Description

Theory/Practice
3

Instructors

Maria Eugénia Lopes

Contents

1. Safety Management
1.1. Laws and regulations in mines and quarries
 

2. Safety and Hygiene in the extractive industry
2.1. Moving loads
2.2. Vibrations
2.3. Radiation
2.4. Electrical hazards
2.5. Emerging chemical and biological
2.6. Fire
2.7. Noise
2.8. Storage and handling of hazardous materials
2.9. Individual and collective protection (PPE)
 

3. Organization and design of jobs in the extractive industry
3.1. Ergonomics
3.2. Thermal environment
 

4. Risk prevention measures
 

5. Introduction to risk analysis
5.1. Applications of risk analysis in mines, quarries and public works
 

6. Safety signs
6.1 Signage
6.2. Emergency plan
6.3. Plant Safety
 

7. Elaboration and implementation of PSS in a quarry

Learning Outcomes

The main purpose of discipline is to give students techniques for the safety of people, equipment and facilities, including the essential health and safety at work, mainly in the extractive industry sectors.
Parallel will be made known to the current laws applicable to each of these sectors.
The aim is also that students should be able to determine, assess and prevent situations which could cause occupational diseases, accidents, fires, explosions and toxic gas release that may affect workers, facilities and the environment itself.
In the end, the student should be able to prepare a health and safety plan for a quarry .