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Course Unit Code546-0328/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KOD009Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.
Summary
The student will get basic overview in the field of health and safety at work, incl. legislation. The individual topics discussed are, for example, the basic equipment of workplaces in terms of work hygiene, physical factors of work. environment, chemical factors working. environment, physical and mental burden and categorization of work.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Workplace risks - identification, assessment, management
Course Contents
1. Integration of occupational health and safety problematic into company managerial system, relation to QMS and EMS, legislation in force
2. Hygienic requirements on buildings, workplace basic sanitary equipment requirements
3. Ventilation and heating, workplace microclimate
4. Physical load, psychical load.
5. Workplace limits – definitions
6. Dust – sources, limits, measuring methods
7. Chemical pollutants - sources, limits, measuring methods, health impact, biological exposure tests
8. Biological pollutants
9. Physical pollution (noise, vibrations - sources, limits, measuring methods)
10. Ionisation radiation. Non-ionisation radiation and electro-magnetic rays
11. Lightning – natural, artificial, combined
12. Workload classification and risk, occupational diseases
13. State control and administration of occupational health and safety
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Pages of International Labor Organization (www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.html)
European Risk Observatory: Health and safety risks at the workplace: A joint analysis of three major surveys. Available at: https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/health-and-safety-risks-workplace-joint-analysis-three-major/view
BOYD, C.: Human Resource Management and Occupational Health and Safety. (2003) 208p
Zákon č. 262/2006 Sb. Zákoník práce, ve znění pozdějších předpisů. Praha: MPSV ČR, 2006. 107 s.
Zákon č. 258/2000 Sb. O ochraně veřejného zdraví, ve znění pozdějších předpisů. Praha: MZ ČR, 2000. 40 s.
Zákon č. 251/2005 Sb. O inspekci práce, ve znění pozdějších předpisů. Praha: MPSV ČR, 2005. 18 s.
European Risk Observatory: Health and safety risks at the workplace: A joint analysis of three major surveys. Available at: https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/health-and-safety-risks-workplace-joint-analysis-three-major/view
Recommended Reading:
HOFMANN A.D., TETRICK E.L. Health and Safety in Organizations: A Multilevel Perspective (2003) 458p
Second European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-2) - Overview Report: Managing Safety and Health at Work. Available at: https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/second-european-survey-enterprises-new-and-emerging-risks-esener/view
Safety and health in micro and small enterprises in the EU: Final report from the 3-year SESAME project
Available at: https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/safety-and-health-micro-and-small-enterprises-eu-final-report-3/view
“Healthy workers, thriving companies - a practical guide to wellbeing at work” Available at: https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/healthy-workers-thriving-companies-practical-guide-wellbeing/view
ERBAN, V. Zdravotní, pracovně-hygienické, preventivní a sociálně-psychologické otázky a problémy v podnicích a v jiných provozech. 1. vyd. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2007. 138 s. ISBN 978-80-7372-172-5
Zákon č. 22/1997 Sb. O technických požadavcích na výrobky, ve znění pozdějších předpisů. Praha: MPO ČR, 1997. 8 s.
Zákon č. 102/2001 Sb. O obecné bezpečnosti výrobků, ve znění pozdějších předpisů. Praha: MPO ČR, 2001. 12 s.
HOFFMANN D.A, TETRICK E.L. Health and Safety in Organizations: A Multilevel Perspective (2003) 458p
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Field trip
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 51