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Running Head: UNIT VI ASSIGNMENT 1 Unit VI Assignment John Perkins OSH 5301 Safety and Accident Prevention Dr. Danielle Reid June 6, 2023
UNIT VI Assignment 2 Unit VI Assignment As with the last live stream I found this lecture to be very informative and I appreciate the presentations. It is refreshing to still have some form of interaction from instructors in an online course. My entire bachelor’s program did not have anything like these streams for us to review material and so far they help me to better understand the material. Once again there are several similarities between the lecture and my everyday job as the Occupational Safety Superintendent at my base but also some key differences. 1. The first major difference that I noticed and need to become more familiar with is the hearing conservation program section. While the Air Force has a hearing conservation program and thousands of employees are enrolled in it, the occupational safety staff don’t manage the program. We have a Bioenvironmental Engineering section that are industrial hygienist by trade and monitor all the hearing loss cases for the base. We will step in to assist when asked but for the most part we are hands off in this program. As an enterprise, we check all the OSHA requirements however the way we do it is a little different than civilian companies. 2. Respiratory protection is very similar to hearing conservation in how the Air Force manages the programs. The Bioenvironmental Engineering section also manages the program as they are the true experts in identifying the hazards employees will be exposed to. We all try to assist whenever possible. Several of my people have attended the OSHA 521 course to gain a better understanding of the programs but we are by no means experts. 3. Another topic that I found interesting and that I preach at work is the actual hygiene and sanitation of PPE. We had an issue in which personnel were breaking out in hives
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