NHU, Nazeer Hussain University
Health Safety and Environment (1+0), Spring-2024
Instructor: Engr. Syeda Anum Kulsoom Rizvi
anumkulsoom@gmail.com
Prerequisites:
None
Objectives:
Safety is one of the important aspects in our life. Starting from safety at home to road safety and safety
at our workplace, it involves understanding of safety risks and efforts to eliminate such risks. In
addition, waste material and releases from our industry has an impact on general health in the society.
The course gives student a broad understanding of safety at home, at workplace, and impact of releases
and industrial waste to the individual and to the society. Methods to minimize safety risk will also be the
part of the course.
Contents:
Introduction of Health and Safety
• Industrial Safety
• Introduction objectives of Safety
• Importance of Safety in an industry
• Industrial accidents
• Effects of accidents
• Types of accidents incidence of fire.
• Fire prevention and control.
Techniques of Safety Management
• Principles of accident prevention, hazard analysis.
• Legal, humanitarian and economic reason for action.
• Safety inspection procedures.
• Safety training, First aid and emergency procedures.
Environment and Health
• Introduction: importance of clean environment
• Scale of Environmental Pollution.
• Environmental Act.
• Health and Safety Act.
Atmospheric Pollution
• Types of Atmospheric pollution
• Their Causes and Effects on Human Health
• Available Technologies for Controlling Pollution.
Industrial Waste
• Solid Waste
• Industrial Effluents and Waste Gases
• Waste treatment plants.
Noise Pollution
• Measurement of Noise level
• Effect of excessive noise on human health.
• Remedial Measures.
Standards
Professional certification and societies (NIOSH, NEBOSH, IOSH, OSHA), MSDS (Material
Safety Data Sheet).
Learning Outcomes:
Mapping of CLOs and PLOs
Cognitive Levels
S. No. Course Learning Outcomes PLOs
(Bloom’s Taxonomy)
Understand that safety standards must be
1 maintained in compliance with regulatory PLO_1 C2
requirements and within engineering limits
Demonstrate an understanding of workplace injury
prevention, risk management and incident
2 investigations. Understand the policies, procedures PLO_1 C3
and equipment needed to deal with hazardous
materials
Understand the acute and chronic health effects of
3 exposures to chemical, physical and biological PLO_7 C2
agents in the workplace
CLO Assessment Mechanism
Assessment tools CLO_1 CLO_2 CLO_3
Quizzes 5(Marks) 5(Marks) --
Assignments -- -- 5(Marks)
Project/ Presentation -- -- 5(Marks)
Midterm Exam 15(Marks) 15(Marks) --
Final Exam 20(Marks) 10(Marks) 20(Marks)
Overall Grading Policy
Assessment Items Percentage
Class Performance (Quizzes, Assignments,
20%
Project & Presentation)
Midterm Exam 30%
Final Exam 50%
Recommended Book:
(01) Industrial Safety and Health Management by C Ray Asfahl, David W. Rieske
(02) Safety at Works by J. Ridley and J. Channing
(03) Introduction to Health and Safety at Work by E. Ferrett and P. Hughes
RELEVANT PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):
The course is designed so that students will achieve the following PLOs:
1 Engineering Knowledge 7 Environment and Sustainability
2 Problem Analysis ☐ 8 Ethics ☐
3 Design/Development of Solutions 9 Individual and Team Work
4 Investigation ☐ 10 Communication
5 Modern Tool Usage ☐ 11 Project Management ☐
6 The Engineer and Society ☐ 12 Lifelong Learning ☐
Course Outline: Health Safety and Environment
Week Lecture Topic CLO PLO Status
1 Introduction of Health 1 1 completed
1 and Safety
• Industrial Safety
• Introduction objectives
of Safety
• Importance of Safety in
an industry
2 • Industrial accidents 1 1 Completed
2 • Effects of accidents
• Types of accidents
incidence of fire.
• Fire prevention and
control.
3 Techniques of Safety 1 1 Completed
3 Management
• Principles of accident
prevention, hazard analysis.
4 • Legal, humanitarian and 1 1 completed
4 economic reason for action.
• Safety inspection
procedures.
• Safety training, First aid and
emergency procedures.
5 Environment and Health 1 1 Completed
5 • Introduction: importance of
clean environment
6 • Scale of Environmental 1 1 Completed
6
Pollution.
7 1 1 completed
• Environmental Act.
7
8 1 1 completed
8 • Health and Safety Act.
9 Mid Term
Completed
10
Completed
11
Completed
12
13
14
15
16
17 Revision
18 Final Examination
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Instructor Chairman Department Of Mechanical
Engineering
