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32nd Annual Occupational Safety and Health Summer Institute

Introduction to Risk Assessment for Safety and Health Professionals

August 5-7, 2009
Marriott Norfolk Waterside
Norfolk, Virginia

Technician Certificate Program Elective
TECH EXAM FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 at 11:30 AM.
PLEASE MAKE TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY.
We will focus on chemical exposures and briefly review engineering systems.  This course will consist of lectures and hands-on practice.  We will examine a common chemical exposure and develop a risk assessment profile using readily available software and exposure modeling tools such as COSHH Essentials, IHStat, and Mathematical Modeling spreadsheets.  Students should bring a calculator and be comfortable using it. Math Review and Use of Scientific Calculator is suggested and will be presented at the Marriott Norfolk Waterside on Sunday, August 2, 2009.

Course Faculty

Russell B. Bowen, CIH, CSP, Bowen EHS, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC

Objectives

  • Define the principles of risk assessment
  • Describe common references for health data relating to chemicals
  • Complete a basic health risk assessment using exposure assessment data
  • Utilize basic exposure assessment tools
  • Describe the basic technique of an engineering risk assessment

Agenda Topics

  • Definition of Risk Assessment
    • Uncertainty analysis
    • Principles of risk assessment
    • Principles of risk management
  • Health Effects Assessment
    • References for toxicological data
  • Exposure Assessment
    • Air sampling – exposure distributions
    • Mathematical modeling
  • Risk Management
    • Control Banding
  • Engineering Systems
    • Fault Tree Analysis
    • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
    • Reliability Block Diagrams

Credit

1 Elective Tech Credit
2.0 ABIH (Category 4)
1.5 BCSP
1.4 CEUs

Meeting Times

Course begins Wednesday,  August 5-7, 2009 at 1:00 pm and ends Friday, August 7 at 11:00 am.

Tuition and Registration

Please review our Registration Policies .

Tuition for this course is $815, $915 after July 16.

To register online, go to the Summer Institute Registration Form. You may also submit your registration via email ; please be sure to include the course title and date.

For further information on this course, contact the NC ERC office at osherc@unc.edu, or call us at 919-962-2101, toll free at 888-235-3320.

32nd Annual Occupational Safety and Health Summer Institute
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Kathleen Buckheit, MPH, RN, COHN-S/CM/SM, FAAOHN
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NC OSHERC Continuing Education and Outreach Programs
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
Gillings School of Global Public Health,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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