Legal Aspects of Health Safety and Environment detailed syllabus for Safety & Fire Engineering (SFE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the SFE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Safety & Fire Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit SFE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to SFE Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of legal aspects of health safety and environment is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FACTORIES ACT 9
Factories Act- Definitions, Preliminary, Inspecting staff, Health, Safety, Provisions relating to hazardous processes, Welfare, Working hours of adults, Employment of young persons, Special provisions. Duties of Safety Officers, Reporting of accidents, Emergency Action Plan, Safety Committee.
Unit II
DOCK WORKERS (SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE) ACT 9
Employees’ Compensation Act: Definitions, Employer’s liability for compensation, Calculation of amount of compensation. ESI Act and Rules: Applicability, Definitions and Benefits. Public Liability Insurance Act and Rules- Definitions, Calculation of amount of relief, Powers of District Collector, Extent of Liability.
Unit III
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Unit IV
WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT 9
Water Act and Air Act: Definitions, powers and functions of Boards, prevention and control of pollution, consent administration. Environment (Protection) Act and Rules-Definitions, powers of central government, power of giving directions, authorities. MSIHC Rules- Definitions, Duties of Authorities, Notification of major accidents, safety Reports, safety audit, on- site & out-site emergency plans.
Unit V
POWER TO MAKE RULES
Powers and Functions of Central, State and Joint Boards, Provisions regarding prevention and control of water pollution, Penalties, Central & State Water Laboratories, Power to make rules, Power of supersession and overriding effect. Rules on Consent for Establishment
Note:
Case laws may be referred if necessary, but those are beyond the scope of this course.
Course Outcomes:
Students able to
- Master core concepts and methods from ecological and physical sciences and their application in environmental problem solving
- Apply systems concepts and methodologies to analyze and understand interactions between social and environmental processes..
- Understand key concepts from economic, political, and social analysis as they pertain to the design and evaluation of environmental policies and institutions Understand elements of highway safety and approaches to accident Studies
- Appreciate key concepts from economic, political, and social analysis as they pertain to the design and evaluation of environmental policies and institutions.
- Appreciate that one can apply systems concepts and methodologies to analyze and understand interactions between social and environmental processes
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Environmental Management Handbook for Hydrocarbon Processing Indus; James B. Well Factories Act, 1948.
- Ganguly & Changeriya,”Health Safety and Environment
- Explosives Act and related Rules & The Gas Cylinder Rules, 2004, Professional Book publishers
- Petroleum Act and Rules & The Petroleum Act, 1934 © Universal Law publishing
- Environmental Acts & relevant Rules as abo
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Safety & Fire Engineering 5th Sem, visit SFE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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