Risk Assessment and Emergency

Code:

MESHO0009

Acronym:

ARE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=2810
Responsible unit:	Mining Engineering Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MESHO	26	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2007/08	1	-	6	56	162
MIEA	16	Syllabus since 2006/07	4	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The main objectives of the course are:

• To understand major accident analysis methods;
• To design an integrated occupational safety and environmental system;
• To understand the role of the different elements in a system and the relative contribution to the global risk;
• To identify and analyse the role of the human component in the causality of accidents and malfunctions or disturbances;
• To understand and apply risk management analysis methods;
• To establish emergency management principles;
• To identify and size management systems to plan and organise the response to situations of serious and imminent risk.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the academic component, the Student are expected to be able to select the most adequate method and develop an occupational risk assessment in any economical activity sector.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

N/A

Program

• Integrated safety Concept;


• Introduction: Accidents causal models and disturbances;


• Applicable legal framework and standardisation;


• Risk assessment methods; special relevance to human error role - Practical examples;


• Major accidents;


• Emergency's Organization;


• Human factor role in accident causality and disturbances;
  Human error: definition and main concepts;


• Human error: Definitions, basic concepts;


• Approaches to identify measures to human error mitigation;


•  Emergency preparedness management:

 

Mandatory literature

Laird Wilson, Doug McCutcheon ; Industrial Safety and Risk Management , The University of Alberta Press, 2003. ISBN: 0-88864-394-2

Complementary Bibliography

Jesús Torres Pombo, Antonio Lama Varela; Riscos relacionados coa exposición a axentes biolóxicos. ISBN: 84-453-3322-4
Ed. C. Guedes Soares, A. P. Teixeira, P. Antão; Análise e Gestão de Riscos, Segurança e Fiabilidade. ISBN: 972-689-230-9
ed. C. Guedes Soares...[et al.] ; org. Instituto Superior Técnico; Riscos Industriais e Emergentes. ISBN: 978-972-689-233-5
António Ataíde... [et al.] ; [publ.] Caixa Nacional de Seguros de Doenças Profissionais. Laborat; Riscos de doenças profissionais
José Gomes MeleiroFernando Paiva Brandão; Riscos do trabalho
Ministério das Corporações e Previdência Social. Gabinete de Higiene e Segurança do Trabalho da; Prevenção dos riscos profissionais
A. C. Neto; Riscos de electricidade
C. Guedes Soares; T. Moan; Análise de riscos e segurança de estruturas de navios
; Caixa Nacional de Seguros de Doenças Profissionais. Laboratório de Avaliação de Riscos; Riscos de doenças profissionais nas fundições portuguesas de ferro e aço

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: Expositive.
Practical classes:, case discussion and working groups reports.

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Safety technology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	75,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de campo	46,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance in all classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

group work: 25%

Written tests: 25% * 3

Examinations or Special Assignments

In specific cases duly justified and grounded by the students, such as relevant professional experience in the field, it may be accepted by the regent of the CU, after hearing the other teachers, the presentation of a Case Study or a Bibliographic Review on a topic.
-The Case Study should be prepared according to the rules of scientific presentation of this kind of work;
-The Bibliographic Review must be done according to the PRISMA statement.

The works to be developed must have the necessary quality to be part of the portfolio of the works to be presented as an example to UC students in the current academic year and in the following years.

Works without the minimum quality for presentation to a congress will have a negative grade.

Internship work/project

N/A

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The special evaluation has two components:

-Examination at the time of appeal, with a weighting equal to that of the tests of ordinary students (75%);

-Individual work, with a weighting equal to the work of ordinary students (25%).

The individual works must be submitted by the date of the appeal examination (the student should contact the teachers until the penultimate week of semester classes, in order to be given the theme of the work to be developed).

Classification improvement

The final grade will be the result of the weighted average of the tests and the done group work.

The continuous assessment during the semester replaces the 1st examination period.

It is possible to improve the classification obtained in the tests by examining all the contents of the Course. This examination will take place at the time of appeal. In this case, in the calculation of the final average, the exam classification will replace the tests grade, with the same relative percentage (75%).

It is not possible to improve the classification of group work carried out during the semester.

Observations

NOTE 1 - Students from MIEA course and extraordinary students who attend this UC in the circumstances referred as "Obtenção de Frequênica" have vacancy in the MESHO application in the 1st phase of the next school year. The conclusion of MESHO allows obtaining the Certificate of Professional Aptitude (CCP) Superior Technical of Work Safety Authority for Working Conditions (ACT). The assignment by the mentioned ACT CAP is subject to a frequency in 90% of lessons.

NOTE 2 - Students from MIEA course who attend this UC will have the possibility of concluding MESHO in one school year.

NOTE 3 - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the "Occupational Risks" component was carried out in accordance with the previously evaluation system, changing only the presential evaluation by the distributed evaluation. The opportunity to improve this component will be accomplished through an oral exam, in a non-face-to-face assessment, by discussing the proposed evaluation works.

The remaining components follow the evaluation previously determined.