Industrial Safety

The definition of safety.  Workplace safety.  The relationships of employer and employee. Occupational and environmental hazards. The human error. The hierarchy of protection against workspace accidents efficiency . Workplace safety. Risk management, risk assessment. Case study of Oppau disaster The social assessment of risk.                                                                                                                                            4 hours

Working with pressure vessels, specific requirements. Pressure relief, test pressure, calculation of the hazard indicator. Gas cylinders and working with them.

Equipment operated at reduced pressure. Getting inside chemical equipment. Liquefied gases. Case studies of Devnya and Bhopal catastrophes.                                                                                      3 hours

The concept of intoxication. Permissible time weighted average concentrations,  Permissible peak concentration and  maximum concentration. Classification of toxic materials. Effective dose, lethal dose, lethal concentration. Case study of Seveso disaster.                                                                                                    3 hours

Classification of toxic substances  based on their effects.  Carcinogenic substances. Hazardous nature of toxic substances in the laboratory, industry and environment. Protection against toxic substances. 3 hours

Fire and explosion hazards. Basic concepts: fire, explosion, detonation. Flammability limits, flash point, ignition temperature. case study of  Feyzen disaster.  Brisance. Formation of  explosion. Classification of combustible materials. Heat, shock and friction sensitivity testing before factory production.            2 hours

Auto igniting and peroxide forming materials. The principle and practice of protection against fire and explosion based on ignition sources. Open flames, hot surfaces, electrical and  mechanical (steel, light metal) spark. Hazards from electrostatic charges. Protecting against electrostatic discharge. Spark sensitivity. 3 hours

Storage and  transport of dangerous substances. H and P phrases. Safety Data Sheet.Transport and storage of incompatible materials. Disaster risk during transport (Sárbogárd, Mississagua cases).    2 hours

Safety and the owner's attitude.  Insurance of industrial facilities. 

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The concept of disaster. Disaster recovery. Significant chemical disasters.

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Interpretation and estimation of biological risk. Clearing infection - general considerations and methods. The four levels of biosafety (by definition, mycobacterial classification, personnel, general and specific rules, laboratory design).                                                                                                                              2 hours

 Specific safety rules and procedures. Good Microbiological Technique. Genetically modified organisms (definition, potential threats, control and standpoints). Transportation of biological materials - control and regulations.       1 lesson