Occupational Safety and Hygiene D (doctoral prog.)
Code
9731
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Isabel Maria Nascimento Lopes Nunes, Maria Celeste Rodrigues Jacinto
Weekly hours
2
Total hours
14
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
This curricular unit aims at improving students’ competence and knowledge in the field of risk control and safety management. The course is oriented towards risk assessment within industrial contexts and/or working activities. It should assist in the design of prevention within a socio-economic perspective. It covers both the areas of occupational safety (associated with the worker) and operational safety (associated with each activity sector).
Prerequisites
Thesis Plan submitted.
Subject matter
1. Safety Management Models. Industrial Safety vs. Occupational Safety and Health. Prevention of major accidents. Seveso and ATEX Directives. Safety Costs and Safety performance indicators.
2. Reliability and Failure. Probabilities, Boolean Algebra. Reliability Diagrams vs. Fault Tree techniques. Elements of Human Reliability Assessment (HRA).
3. Risk Assessment: qualitative and quantitative /probabilistic. Methods and Standards. Barriers for risk control. Prevention and protection barriers; hierarchy of barriers. The ALARP principle in risk management. Cost-Benefit Analysi (CBA).
4. Accident investigation and analysis. Accident feedback in the cycle of organizational learning. Methods for accident investigation. Harmonised European systems for the classification of accidents at work and professional diseases.
Bibliography
International Standards: BS 8800 (2004), OHSAS 18001 (2007), ILO-OSH (2001), BS 5760-2 (1994)
Kirwan, Barry (1994). A Guide to Practical Human Reliability Assessment. Taylor & Francis. Lon
Kumamoto,H. and Henley, E.J.(1996). Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd Edition, IEEE Press,New York.
Harms-Ringdahl, L. (2001, 2013). Safety Analysis – Principles and Practice in Occupational Safety.Taylor & Francis,Lon.
Kjellén, U. (2000). Prevention of accidents through experience feedback, Taylor & Francis. Hollnagel, E. (2004). Barriers and Accident Prevention, Ashgate Publishing Ltd,Aldershot,UK
Rausand, Marvin (2011). Risk Assessment: theory, methods and applications. Wiley. ISBN: 978-0-470-63764-7.
Aven, T. (2003). Foundations of Risk Analysis. Wiley.
Teaching method
The teaching approach varies and is adapted to the number of students registered. Typically it includes a combination of lectures, tutorial sessions, discussion of case studies, and self-study. The idea is to improve knowledge in matters that are relevant for the global aim of the doctoral research plan.
Evaluation method
The evaluation of the student’s learning is essentially based on a brief research work, possibly applied to a real working environment. All written reports shall, as far as possible, support the “literature review” and help establishing the “state of the art” of the future doctoral thesis. Furthermore, the work developed may be subject to discussion and oral presentation. Depending on the number of students registered, the work may be one single individual work, or several group assignments.