Health, safety and environment
P J Gregory
4 points * 30 lecture hours, 18 tutorial/laboratory hours * First semester * Caulfield
Objectives To develop skills and knowledge of the legal, technical and management aspects of safety and to develop an awareness of the impact of health and environmental issues in a company.
Synopsis The moral, legal and economic impetus for change, the need for a system safety concept. Principles of accident prevention: the methodology of safety, accident causation models, strategies for protection, comparison with classical methods of accident prevention and safety design concepts, system redundancy and diversity. Safety programs, accident statistics and rates. Ergonomics, muscular-skeletal strain injuries and repetition strain injuries. Fire safety, occupational hygiene, machine guarding, noise. Major environmental problems of industry. Health effects on the community. Legislative and administrative approaches to pollution control, methods of licensing waste loads. State, federal and statutory regulations related to waste disposal. Recognition of environmental factors in operations, strategic planning, new product development. Environmental management plans.
Assessment Examination (3 hours): 80% * Seminar participation and assignments: 20%
Prescribed texts
Mathews J Health and safety at work Pluto, 1985
VOHSC Regulations and code of practices manual handling Victorian Government, 1989
Recommended texts
Victoria EPA Standard methods and policy criteria documents
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