1. Safety Plan
Consider the following scenario.
You are the safety and occupational health professional for your city’s
health department. You received a call from a major food-distribution
warehouse about some employees who are complaining of dizziness
and feeling sick.
The scene is a very large warehouse; a significant portion is
refrigerated. The illnesses are being reported from a refrigerated
section (about 40 degrees F), where workers are blister packing food
products on a production line. The warehouse has 20 loading docks,
two railroad car lines that end directly inside the warehouse (in close
proximity to the production area), a dozen or so gas powered forklifts,
and no sensors or environmental monitors of any kind except those
associated with the refrigeration systems.
The warehouse manager is cooperative, but he points out that he is
in the middle of contract negotiations with the union. He is also very
proud of the fact that they have special seals on the loading dock
doors and throughout the warehouse to keep the cold in and the heat
out.
You cannot identify any discernible odors other than the exhaust from
the forklifts when they move by you. There are four women waiting
for you in the break room complaining of dizziness and
lightheadedness. They are all comparing and complaining about their
symptoms. There are 14 employees who work in this area of the
warehouse: 12 women and 2 men.
Instructions:
Based on the given scenario, develop a plan of action that includes
how you would conduct the investigation, how you would identify
possible sources of the problem, and your opinion on the likely
source.
Discuss the standards applicable to possible sources. Include several
recommendations you would make to the manager to help solve the problem based on your research into documented best practices for
similar situations. Note: You may make assumptions about the
scenario in order to propose solutions (be certain to state your
assumptions clearly).
Your Case Study must be four to six pages in length, double
spaced. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and
quoted material must have accompanying citations. APA
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