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UAB Master’s Program Review Prevention Through Design (ANSI Z10)

October 9, 2012

EEI Fall Occupational Safety

& Health Committee Conference

Martha W. Bidez, Ph.D. Professor and Graduate Program Director

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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MEng Advanced Safety Engineering and Management


Since August 2010

• 86 graduate students, representing: • 25 states in the U.S.

• 8 countries in 5 continents

• 22 industry sectors

• 33 different undergraduate and/or graduate degrees

• 15 years (average) professional experience

• 35 companies with annual revenues >$1B

• 23 small and medium-sized businesses (private & public)

• 6 government agencies

• 3 military branches


22 Industry Sectors

• Aerospace

• Automotive

• Biotechnology

• Chemical Processing

• Construction

• Government

• Academic Research

• Manufacturing

• Maritime

• Medical Device

• Military

• Mining

• Pharmaceuticals

• Professional Services

• Retail

• Utilities – Electric

– Oil

– Gas

– Water

– Communications 4


33 Different Degree Backgrounds

• Applied & Natural Science

• Applied Physics

• Biochemistry

• Business Administration

• Chemistry

• Communications

• Computer Integrated Mfg.

• Computer Science

• Disaster Management

• Electrical Engr. Technology

• Engineering (all disciplines)

• Environmental Science

• Forest Science

• Geology

• Human Resource Mgmt

• Industrial Hygiene

• Industrial Management

• Industrial Technology

• Mgmt of Human Resources

• Marine Transportation

• Molecular Biology

• OS&H

• Physics

• Psychology 5


Curriculum Overview: The System Safety Process (ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005 and MIL-STD-882)

MIL-STD-882E_Final Draft 03-21-2011 6


Technical Core (18 Hours)

• EGR 610 Introduction to System Safety – Prevention through Design

• EGR 611 Hazard Analysis and Waste Elimination

• EGR 612 Engineering Risk: Assessment, Reduction and Liability

• EGR 613 Human Performance and Engineering Design

• EGR 619 Capstone Project – Advanced Safety Engineering and Management Plan


LOW

Risk acceptable:

remedial action discretionary

LOW

Risk acceptable:


LOW

Risk acceptable:


LOW

Risk acceptable:


LOW

Risk acceptable:


Likelihood of

occurrence or exposure

for selected unit of

time or activity

Frequent

Likely to occur

repeatedly

Probable

Likely to occur

several times

What is Acceptable Risk?

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3/4/2010

Occasional

Likely to occur

sometime

Remote

Not likely to occur

CATASTROPHIC

Death or permanent

total disability

CRITICAL

Disability in excess

of 3 months

MARGINAL

Minor injury, lost

workday accident

NEGLIGIBLE

First aid or minor

medical treatment

Improbable

Very unlikely – may assume

exposure

will not happen

HIGH

Operation not

permissible

HIGH

Operation not

permissible

HIGH

Operation not

permissible

HIGH

Operation not

permissible

HIGH

Operation not

permissible

SERIOUS

High priority

remedial action

SERIOUS

High priority

remedial action

SERIOUS

High priority

remedial action

SERIOUS

High priority

remedial action

MEDIUM

Take remedial action

at appropriate time

MEDIUM


at appropriate time

MEDIUM


at appropriate time

MEDIUM


at appropriate time

MEDIUM


at appropriate time

MEDIUM


at appropriate time

Severity of Injury or Illness Consequence and Remedial Action

ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005


• EGR 614 Cross Road: Engineering Ethics and Acceptable Risk

• EGR 615 Leading through Climates of Change

• EGR 616 Policy Issues in Prevention through Design

• EGR 617 Crisis Leadership and Safety-Critical Design

• EGR 618 Intrapreneurship and Calculated Risk Taking

Leadership/Management Core (15 Hours)


Drift to Danger

10 Resilience Engineering ; Erik Hollnagel, David D. Woods and Nancy Leveson; p 36, Figure 3.1


Resilience Engineering ; Erik Hollnagel,

David D. Woods and Nancy Leveson; p 36,

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Delivery Format


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EGR 615: Learning Module 1

Introductory Concepts

Martha Warren Bidez, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Advanced Safety Engineering and Management

[email protected]

Textbook:

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Resilience Engineering

Erik Hollnagel, David D. Woods and Nancy Leveson

Other Recommended Books (by John Kotter)

• “The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations”

• Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down”

mailto:[email protected]


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PEER-TO-PEER

LEARNING:

DISCUSSION

BOARDS


ASEM Advisory Council

• Roy W. Malone, Jr.

– Director, Safety and Mission Assurance, Marshall Space

Flight Center/NASA

• Fred A. Manuele, PE, CSP

– President, Hazards, Ltd.

• James R. Pratt, III, Esq.

– Partner, Hare Wynn Newell and Newton

• Charles A. Shaw, PE

– Corporate Safety and Health Manager, Alabama Power Co.

• Philip C. Zicarelli, PE, PSL

– Director of Proposals and Sales Administration, KBR Power

& Industrial


Practitioner Scholars

• Mr. Van Richey

– President and CEO, American Cast Iron Pipe Company

• Dr. Roger Sublett

– President, Union Institute and University

• Mr. Taylor Abel, P.E.

– Assistant Vice President, Safety; Mosaic Fertilizer

• Dr. Mark Rosenberg

– President, Task Force for Global Health

• Ms. Penny Manuel

– Executive Vice President, Southern Company

• and others…


Military Career Programs


• No GRE required; engineering

undergraduate desired, but not required

• Five years minimum safety experience

required

• Totally online program

• 33 hrs required; completion in ≥18

months

• Est. $23K total program cost (plus books

& standards)

MEng – Advanced Safety Engineering and Management


The UAB World Campus Totally Online. Totally UAB.®


New Courses Under Development

• Totally Online

–BS in Occupational System Safety

–BS in Interdisciplinary Studies

–BA in Interdisciplinary Studies


THANK YOU

Martha W. Bidez, Ph.D. [email protected]

www.uab.edu/asem

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