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Terminated in academic year 2011/2012

Safety at Work and Fire Protection

Type of study MasterFollow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0373/04
Abbreviation BPaPO
Course title Safety at Work and Fire Protection
Credits 8
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Alois Adamus, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The course addresses core issues in health and safety, hygiene and fire
protection. Provides a general overview of the principles of safe work and introduces
students with the legislation governing health and safety and hygiene. It explains the risks
working environment, their influence, assessing and minimizing the work
environment, including risk of serious accidents and industrial accidents. Furthermore,
Students receive relevant information from the field of fire protection organizations
fire brigades and their intervention activities, equipment and
fire prevention.

1st Primary generally binding regulations on OSH
2nd The text of the Labour Code regulating occupational health and safety
3rd Hygiene requirements for working environment, an overview of risk
4th Hygiene requirements for the composition of the atmosphere at the workplace, authorized
concentrations of toxic
gases in the workplace
5th The risk of aerosols without toxic effects on work related
physiological
risk concentration allowed
6th The risk of noise and vibration, the maximum permissible levels of noise and vibration
Work Environment
7th Risk of inadequate lighting facilities, standardized values
8th Categorization of work, payment for work in difficult working environment
9th Accidents at work, sources and causes, responsibilities of employers
working
injuries, prevention
10th Fire protection, organization, training, equipment and activities, emergency units
Fire Protection
11th Fire Prevention
1912 Flammability of materials, fire agents technical characteristics
13th Combustion products, risks, effects on the human organism.
14th Extinguishing agents, portable extinguishers

Literature

HARMS,L.: Safety analysis : principles and practice in occupational safety.
CRC Press, c2001 - xi, 265 s. : il. ISBN 0-415-23655-X
BRAUER, L.: Safety and Health for Engineers. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006, ISBN: 9780471291893 

Advised literature

HOPKINS, A.: Managing Major Hazard. Allen & Unwin, Canbera, 1999,
ISBN 1 86508 702 5