Risk Management Unit V Essay 1 – 5

• Unless otherwise indicated, there is a 300 word minimum essay response required for Essays #6 and #7 only.
• Credible reference materials, including your course textbook(s), may be used to complete the assessment.
• If you have questions regarding the credibility of your reference, please contact your professor.
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Course Textbook APA Citation:

 Jensen, R. C. (2012). Risk-reduction methods for occupational safety and health. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Essay #1

Provide an example of a near-miss incident, and discuss how an investigation of it could help prevent more serious incidents from occurring.

Your response must be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations..

Essay #2

Why should post-harm response be included in an incident investigation policy?

Your response must be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Essay #3

Explain what an incident investigation team can learn about barriers from a prior risk assessment of the process involved in an accident.

Your response must be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Essay #4

Perform the following exercise using Strategy 7 – help people perform safely. You will not necessarily be providing complete solutions, only demonstrating application of the specific strategy.

• A large haul truck transports ore within a mine. When backing up, the driver can use the mirrors on the on each side of the cab, but still has a large blind spot behind the truck. What would you recommend to help both driver and the pedestrians avoid a backing over fatality?

Your response must be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Essay #5

Perform the following exercise using Strategy 2 – moderate the hazard. You will not necessarily be providing complete solutions, only demonstrating application of the specific strategy.

• Heat from a furnace in a foundry keeps a room warm during the winter. However, during the summer, the combination of furnace heat and warm humid external air in the room can become difficult for workers to tolerate. There have been instances of heat exhaustion and the occupational health physician is concerned about a future case of heat stroke. What solution do you suggest?

Your response must be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.