MS SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

INTRODUCTION

Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) considerations are vital to every enterprise. The SHE requirements in the workplace are laid down in a whole range of laws, regulations and guidelines. The employer has the primary responsibility for providing a suitable, safe working environment – and for ensuring sufficient training. This program is designed to provide the comprehensive knowledge and skills to deal with SHE challenges in your daily work. Industries have increasingly recognized the requirements for promotion of safety, industrial hygiene and environmental protection. At the same time the regulatory authorities are demanding implementation of safety management based on the risk management practice to minimize the risk of accidents, health effects and environment damages. The successful completion of this course will enable students to cope with rapid social, technological and organizational changes through promoting an understanding of relevant concepts.

The course is developed to enhance critical and analytical thinking of candidates in relation to SHE. The course is designed to provide the candidate with a good understanding of philosophy and approaches in managing safety, industrial hygiene and environmental knowledge to advise line management on the most productive and appropriate processes. The degree holder of this course will be a credible professional in the identification and assessment of hazard and risk in a both qualitative and quantitative manner.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

  1.  Apply engineering knowledge on safety, health and environment.
  2.  Manage organizations and resources towards safer and healthier workplace as well as environment.
  3.  Conduct independent research on technical and managerial aspects of safety, health and environment.
  4.  Interpret local legislations to ensure compliance with safety, health and environment requirements.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs)

PLO-1: Advanced technical knowledge: An ability to apply an advanced knowledge of broadly defined aspects of Safety, Health and Environment to the solution of complex problems related to industrial processes.

PLO-II: Literature review & problem formulation: An ability to identify, formulate and analyze complex technological issues of Safety, Health and Environment, reaching substantiated conclusions using extensive literature review with the help of available resources.

PLO-III: Investigation & research: An ability to investigate complex problems in a methodical way including literature survey, design and conduct of experiments, analysis and interpretation of experimental data, and synthesis of information to derive valid conclusions.

PLO-IV: Technical communication: An ability to communicate effectively, orally as well as in writing, with the scientific community, industry and society at large, such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation including drafts for publications in international journals & conferences, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM

This course is designed both as a relevant vocational qualification for those seeking health, safety and environment-related employment, and to meet the continuing professional development needs of personnel in government, industry and the voluntary sector. It seeks to develop graduates who are able to play a leading role in the strategic development and implementation of policy initiatives within the industry.

Graduates of this course will be capable to attain various positions as safety, health and environmental managers in business, as environmental regulators, SHE managers, in safety consultancy and training, working in fields as diverse as facilities management, construction and demolition, utilities, the civil service and engineering.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE (30 CREDIT HOURS)

The MS Safety, Health and Environment is a program comprises of 30 credit hours (CHs). The program has a core-elective-orientation structure.

1.1 DEPARTMENTAL CORE – 12 CREDIT HOURS

Sr.No

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hrs (Contact Hrs)

1

SHE-501

Industrial Safety Fundamentals

3 (3,0)

2

SHE-502

Basics of Environmental Protection

3 (3,0)

3

SHE-503

Industrial Toxicology

3 (3,0)

4

SHE-504

Occupational Health and Ergonomics

3 (3,0)

5

SHE-505

Physical Hazards

3 (3,0)

6

SHE-506

Chemical Hazard Management

3 (3,0)

1.2 DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVES – 12 CREDIT HOURS

Sr.No

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hrs (Contact Hrs)

1

SHE-507

Industrial Ventilation System

3 (3,0)

2

SHE-508

Fire Protection and Prevention

3 (3,0)

3

SHE-509

Hazard Identification and Evaluation

3 (3,0)

4

SHE-510

Electrical Safety 

3 (3,0)

5

SHE-511

Quantitative Risk Analysis

3 (3,0)

6

SHE-512

Safety Engineering

3 (3,0)

7

SHE-513

Emergency Preparedness and Planning

3 (3,0)

8

SHE-514

Occupational Safety, Health Management and Law

3 (3,0)

9

SHE-515

Machine Learning in Safety, Health and Environment

3 (3,0)

10

SHE-516

Sustainable Workplaces

3 (3,0)

1.3 ORIENTATION – 6 CREDIT HOURS

Both MS by Coursework and MS by Research are offered as part of the MS Safety, Health and Environment program. By the end of first semester, the students are required to submit their preference for undertaking MS by Research work or MS by Course work (option available for weekend program only).

1.3.1 MS BY COURSEWORK

The students opting for MS by coursework are required to pass four core courses, four elective courses and two additional courses.

