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fire
Instructions
Fire code violations have increased in your area over the past two years. Local business owners are complaining to city officials about the fines and costs to mitigate the code violations. The chief has asked you to conduct a cost–benefit analysis of fire code compliance. This analysis should provide an overview of non-enforcement versus enforcement of the fire code.
Try to research the number of commercial fires that occur within your jurisdiction, and determine if the fires could have been prevented if fire codes were enforced.
Your analysis should be two to three pages in length and follow APA guidelines. Make sure to use the textbook and at least one scholarly reference to support your statements. The title and reference pages are not included in the page-count requirement.
Hygiene
Instructions
Welding fumes are a common occupational exposure. Several different welding fumes can cause similar adverse health effects. Personal sampling of a welding operation at a manufacturing facility produced the following 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) results for individual metal fumes.
Metal Fume | Result | OSHA PEL | ACGIH TLV |
---|---|---|---|
Antimony | 0.05 mg/m³ | 0.5 mg/m³ | 0.5 mg/m³ |
Beryllium | 0.00001 mg/m³ | 0.002 mg/m³ | 0.00005 mg/m³ (I) |
Cadmium | 0.025 mg/m³ | 0.1 mg/m³ | 0.01 mg/m³ |
Chromium | 0.02 mg/m³ | 1 mg/m³ | 0.5 mg/m³ |
Copper | 0.03 mg/m³ | 0.1 mg/m³ | 0.2 mg/m³ |
Iron Oxide | 0.5 mg/m³ | 10 mg/m³ | 5 mg/m³ (R) |
Magnesium Oxide | 0.02 mg/m³ | 15 mg/m³ | 10 mg/m³ |
Molybdenum | 0.003 mg/m³ | 15 mg/m³ | 10 mg/m³ (I) |
Nickel | 0.25 mg/m³ | 1 mg/m³ | 1.5 mg/m³ (I) |
Zinc Oxide | 0.3 mg/m³ | 5 mg/m³ | 2 mg/m³ (R) |
(R) Respirable fraction (I) Inhalable fraction
Briefly summarize the primary health effects associated with overexposure to each type of metal fume, including both acute and chronic health effects. Explain what analytical methods you would use for evaluating health hazards in the workplace.
Identify the types of metal fumes that would produce similar health effects on an exposed worker. Assume that each listed metal can cause respiratory irritation. Use the equation in 1910.1000(d)(2)(i) to calculate the equivalent exposure (in relation to OSHA PELS) for the metal fumes with similar health effects based on the “Result” column in the table above. Discuss whether you believe any of the individual metal fume exposures or the combined exposure exceeds an OSHA PEL or an ACGIH TLV.
Your homework assignment should be a minimum of two pages in length.

Explanation & Answer

Attached.
Running head: HEALTH AND SAFETY
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Health and Safety
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
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Part 1
Fire Code Violations
Code enforcement describes the measures implemented to make sure that all
codes, laws, regulations, and ordinances related to fire code are complied with. The codes
are enforced to the citizens so that they can follow all the fire codes. It includes activities
such as fire inspection to conferences of preventing fires. The actions are meant to
educate the citizens about fires, the codes associated with it, enforcement and preparation
in case of fires. The increase in fire code violations for the past two years requires a costbenefit analysis to determine whether the implementations should be carried out or not.
The analysis will be necessary for addressing the complaints about the fines and cost of
mitigating the fire code, to the city official.
The cost analysis will provide the disadvantages that will be associated with the
implementation. The cost of implementing the code compliance is high. There are
individuals who will be hired to ensure that the community buildings are fireproof. In
addition to that, specialized persons will be exchanged to check items such as the fire
alarm and the fire extinguisher, whether they are operational. The community has to pay
for the cost so that the code can be complied with (International Association of Fire
Chiefs, National Fire Protection Association, & Janeway, 2012).
The implementation of fire code compliance will be beneficial to the town people....
