EGEE 110
Environmental Health and Safety Science

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Welcome to Safety Science!

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Quick Facts about EGEE 110 (GN) course

  • Instructor - William A. Groves, Associate Professor of Industrial Health and Safety, John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.
  • Author - William A. Groves, Associate Professor of Industrial Health and Safety, John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.
  • Overview - Safety is an applied field with many aspects. It has engineering, science, psychology and management components. For an understanding of how humans interact with their working and living environment, one has to understand the basic sciences of physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, and psychology as well as some of the traditional engineering disciplines. This general education course is intended to provide students with a basic understanding of how these science and engineering principles are applied in a safety context to everyday life.
  • Learning Environment - Canvas, Penn State's course management system is used for the delivery of this course. All course materials are in Canvas, and it is the primary communications, calendaring, and submission tools for the course.
  • Topics of Study - The content of this course consists of 23 topic areas divided into 12 modules.
    • Module 1 - Introduction, Historical Aspects
    • Module 2 - Risk Perception, Motor Vehicles
    • Module 3 - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine
    • Module 4 - Back Injuries, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and other Repetitive Task Injuries
    • Module 5 - Foodborne Illness, X-Rays, Medical Errors
    • Module 6 - Fire Hazards, Home Hazards, and Inspections
    • Module 7 - Lead, Mercury, and Radon
    • Module 8 - Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution
    • Module 9 - Carbon Monoxide and Water Pollution
    • Module 10 - Hazardous Waste and Incinerators
    • Module 11 - Asbestos and Ozone Depletion
    • Module 12 - Pesticides and Nuclear Power