1.3.2 MS BY RESEARCH

The students opting for MS by research are required to pass four core courses, four elective courses. In addition, the students opting for MS by Research are required to undertake a supervised research thesis.

1.3.3 SEMESTER PLAN

The students can take max of 12 credit hours in any semester.
 

DETAIL OF COURSES

SHE-501 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY FUNDAMENTALS

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

The course provides basic industrial and process safety knowledge for safety, health and environment protection practitioners. It covers the life-cycle (birth-to-death principle) approach in preventing safety, health and environment problems in industry. Risk evaluation and risk treatment will be covered. Other topics cover include system safety, inherently safe design, process intensification, layer of protection analysis, equipment/process reliability and maintainability, redundancy and common cause failures, human errors and behavioral-based safety in the prevention of industrial accidents.

Course Outline

  • Techniques required in risk management
  • Risk assessment and control
  • Safety management system
  • Inherently safe design
  • Process intensification
  • Layer of protection analysis
  • Equipment/process reliability and maintainability,
  • Redundancy and common cause failures
  • Human errors and behavioral-based safety in the prevention of industrial accidents
  • Human factors which influence behaviour at work
  • Barriers in Implementation of Health and Safety Policy
  • Preventing accidents at work
  • Dealing with common workplace hazards

 

Recommended Books

  1. Hughes, P., Ferret, E., (2007), Introduction to Health and Safety at Work, 3rd Edition, Elsevier, UK.
  2. Wilson, L., McCutcheon, D., & Buchanan, M. (2003). Industrial safety and risk management: University of Alberta.
  3. Goetschl, D.L., (2007) Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers (6th edition), Pearson Prentice Hall.
  4. Gupta, A. (2006). Industrial safety and environment: Firewall Media.

 

SHE-502 Basics Of Environmental Protection

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

The course provides basic environment protection knowledge for safety, health and environment protection practitioners. This course is a foundation course of this program and essential for analyzing the basic role of environmental protection in controlling of hazards.

Course Outline

  1. Air emission control and assessment
  2. Water emission control and assessment,
  3. Waste minimization
  4. Energy conservation,
  5. Product stewardship,
  6. Trade effluent
  7. Toxic industrial waste
  8. Theories behind current thinking on the effects of pollution on the environment to include ozone destroying CFCs, volatile organic compounds, particulates, oxides of Sulphur and nitrogen etc.
  9. Waste disposal techniques including incinerators, environmental impact assessments and the dispersion effects of pollutants on ecosystems and the public at large.

 

Recommended Books

  1. Farmer, A. (2012). Handbook of environmental protection and enforcement: Principles and practice: Earthscan.
  2. Heinrich, H.W. (1990) Industrial Accident Prevention: A Safety Management Approach,

5th edn, New York, McGraw-Hill.

  1. OECD (2003) OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention Preparedness and Response, 2nd edn.
  2. Gupta, A. (2006). Industrial safety and environment: Firewall Media.
  3. Wilson, L., McCutcheon, D., & Buchanan, M. (2003). Industrial safety and risk management: University of Alberta

 

SHE-503 INDUSTRIAL TOXICOLOGY

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

As the significant quantity and variety of chemicals used by the chemical process industries, so it is essential for an engineers to have an understanding of the way toxicants enter biological organisms, the way toxicants are eliminated from biological organisms, the effects of toxicants on biological organisms, and methods to prevent or reduce the entry of toxicants into biological organisms.

Course Outline

  1. Absorption of chemicals into human bodies
  2. Bio-transformation, excretion and adverse effects on the target organs.
  3. Toxicological studies and the application of toxicological information in the prevention of occupational diseases in the workplace.
  4. Principles of Toxicology
  5. Threshold Limiting Values of Chemicals and Documentation
  6. Respiratory, Dermal, Cardiovascular, Renal and Sensory Toxicology
  7. Neurotoxicology/Hepatic Toxicology
  8. Immunotoxicology/Reproductive and Genetic Toxicology
  9. Carcinogenesis
 

Recommended Books

  1. Wilson, L., McCutcheon, D., & Buchanan, M. (2003). Industrial safety and risk management: University of Alberta.
  2. Cheremisinoff, N. P. (1999). Handbook of industrial toxicology and hazardous materials: CRC Press.
  3. Williams, P. L., & Burson, J. L. (1985). Industrial toxicology. Safety and health applications in the workplace.

 

SHE-504 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ERGONOMICS

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

The course aims to familiarize the non-medical practitioners in safety, health and environment protection with a working knowledge of how to identify, manage and prevent occupational issues arising from the workplace, enabling the practitioners to make knowledgeable and informed decisions with respect to the provision of occupational health services in the workplace. Ergonomics is essential for analyzing the human capability and job demands.

