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Assessment of risks in occupational safety

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 040-0632/01
Abbreviation HRBP
Course title Assessment of risks in occupational safety
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator Ing. Lucie Kocůrková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. The importance of risk assessment in occupational safety (moral, ethical and legislative aspects). The role of the professionally competent person in risk prevention.
2. Overview of the requirements of legal and other regulations to ensure the safety of work and technical equipment.
3. Analysis of occupational accidents in the Czech Republic and worldwide.
4. Workplace risks, their division and specifics.
5. Risk assessment procedure - identification, analysis and evaluation of risks at work.
6. Selected methods of occupational risk identification.
7. Selected methods of occupational risk analysis and evaluation.
8. Strategies for managing and reducing risks to acceptable level, principles of risk prevention.
10. Professional competence as a key element of risk prevention.
9. Documentation of occupational safety risk assessment and control.
11. Online platforms and software for occupational safety risk assessment and control
12. Case studies of selected occupational injuries and accidents.
13. Case studies of selected occupational injuries and accidents - continued.

E-learning

Study materials are shared within a team created in MS Teams for the respective group.

Literature

Guidance on risk assessment at work. ECSC-EC-EAEC, Brussels Luxembourg, 1996. ISBN 92-827-4278-4 .
A 5 STEP GUIDE for employers, workers and their representatives on conducting workplace risk assessments. ILO, 2014: https://www.ilo.org/legacy/english/osh/en/story_content/external_files/wcms_232886.pdf.
Guide for Risk Assessment in Small and Medium Enterprises. ISSA: https://safety-work.org/en/guide-for-risk-assessment-in-small-and-medium-enterprises.html.
Related legal and other OSH regulation.

Advised literature

ISO 31000:2018 Risk management – Guidelines.
IEC 31010:2019 Risk management – Risk assessment techniques.