542-0373/20 – Safety at Work and Fire Protection (BPaPO)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Mining Engineering and SafetyCredits4
Subject guarantorIng. Mária Jarolimová, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Mária Jarolimová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year3Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2019/2020Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesHGFIntended for study typesBachelor, Follow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
JAR60 Ing. Mária Jarolimová, Ph.D.
KOU05 Ing. Jaroslava Koudelková, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Graded credit 2+1
Part-time Graded credit 8+4

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The goal of the subject is to create the ability of students to understand and interpret learned information in the field of labour safety and fire protection.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work

Summary

The course deals with key issues in the field of occupational health and safety, occupational hygiene and fire protection. It provides a general overview of the principles of safe work and acquaints the students with legislation on health and safety at work. It explains the risks of the working environment, their effects, assessment and minimization in the working environment, including the risks of major accidents and industrial accidents. Furthermore, students obtain the necessary information from the field of fire protection, organization of fire protection units, their intervention activities, technical equipment and fire prevention.

Compulsory literature:

HARMS,L.: Safety analysis : principles and practice in occupational safety. CRC Press, c2001 - xi, 265 s. : il. ISBN 0-415-23655-X BRAUER, L.: Safety and Health for Engineers. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006, ISBN: 9780471291893

Recommended literature:

HOPKINS, A.: Managing Major Hazard. Allen & Unwin, Canbera, 1999, ISBN 1 86508 702 5

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

active involvement of students in teaching, elaboration of a semester work on a topic in the field of occupational safety or fire protection, a written test to verify knowledge of the issues discussed

E-learning

Other requirements

eelaboration of a given topic in the form of a presentation and its defense, compulsory participation in a professional excursion

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction to the subject "Occupational safety and fire protection". Basic concepts. History of occupational safety. Types of partial safety and its characteristics. Contemporary concepts of OSH. Safety hazards. Employers' obligations in the field of occupational safety. Rights and obligations of employees in occupational safety. 2. OSH education and training, types of training, training periods. Employer's expert advisers in OSH. Competent person in risk prevention. 3. Occupational accidents. Definition of occupational accident. Procedure for dealing with and compensating for work accidents, compensation for damages, exemption from employer's liability for damages. 4. Issues of occupational risks. Risk management. Search, assessment and elimination of risks. Categorisation of work and workplaces, risk factors, hazardous work. Health problems and occupational diseases. 5. Personal protective equipment, classification and specification of PPE. Technical requirements for PPE, use and maintenance of PPE. 6. Occupational health and safety documentation. Safety signs and markings in the workplace. Rules for placing safety signs in the workplace. Inspection activities in the field of OSH - Tasks and authorisations of state professional supervision bodies and organisations. 7. Influence of the human factor on the safety of the work process. Human working ability. Neuropsychic characteristics of workers and possibilities of its influence. The regime of work and rest on the level of safety at work. 8. Occupational health and safety management system in the company - a means for the implementation of a safety system. Reporting of operational accidents. Emergency planning. 9.Legislation in the field of fire protection. Basic obligations of all "entrepreneurs" in the field of fire protection. Obligations of natural persons in the field of fire protection. 10. Fire protection training. Types of training, training periods. Employer's professional advisors in the field of fire protection. 11. Burning process. Combustion products, risks, effects on the human body. What to do in case of fire, rules of conduct in case of fire outbreak. 12. Material means of fire protection. Classification of material means of fire protection. Classes of fires. Fire prevention. Preventive education, most common cause of fire in the home, most common cause of fire in nature. 13. Fire protection documentation. Description of different types of fire protection documentation. Rescue services of the Czech Republic. Integrated Rescue System of the Czech Republic and its components. Intervention of the IZS in liquidation of emergencies.

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2020/2021 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Graded credit Graded credit 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Attendance is compulsory in tutorials focused on assigning credit thesis topics and explaining them.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Submission and defence of the credit thesis in the form of a PowerPoint presentation. ISP: Submission and defence of the credit thesis in the form of a PowerPoint presentation. Successful completion of the credit test.

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