IS4101 Principles of Safety Management Syllabus:
IS4101 Principles of Safety Management Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
To achieve an understanding of principles of safety management.
To enable the students to learn about various functions and activities of safety department.
To enable students to conduct safety audit and write audit reports effectively in auditing situations.
To have knowledge about sources of information for safety promotion and training.
To familiarize students with evaluation of safety performance.
UNIT I CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES
History of Safety movement –Evolution of modern safety concept- general concepts of management – planning for safety for optimization of productivity -productivity, quality and safety-line and staff functions for safety-budgeting for safety-safety policy. Incident Recall Technique (IRT), disaster control, job safety analysis, safety survey, safety inspection, safety sampling, evaluation of performance of supervisors on safety.
UNIT II SAFETY AUDIT
Components of safety audit, types of audit, audit methodology, non-conformity reporting (NCR), audit checklist and report – review of inspection, remarks by government agencies, consultants, experts – perusal of accident and safety records, formats – implementation of audit indication – liaison with departments to ensure co-ordination – check list – identification of unsafe acts of workers and unsafe conditions in the shop floor.
UNIT III ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND REPORTING
Concept of an accident, reportable and non reportable accidents, reporting to statutory authorities – principles of accident prevention – accident investigation and analysis – records for accidents, departmental accident reports, documentation of accidents – unsafe act and condition – domino sequence – supervisory role – role of safety committee –cost of accident.
UNIT IV SAFETY PERFORMANCE MONITORING
ANSI (Z16.1) Recommended practices for compiling and measuring work injury experience – permanent total disabilities, permanent partial disabilities, temporary total disabilities – Calculation of accident indices, frequency rate, severity rate, frequency severity incidence, incident rate, accident rate, safety “t” score, safety activity rate – problems.
UNIT V SAFETY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Importance of training-identification of training needs-training methods – programmes, seminars, conferences, competitions – method of promoting safe practice – motivation – communication – role of government agencies and private consulting agencies in safety training – creating awareness, awards, celebrations, safety posters, safety displays, safety pledge, safety incentive scheme, safety campaign – Domestic Safety and Training.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
The students will be able to
To understand the functions and activities of safety engineering department.
To carry out a safety audit and prepare a report for the audit.
To prepare an accident investigation report.
To estimate the accident cost using supervisors report and data.
To evaluate the safety performance of an organization from accident records.
To identify various agencies, support institutions and government organizations involved in safety training and promotion
REFERENCES:
1. “Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations”, N.S.C.Chicago, 13th Edition 2009.
2. Blake R.B., “Industrial Safety” Prentice Hall, Inc., New Jersey,. 3rd Edition 2000.
3. Dan Petersen, “Techniques of Safety Management”, McGraw-Hill Company, Tokyo, 1981.
4. Heinrich H.W. “Industrial Accident Prevention” McGraw-Hill Company, New York, 1980
5. John Ridley, “Safety at Work”, Butterworth and Co., London, 1983
6. Lees, F.P., “Loss Prevention in Process Industries” Butterworth publications, London, 2nd edition, 1990.
7. Relevant Indian Standards and Specifications, BIS, New Delhi.
8. “Safety and Good House Keeping”, N.P.C., New Delhi, 1985.