Task 1 - potential hazards at your service learning placement
Well, there are plenty of hazards at Domino's that I could go on and on about, but since my service learning placement is BHL... hmm...
The biggest hazard at BHL for teachers is getting caught in the middle of a fight. Mr Corley was in a sling for a few weeks last year, after he and a few othe rteachers had to break up a fight. Those kids are psycho (ok, only some of them, and only sometimes). Once there is a crowd, the fight becomes more about the show and gaining/preserving respect (here is where I go on a tirade about the fundamental problems of society when respect is gained through violence, it's primitive and.... ok, back to blog post). The best way to avoid a fight is two take the two students involved outside, away from other students view, and let them calm down. Without a crowd to rally them, they usually realize how stupid they look and will knock it off. Obviously I haven't gained this knowledge first hand, this is what I heard Mr Slovert and Corley discussing.
Or you could run down a feshly mopped hallway, slip, fracture a few bones with the fall, continue sliding to the end of the hall way, getting rug burns along the way, finally crashing skull first into the booth at the end of the hallway, causing a concussion as your head and body break through the glass of the door, scrathes and cuts all over. Your momentum sends you tumbling outside onto the pavement of the bus loading area, and when you think it's finally over, a bus comes up out of nowhere and runs over you. A last fleeting thought befor the darkness takes over, "I've got to file for worker's comp...."
Task 2 - OSHA's Safety and Health Topics
I chose an article on the Drug Free Workplace/Workplace Substance Abuse. OSHA supports and rcommends a five-component comprehensive drug-free workplace program. The five components include a policy, supervisior training, employee education, employee assistance, and drug testing. though a prgram like this is not required by OSHA, it is recomended to ensure a safe and healthy workplace. An interesting fact is that industries with the highest rates of drug use "are the same as those at a high risk of occupational injury" (consruction, mining, wholesale). Maybe their jobs suck, so they are more inclined to drug use, which keeps them from being eligible for a better job. It seems like a vicious cycle. Most businesses require a drug test to be passed for any worker's compensation. This is why I didn't file for worker's comp to pay for my $45 doctor's fee when I pulled a muscle, it's not worth losing my job over. I do not in any way support drug testing for employment. However, I do think that if something is interfering with one's performance at work, especially in a high risk industry, they should be tested. OSHA sets standards for guiding employees to rehabilitation. I do not think the business should have any responsibility for an employee using drugs, the employee should be let go if it is interferring. That employee was dumb enough to use drugs on the job, they don't deserve their job. I know that addiction is brutal, but it's something you get yourself into and have to get yourself out of (if it's not YOU, then it's not really going to help in the long run).
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