Imagine you are the safety manager for a large company that manufactures cardboard products. The organization has been developing a risk management process over the past year, and has determined that Preliminary Hazard Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, and Bow-Tie Analysis are the possible choices for the risk assessment technique to be used. You …
ScenarioYou are a member of a community planning committee. The committee is reminding local citizens about recently enacted environmental laws. You are responsible for developing an infographic to showcase one of these new laws. The infographic will be displayed at the next community meeting in the community center. InstructionsThe United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …
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Watch the video at CNBC: “https://www.cnbc.com/video/2014/08/25/ power-rundown-detroits-water-crisis.html.” and discuss Detroit and the burden of paying for water. How might we provide clean safe water to poor households who can’t afford to pay for the infrastructure necessary to get the water to them? How might this affect other health problems?
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In 1987, the Brundtland Convention defined sustainability as finding ways to live today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. As discussed in Chapter 4, the goal of sustainability was defined by developed, egalitarian-minded, mostly European countries, and the values of the participants impacted how they viewed sustainability. Chapter 4 …
Choose a major disaster caused by a natural hazard and discuss how a business can apply risk-assessment strategies to develop a business continuity plan for resiliency.
Research an environmental pollutant, and compose a scholarly activity response that discusses the following aspects of the pollutant: Identify the pollutant. Discuss how this substance is produced and how it is used. Explain how the pollutant is introduced and transferred throughout the environment. Discuss the negative effect the pollutant has on the environment. Provide two …
Consider the types of places that a safety inspector would visit for an inspection such as a manufacturing or processing plant, a construction site, or a pharmaceutical company. You may even consider the environment that a firefighter may encounter for this assignment. Then identify one chemical or toxicant that an individual may be exposed to …
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After a disaster occurs, the Incident Command System is implemented at the local level. Identify what, in your opinion, is the most significant advantage of Incident Command? What is the most significant disadvantage?
How can businesses and industries contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation efforts?