Course Outline

  1. Occupational health an overview
  2. Occupational diseases
  3. The assessment and management of occupational health issues in workplace,
  4. Shift work
  5. Occupational stress management,
  6. occupational lung diseases
  7. Occupational cancer
  8. Occupational dermatology.
  9. Principles of job design and analysis, and their application in the prevention of occupational disorders arising from the mismatch worker and job.
  10. Anthropometry
  11. Biomechanics
  12. Work physiology
  13. Environmental factors in occupational disorders.

 

Recommended Books

  1. Stack, T., Ostrom, L. T., & Wilhelmsen, C. A. (2016). Occupational Ergonomics: A Practical Approach: John Wiley & Sons.
  2. Al-Jumaily, A., Alizad, A., Press, A., Gregory, D., Milosavljevic, S., Pal, P., & Callaghan, J. (2009). Occupational Health and Ergonomics. NZ Journal of Physiotherapy, 37(1), 50.

 

SHE-505 PHYSICAL HAZARDS

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

This module provides students with an understanding of physical hazards at the workplace. By analyzing these hazards students will be able to determine the potential hazards at the work place.

Course Outline

  1. Health effects, measurements methods, regulations, and control technologies related to common physical health hazards encountered in occupational settings.
  2. The identification, evaluation and management of the hazards of noise, temperature extremes, extreme pressures, vibration and lighting in the industry.
  3. The hierarch of control will be used to demonstrate the strategy of reducing the risk to the level of as low as reasonably practice.

 

Recommended Books

  1. Spellman, F. R., & Bieber, R. M. (2011). Physical hazard control: preventing injuries in the workplace: Government Institutes.
  2. Stave, G. M., & Wald, P. H. (2016). Physical and biological hazards of the workplace: John Wiley & Sons.

 

SHE-506 CHEMICAL HAZARD MANAGEMENT

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

This module covers the chemical hazards mitigation, control and management principles on chemicals selection, use, storage, handling, hazard communication to workers, administrative measures, transportation and disposal. The objective of the course is to equip the students with the skills and knowledge necessary to assess the hazards presented using chemicals in workplace and to be able to identify the controls required.

Course Outline

  1. Chemical hazards mitigation
  2. Control and management principles on chemicals selection, use, storage and handling,
  3. Hazard communication to workers and administrative measures
  4. Transportation and disposal of Chemicals.
  5. Implementation of engineering controls for Hazard Management
  6. Administrative control, selection, use and limitations of personal protective equipment

 

Recommended Books

  1. Dikshith, T. S. S. (2013). Hazardous chemicals: safety management and global regulations: CRC Press.
  2. Johnson, R. W., Rudy, S. W., & Unwin, S. D. (2010). Essential practices for managing chemical reactivity hazards (Vol. 17): John Wiley & Sons.

 

SHE-507 INDUSTRIAL VENTILATION SYSTEM

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

The basic objective of this course is to provide the in-depth knowledge of the industrial ventilation system.

Course Outline

  1. Ventilation systems used for the protection of the employee health.
  2. Principles of Air Movement
  3. Principles of Hood Design
  4. Principles of Duct Design and Construction
  5. Industrial Ventilation System Installation Costs
  6. Fan Selection
  7. Fan System Effects
  8. Fan Installation
  9. Operation and Maintenance
  10. Workplace Exposure Assessments
  11. Mechanical Collection and Bag houses
  12. Recirculation of Exhaust Air
  13. Applied Industrial Ventilation
  14. Scrubbers, ESPs and Other Cleaners
  15. Stack Design
  16. Ventilating Combustible Dusts

 

Recommended Books

  1. Goodfellow, H. D. (2001). Industrial ventilation design guidebook: Elsevier.
  2. Handbook, A. (1996). HVAC systems and equipment. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA, 1-10.

 

SHE-508 FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

Development, methods, systems and regulations that apply to the fire protection and prevention techniques will be discussed in the course. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate a broad understanding of the fire protection and prevention field.

Course Outline:

  1. Introduction to Fire Protection
  2. Fire Prevention and Public Education
  3. Fire Detection and Investigation
  4. Fire Inspection and Codes
  5. Sprinklers and Automatic Alarms
  6. Fire Protection Law
  7. Fire Protection/Electrical
  8. OSHA Standards
  9. Fire Fighting Strategies
  10. Fire suppressing system for various systems

 

Recommended Books

  1. Jonathan Backhouse, J., Ferrett, E., (2016), Fire Safety and Risk Management Revision Guide, Taylor & Francis, USA.
  2. Diamantes, D., (2014), Principles of Fire Prevention, 3rd Ed. Jones & Bartlett Learning, USA.
  3. Mohan, B., (2013), Fire Protection and Prevention: The Essential Handbook, Indian Book Agency, India.

