazard analysis, SOPs, instruction manuals, and training
- Understand how to perform a risk assessment
- Understand risk evaluation, and
- Be aware of the Military Standard for systems safety reports.
Module 4
Systematic Tools for Incident Investigation
- Understand models of incident causation
- Learn how to establish a systematic incident investigation process
- Understand procedures for investigating incidents
- Related findings from incident investigations to failures in management systems
- Know how to write a forensic report of an investigation, and
- Appreciate the basics of expert legal testimony.
Outline
Module 1. Systems Safety Concepts & Program Mgmt
Module 2. Systematic Analysis Methods I
Module 3. Systematic Analysis Methods II
Module 4. Systematic Tools for Incident Investigation
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