Safety engineering

Milestone Three One of the greatest events that resulted from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was the creation a nine member commission dubbed the Factory Investigation Commission (FIC). Following the fire, a superficial investigation was completed and it was found that there were conditions in factories and manufacturing establishments that constituted a daily menace to the lives of the thousands of working men, women, and children. It was also found that there was a lack of fire…

When hauling a boat, it is vitally important that you keep safety at the top of your list of priorities. There are some guidelines that you should always follow when towing a boat with your own personal vehicle. #1 Make Sure The Weight Is Distributed Evenly You are not going to be hauling an empty boat around. You are going to have fuel, equipment and water on your boat. All of these supplies are heavy. Make sure these supplies are distributed evenly on your boat. You don’t want to stack up all…

The article " Can a Playground Be Too Safe?" touched on many important points of playground safety and how it may be too strict. Dr. Sandseter states "Climbing equipment needs to be high enough, or else it will be too boring in the long run." I agree with Dr. Sandseter about how important it is to give children the opportunity to be challenged and take risks. Even if the risks are as simple as climbing a 4 foot ladder or going down the big slide. If we make the playground equipment too safe the…

space. What are Robots? Robots are machines that can be used to do jobs. Some robots can do work by themselves. Other robots must always have a person telling them what to do. What is Robotics? It is a branch of computer science and a variety of engineering fields that deals with the…

Patients’ safety is the highest priority. Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal 2009, ‘Fall Reduction Program’ (2014) stated every health care organization’s fall prevention program is expected to include all patient care settings and populations.…

Hospital, launched their patient safety program in 2006. The Cincinnati children’s radiology department assessment showed they had one serious event happening about every 200 days. The department of radiology found to improve patient safety, three significant cultural changes needed to happen: identification, accountability, and open communication. (Donnelly, Dickerson, Goodfriend, & Muething, 2010) In radiology, many factors can play into the potential for a patient safety issue. One way to…

Introduction Safety is an important part of life that people sometimes overlooked until it costs them money or personal discomfort. Webster’s dictionary defines safe as “the condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss.” As a wastewater professional, can you do your job safely? This book is intended to stress the importance of safety in the workplace by dividing it into two categories: Risk Awareness and Risk Management. Risk Awareness Safety is a 24 hour a…

Hazmat in Ohio is Hazardous on the Road Imagine traveling south down I-75, in Ohio, early one morning when suddenly the hazmat tanker semi-truck, only a quarter of a mile ahead, loses control and flips into the median. Turned on its side, the tanker truck’s flammable material leaks out contaminating the median and the environment. With still the possibility of a fire, or worse an explosion, state patrol, Ohio department of transportation (DOT) officers, and other emergency personnel arrive on…

There is a variety of different types of evidence that could prove this. The observations of other workers on the site could be used to show the right safety precautions were not taken. Or the paperwork and records that the company keeps concerning the equipment may be used to prove that guidelines were not followed. Government inspections of the equipment, or lack of appropriate inspections, could also…

¨Security is a kind of death¨.-Tennessee Williams Introduction-I agree with the quote because you may go and do an extreme sport with friends and something might go wrong, which could end your life there.Thesis-Extreme sports are a bad idea because they are dangerous, and wingsuit flying and base jumping are probably the most dangerous of you.There has been fatalities of extreme sports over the past 5 years per 1,000 participants.Between 1930 and 1961,71 out of 75 people died trying to perfect…