Course detail
Safety Engineering
ÚSI-2CCBIAcad. year: 2011/2012
“Safety engineering” is focused on risk assessment in industry and agronomy, transport, pipelines, by potential fire sources with the use of technical, environmental and economical knowledge.
This issue includes analysis and risk modeling. The subject also deals with building constructions and its static, prevention, safety and resistance to the concrete emergency incidents.
Part of subject includes: related Czech and European Union legislator.
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The exam will be given in written test based on theoretical knowledge.
Course curriculum
2. Introduce with Czech and EU legislators and in other world countries in field of labour protection and risk.
3. Duties of employers and workers. Assessment of work system exposure.
4. Danger in chosen work activities. Federal professional inspection regarding safety work system.
5. Summary of methods concerning risk sources identification and risk assessment.
6. Risk by chosen industry and agriculture operations.
7. Risk by non-working operations, storage, transport and pipelines.
8. Risk by potential fire and explosion sources.
9. Counting methods of the shock wave and heat radiation.
10. Building construction basic and static, its prevention, protection and resistance to the concrete emergency incidents.
11. Economical aspects of accidents, unwanted technological events.
12. Manipulation with harmful substances.
13. Practical software usage.
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Basic literature
BARTLOVÁ, I. PEŠÁK, M.: Prevence technologických zařízení, Sdružení bezpečnostního inženýrství se sídlem VŠB - TU Ostrava, 2002, ISBN 80-86634-10-8
BEBČÁK, P.: Požárně bezpečnostní zařízení, Sdružení bezpečnostního inženýrství se sídlem VŠB - TU Ostrava, 1998, ISBN 80-866111-35-0
Recommended reading
Direktiva 96/82/EC - SEVESO II "On the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances"
Zákon č. 224/2015 Sb., o prevenci závažných havárií způsobených vybranými nebezpečnými chemickými látkami nebo chemickými směsmi
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