Occupational Health and Safety detailed Syllabus for Civil Engineering (CIVIL), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU CIVIL 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Civil Engineering 6th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Open Elective-A) subjects refer to Open Elective-A Scheme. The detail syllabus for occupational health and safety is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1
Occupational Hazard and Control Principles: Safety, History and development, National Safety Policy. Occupational safety and Health Act (OSHA), Occupational Health and Safety administration-Laws governing OSHA and right to know. Accident-causation, investigation, investigation plan, Methods of acquiring accident facts, Supervisory role in accident investigation.
Module 2
Ergonomics at Work Place: Ergonomics Task analysis, Preventing Ergonomic Hazards, Work space Envelops, Visual Ergonomics, Ergonomic Standards, Ergonomic Programs. Hazard cognition and Analysis, Human Error Analysis-Fault Tree Analysis-Emergency Response-Decision for action-purpose and considerations.
Module 3
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Module 4
Health Considerations at Work Place: types of diseases and their spread, Health Emergency. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)-types and advantages, effects of exposure and treatment for engineering industries, municipal solid waste. Environment management plans (EMP) for safety and sustainability.
Module 5
Occupational Health and Safety Considerations: Water and wastewater treatment plants, Handling of chemical and safety measures in water and wastewater treatment plants and labs, Construction material manufacturing industries like cement plants, RMC Plants, precast plants and construction sites. Policies, roles and responsibilities of workers, managers and supervisors.
Course Outcomes:
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Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Goetsch D. L.,( 1999), Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers and Managers, Prentice Hall.
- HeinrichH.W.,(2007),IndustrialAccidentPrevention-AScientificApproach,McGraw-HillBookCompany National Safety Council and Associate (Data) Publishers Pvt. Ltd., (1991),
- Industrial Safety and Pollution Control Handbook.
Reference Books:
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