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Terminated in academic year 2017/2018

Occupational risks

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 040-0520/02
Abbreviation PRK
Course title Occupational risks
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator Ing. Lucie Kocůrková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1st EU Directive 89/391.
Prevention of risks, the impact of the amendment No. 155/2000 Coll MD. The legal obligation to prevent
risks.

2nd Risk assessment.
Graphic display - flow chart of the risk assessment. The limit values
machinery. Hazard identification. Risk estimation. Risk assessment.

3rd Safety and security measures.
What is security. Acceptability of risk. Residual risk. Decisions on
acceptability of risk.

4th Basic terms to identify hazards.
Mechanical hazards, chemical hazards, electrical hazard, risk
noise and vibration, radiation danger, extreme temperatures, from design flaws
psychophysiological perspective.

5th Physiologically inappropriate movements and shape of the operation.
Long-term forced posture. Disproportionate burden of sight. Facing tough
in operation, control and monitoring equipment. Excessive loads of attention.
Deficiencies in the color adjustment tools. Adverse weather conditions.

6th Dangerous properties of machines, equipment, materials and media.
Mechanical hazards. Basic principles of protection against mechanical hazards
danger. Guards and locking devices. Safety distance limbs.

7th Electrical hazards.
The environment and the design of electrical equipment. Spaces in the light
risk of electric shock. shock. Protection against electric shock.

8th Heat danger.
Measurement of surface temperature. Burns and scalds from objects or materials.
Damage to health caused by hot or cold working environment.



9th Chemical and metabolic risk.
Workplace assessment from the viewpoint of aerosols. Contact with hazardous
substances. Threats caused by fire or explosion. The OSH Week 2003:
Hazardous substances. Biological threats.

10th Hazardous properties of the environment.
Noise, vibration, emissions, dust. Physical aspects of noise, the noise source.
Basic measures against the adverse effects of noise. The OSH Week 2005:
Stop Noise! The impact of noise at work.

11th Risk of radiation.
Non-ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation. Protection against radiation.

12th Risk created by neglecting ergonomic principles.
Planar spatial resolution. Working position. Working motion. Physical demands
work. Handling loads. Monotonicity. Workplace PC.

13th Methods of analysis and risk assessment.
Scoring methods. Analytical methods. Risk matrix.

14th Reserve.

Literature

ISO 31000:2009 Risk management - Principles and guidelines.
IEC 31010:2009 Risk management - Risk assessment techniques.
Guidance on risk assessment at work. European Commission. Luxembourg, 1996. ISBN 92-827-4278-4 .

Advised literature

STELLMAN, J. M. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety. II: Hazards. 4th ed. Geneva: International Labour Office, 1998. ISBN 92-2-109815-X .
Český Focal Point pro BOZP: https://osha.europa.eu/fop/czech-republic/cs/.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), UK: http://www.hse.gov.uk/.