Course detail

Safety Engineering

ÚSI-RSBEIAcad. year: 2025/2026

Safety engineering” is focused on risk assessment in industry, agronomy, transport and pipelines, and near potential fire sources. The subject requires knowledge from the areas of technology, the environment and economics, and includes analysis and risk modelling. It also deals with buildings and their structural analysis, as well as safety at work, the prevention of accidents and the resistance of structures against selected types of emergency incidents.
The subject also covers related Czech and European Union legislation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Karel Pospíšil, Ph.D., LL.M.

Department

Institute of Forensic Engineering (ÚSI)

Entry knowledge

Not requested

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Students will actively participate in practical lessons. The lessons will be project-based, allowing theoretical knowledge to be practically applied and used. The exam will be oral and based on theoretical knowledge.

Aims

Students will be introduced to theoretical knowledge and its practical use through the study of emergency situations at selected model companies, concerns, situations and accidents. Students who complete the course will be able to solve specific emergency situations and assess such situations from several aspects (economic, consequences for the environment and population, and safety) using their knowledge of currently valid international and European legislation.
Students will learn methods of risk assessment using computer procedures and software. They will apply Czech and European directives in specific situations, and will learn methods of financial evaluation for use when dealing with selected types of accident.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BARTLOVÁ, I. PEŠÁK, M.: Analýza nebezpečí a prevence průmyslových havárií II, Sdružení bezpečnostního inženýrství se sídlem VŠB - TU Ostrava, 2003, ISBN 80-86634-30-2
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

ALOHA - Areal Location of Hazardous Atmospheres, EPA, Washington, USA, October 1997
Direktiva 82/501/EEC - SEVESO "On the major accident hazards of certain industrial activities"
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

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme RRTES_P Master's

    specialization RRTS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    specialization RRES , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Karel Pospíšil, Ph.D., LL.M.

Syllabus

1. Introduction and definition of the subject “Safety engineering”.
2. Introduction to Czech and EU legislation, and that of other countries in the field of safety at work and risk.
3. Duties of employers and employees. Assessment of exposure to risk within a given work system.
4. Danger during selected working activities. Professional state oversight regarding safety at work.
5. Summary of methods concerning risk source identification and risk assessment.
6. Risk in chosen industrial and agricultural operations.
7. Risk in non-manufacturing operations, warehouses, transport and pipelines.
8. Risk at potential sources of fire and explosion hazards.
9. Methods of calculating shock waves and heat radiation.
10. Basics of buildings and structural analysis; the protection of structures, and the resistance of structures to specific emergency incidents.
11. Economic aspects of accidents, unwanted events involving technical equipment.
12. Handling of harmful substances.
13. Practical software usage.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Karel Pospíšil, Ph.D., LL.M.