The base of a successful Occupational Safety and Health program is that hazards in the workplace can be identified and controlled in accordance with the risks they pose. This process is an essential part of the safety systems. This program focuses on the role of all employees and emphasises the need for their involvement in the process of managing workplace hazards. It is also entirely meant to introduce students to occupational health and safety risks, how to identify and prevent these risks.
Learning Outcomes:
· Discuss the various types of hazards that exist in the workplace
· Apply the techniques of hazard identification to a workplace inspection
· Assess the level of risk posed by identified hazards using a risk assessment matrix
· Identify critical tasks that require specific risk control strategies
· Suggest effective hazard control techniques by application of the hierarchy of control;
· Conduct a Task Impact Analysis and develop Safe Work Procedures
Duration:
3 weeks
Teaching Methods:
Modified lecture, individual & group assignments and presentations, videos, case studies, field trips and Problem based learning.
Assessment:
Continuous assignments/practicals [40%], and final examination [60%].
Course Content:
· Classification & Identification of Hazards (Hazard Categories)
· Introduction to risk management and principles of risk management, occupational risk, organizational risk, acceptable and tolerable levels of risk and the concept of “ALARP”
· Risk assessment- Principles of risk assessment, risk assessment procedures and practices, Risk Assessment Matrix,
· Steps in risk management process; identifying risks, analyzing risks, evaluating risks; treating risks, monitoring and reviewing.
· Hazard Identification and Analytical techniques; HAZOP, FMEA, hazard indices, fault trees, event trees, reliability analysis, probability calculations.
Study Material:
1. Ali B. 2008. Fundamental Principles of Occupational Health and Safety
2. Chapelle, A. & Hillson, D. 2016. The Risk Management Handbook: A Practical Guide to Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk
3. Hopkin, P. 2018. Fundamentals of Risk Management: Understanding, Evaluating and Implementing Effective Risk Management
4. Izvercian M. and Larisa I. 2012. Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment in Sustainable Enterprise
5. Lippmann, M. & Schlesinge, R.B. 2017. Environmental Health Science: Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Chemical Health Hazards
6. NSQHS. 2014. Risk Management Approach
7. Pavel F. and Kamenicky J. 2016. Some Risk Assessment Methods and Examples of their Application
8. Pérez-Rodríguez, F. 2020. Risk Assessment Methods for Biological and Chemical Hazards in Food
9. RSSB. 2014. Guidance on Hazard Identification and Classification
10. Tarvistock and Portman. 2015. Conducting a Risk Assessment Procedure
11. The National Archives. 2017. Risk Assessment Handbook.
12. Waddah S. Al Hashmi, G. 2020. Process Safety Management and Human Factors: A Practitioner’s Experiential Approach.
- Lecturer: Habib Gayonga