Industrial Safety (FSI-CPB)

Academic year 2022/2023
Supervisor: Ing. Luboš Kotek, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚVSSR all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Aims of the course unit:

The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with approaches to the prevention of injuries and the prevention of losses in industrial enterprises. Attention will be paid to all basic areas of occupational health and safety and information security. 
Learning outcomes and competences:
The course allows the students to obtain basic knowledge in the field of risk management and safety assurance.
Prerequisites:
Knowledge of mathematics in the extent of previous studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is expected.
Course contents:
The main content of the course is a review of approaches to safety assurance (occupational health and safety, safety of machinery, environmental safety, prevention of serious accidents).
Teaching methods and criteria:
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures. According to the possibility of teaching can be organized lectures for students by practitioners and excursions to companies focused on activities related to the course content.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Requirements for course-unit credit award: active participation in lectures and seminars, semestral work elaboration, test; in justified cases, the lecturer may set alternative requirements.
Controlled participation in lessons:

Presence in lectures is recommended, presence in seminars is compulsory.
In justified cases alternative form of tuition, solution of the individual semestral project.
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
    Computer-assisted exercise  13 × 1 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture 1. History of safety in the Czech Republic and EU.
2. Occupational safety and health protection in an industry.
3. Safety in the workplace.
4. Factors affecting safety in the workplace.
5. Categorization of works and prevention of hazards.
6. Personal protective equipment.
7. Safety of machinery.
8. Hazards generated by neglecting of ergonomic principles.
9. Environmental safety.
10. Prevention of major accidents.
11. Fire safety.
12. Information Security.
13. Security in the industry.
    Computer-assisted exercise 1. Introduction to methods of industrial safety, semestral work assignmnent
2. Measurement of workplace conditions and categorization of work.
3. Prevention of hazards - an example of the identification and prevention of risks.
4. Choice of personal protective equipment.
5. Safety estimation of industrial facilities with index methods - 1st part.
6. Safety estimation of industrial facilities with index methods - 2nd part.
7. Presentation of semestral works, course-unit credit award.
Literature - fundamental:
1. SKŘEHOT P. a kol.: Prevence nehod a havárií - 1. díl nebezpečné látky a materiály; Výzkumný ústav bezpečnosti práce, v. v. i. & T-SOFT, a. s., 2009; ISBN 978-80-86973-70-8
2. SKŘEHOT P. a kol.: Prevence nehod a havárií - 2. díl mimořádné události a prevence nežádoucích následků; Výzkumný ústav bezpečnosti práce, v. v. i. & T-SOFT, a. s., 2009; ISBN 978-80-86973-73-9
5. Česko. Zákon č. 262/2006 Sb., zákoník práce. In Sbírka zákonů, Česká republika. 2006, 84, s. 3146-3241
Literature - recommended:
1. Manual for the classification and prioritization of risks due to major accidents in process and related industries : Inter-Agency Programme on the Assessment and Management of Health and Environmental Risks from Energy and Other Complex Industrial Systems [online]. Vienna : IAEA, 1996
2. KLETZ, T.: Learning from accidents; 3. ed.; Butterworth-Heinemann 2001; pp 357; ISBN 0 7506 4883 X
3. OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response - Guidance for Industry (including Management and Labour), Public Authorities, Communities, and other Stakeholders; 2. ed.; OECD Environment, Health and Safety Publications 2003; Series on Chemical Accidents No. 10
4. ČSN EN 31010 ed. 2. Management rizik - Techniky posuzování rizik. 2020.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
CŽV full-time study CZV Bases of Mechanical Engineering -- Cr,Ex 5 Compulsory 1 1 W
B-STR-P full-time study KSB Quality, Reliability and Safety -- Cr,Ex 5 Compulsory 1 3 W