JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre-Requisites

NIL

Course Objectives

To brief mining students in health and safety engineering concepts, causes of

accident, training, human behavioural approach in safety etc.

Course Outcomes

student will gain knowledge and able to understand the importance of health and

safety including the role of safety risk assessment in mining industry

UNIT - I

Introduction to accidents, prevention, health and safety in industry: Terminology, reason for preventing accidents – moral and legal. Safety scenario in Indian mines, Accidents in Indian mines, Measurement of safety performance. Classification of accidents as per Mining legislation/law and general classification of accidents.

UNIT - II

Causes and preventive measures of accidents in underground and opencast mines i.e., due to fall of roof and sides, transportation of machinery, haulage and winding, drilling and blasting, movement of machinery in opencast mines and electricity etc., ; accident analysis and report, cost of accidents, statistical analysis of accidents and their importance for promotion of safety.

UNIT - III

System engineering approach to safety, techniques used in safety analysis, generic approach to loss control within mining operations. Concept of ZAP and MAP.

UNIT - IV

Risk management, Risk identification, Risk estimation and evaluation, Risk minimization techniques in mines. Risk analysis using FTA, HAZOP, ETA etc; health risk assessment and occupational diseases in mining.

UNIT - V

Development of safety consciousness, publicity and propaganda for safety; training of workmen, Human Behavioral approach in safety, safety polices and audio-visual aids, safety drives campaigns, safety audit. Safety management and organization; Internal safety organization

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. occupational Safety and Health in Industries and Mines by C.P. Singh.
• 2. S.K. Das, Mine Safety and Legislation. Lovely Prakashan, Dhanbad, 2002.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. N.J. Bahr, System Safety Engineering and Risk Assessment: A Practical Approach, Taylor and Francis, NY, 1997.
• 2. Indian Mining Legislation – A Critical Appraisal by Rakesh & Prasad.