IMD 2050 - Industry Safety

• Students should learn about safety laws and personal rights and responsibilities.
• Students should read about personal protective equipment and their use.
• Students will be introduced to chemical safety and different types of chemical hazards.
• Students will be introduced to different types of tools, their proper uses, and some hazards connected with the use of tools.
• Examples of safe material handling practices will be discussed, along with potential hazards and methods of personal protection.
• Machine safety is discussed including machine guarding, special safety devices, lock-out/tag-out, and the National Electrical Code.
• Students can read about electrical protection, grounding, fusing, rules of electrical safety, and safe electrical practices.
• Students will be introduced to the causes of fires, classes of fires, types of fire extinguishers, and the use of firefighting equipment.
• Students can read about personal health protection, such as specific ergonomic injuries, noise injuries, and working in hazardous locations.