Investigation of Incidents and Accidents

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	040-0160/01
Abbreviation	VNaH
Course title	Investigation of Incidents and Accidents
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator	prof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. What is an accident and accident investigation and what is it for?
2. Typology of accidents
3. Process of investigation of accidents
4. Obtaining information about the course of the accident and its context, including the proper operation of the process
5. Analysis of information obtained
6. Evidence and hypothesis, hypothesis evaluation
7. Confirmation and refutation of hypotheses
8. Identification of risk control mechanisms and their failure
9. Methods of analysis: DOE, FTA, ETA,
10. Methods of analysis: MORT, security barriers analysis
11. Primary and root causes, their relationship and importance
12. Lessons learned
13. Action plan and its implementation. Importance of accident and accident investigation for enterprise, industrial segment and for society.

Literature

Investigating accidents and incidents, A workbook for employers, unions, safety representatives and safety professionals, HSE, UK, HSG245, published 2004
Snorre Sklet, Methods for accident investigation, NTU Trondheim 2002,

Advised literature

P.Danihelka: Analysis and management of risks of dangerous chemicals in industry, VŠB TU Ostrava 2002, ISBN 80-248-0084-5
Trevor Kletz, WHAT WENT WRONG? Case Histories of Process Plant Disasters, Elsevier 1999

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