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Management of Risks

Summary

This course acquaints students with the basic requirements of European Union directives and their implementing regulations in the Czech Republic, especially following the requirement of Act No. 309/2006 Coll., where the employer is obliged to provide and perform tasks in the evaluation and prevention of risks to life or health.
Risk management involves identifying and evaluating risks and classification them. The next step in risk management is to eliminate them through technical and organizational requirements for the work environment, work organization and workflows.
Preventing these risks also includes addressing occupational accidents, workplace hazards, personal protective equipment, safety signals and signs.

Literature

STRANKS, Jeremy. Management Systems for Safety. London: Prentice Hall, 1994. ISBN 0273604414 .
GLENDON, A. Ian, Sharon CLARKE a Eugene F. MCKENNA. Human safety and risk management. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 0-8493-3090-4.

Advised literature

Generally binding regulations of CZ
Statute book of Czech republic
Guidelines for auditing process safety management systems. 2nd ed. New York: Center for Chemical Process Safety, c2012. ISBN 978-0-470-28235-9 .


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, čeština, angličtina, čeština, angličtina
Code 542-0329
Abbreviation MR
Course title Management of Risks
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator Ing. Jaroslava Koudelková, Ph.D.