 

SHE- 509 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

This course describe the fundamentals of recognizing hazards, assess their potential severity and place controls to mitigate the severity. It is fundamental to a safety design and workplace.

Course Outline

  1. Different types of hazard identification techniques,
  2. Factors influencing selection of these techniques
  3. Methods for using qualitative results in decision-making by using of PC software.
  4. Hazard and Operability Analysis
  5. What-if analysis
  6. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
  7. Fault Tree Analysis
  8. Event Tree Analysis
  9. Bow Tie Analysis

 

Recommended Books

  1. RISK, H. (1996). Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment.
  2. Witter, R. E. (1992). Guidelines for hazard evaluation procedures. Process Safety Progress, 11(2), 50-52.
  3. Brady, J., Ebbage, A. & Lunn, R. (Eds.) (2011). Environmental Management in Organizations: The IEMA Handbook. 2nd London, Earthscan.

 

SHE-510 ELECTRICAL SAFETY 

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

This course concentrates on educating the graduates to understand the electrical hazards, and the risks associated with energized equipment.

Course Outline

  1. Basic physics of electrical hazards
  2. The conditions which can lead to Injury or Electrocution
  3. Common electrical components and their use
  4. Power arcs and approach boundaries
  5. Electrical emergencies
  6. General procedures and Lock out/ tag out
  7. Electrical schematics
  8. Resetting Trips, consideration for deciding
  9. Potential accidents and hazards
  10. Electrical safety procedure, methods, and safety equipment

 

Recommended Books

  1. Cadick, J. Schellpfeffer, M.C., Neitzel, D.K., Winfield, A. (2001) Electrical Safety Handbook, Fourth Edition, Taylor & Francis, UK.
  2. Cooper, W.F. (1993) Electrical Safety Engineering, Elsevier, USA.

 

SHE-511 QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

The course provides the understanding of the risk assessment. It gives the advanced knowledge to students for assessing the risk by using various methodologies.

Course Outline

  1. Air quality standards and pollution control
  2. Hazard evaluation,
  3. Frequency and probability,
  4. Probit concept
  5. logic diagrams
  6. failure rate data,
  7. FAR concept and criteria of acceptability
  8. Assessment of individual and societal risk
  9. Source term estimation
  10. Fire and explosion
  11. Vapor liquid and two phase release rate models
  12. Hazard analysis case study
  13. Hazard control and mitigation
  14. Atmospheric dispersion modelling
  15. Puff, plume and dense gas models.
  16. Consequence assessment of release,
  17. Flammable and toxic releases
  18. Vapor cloud explosion,
  19. BLEVE
  20. Radiant heat flux
  21. blast and missile

 

Recommended Books

  1. Rausand, M. (2013). Risk assessment: theory, methods, and applications (Vol. 115): John Wiley & Sons.
  2. Newman, M. C., & Strojan, C. (1998). Risk assessment: Logic and measurement: CRC Press.

 

SHE-512 SAFETY ENGINEERING

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

This course concentrates on educating the graduates to get the indepth knowledge of process safety at the various stages of process design.

Course Outline

  1. Understanding Emergencies and Disasters
  2. Reliability engineering,
  3. Process safety design
  4. Pressure relief
  5. Effluent disposal
  6. Explosion prevention
  7. Electrical area classifications and types of electrical equipment,
  8. Automation
  9. Emergency shutdown systems and lightning protection
  10. Inherent design concepts to minimize events that could affect health, safety and the environment.

 

Recommended Books

  1. Jenkins, S. (2012). Guidelines for Engineering Design for Process Safety. Chemical Engineering, 119(9), 9-10.
  2. Safety, A. I. o. C. E. C. f. C. P. (1996). Guidelines for use of vapor cloud dispersion models: Wiley-AIChE.

 

SHE-513 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND PLANNING

Credit Hours: 3 (Theory = 3)

Course Outline

  1. Understanding Emergencies and Disasters
  2. Natural Events
  3. Non-Natural Events
  4. The Basic Stages of Planning
  5. Creating the Emergency Action Plan
  6. Practice Makes Perfect: Training and Drills
  7. Post-event Restoration
  8. Guidelines for Emergency Mitigation