COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5039 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI TOPAL

Offered to

Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Healty and Safety

Course Objective

The purpose of the course is highlighting the importance of safety and risk assessment studies for limiting and/or controlling the accidents and hazards which may occur in the transportation engineering site operations for to provide safe working conditions on site. The course aims to make the students be able to conduct risk analysis and evaluation studies in construction sites and take necessary precautions. Students will also be aware of legal responsibilities and competencies for engineers about occupational health and safety risks in transportation engineering applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define and classify the healthy risks and construction site safety issues in construction of transportation modes
2   To recognize the importance of the improvements in construction site safety management processes and environmental awareness in transportation engineering applications
3   To recognize and identify hazardous materials and environmental aspects of road and pavement materials
4   To organize the work teams and individuals to achieve their objectives
5   To investigate and evaluate accidents in construction sites of different transportation modes.
6   To conduct safety and environmental risk assessments in transportation eng. applications
7   To implement and manage effective healthy and safety in transportation eng. applications

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Occupational health and safety laws and regulations in transportation engineering
2 The importance of occupational health and safety in transportation engineering and general definitions
3 National laws and regulations covering construction site safety risks and hazards in transportation engineering applications
4 International laws and regulations covering construction site safety risks and hazards in transportation engineering applications
5 Risk management process (identifying, analyzing and evaluation)
6 Risk assessment techniques, danger and hazard types affecting the health of workers; chemical, biological, mechanical, physical, and ergonomic factors
7 Occupational health and safety in highway construction
8 Classification of asphalt and concrete plants involving physical and chemical processes.
9 Midterm exam
10 Occupational health and safety in railroad construction
11 Occupational health and safety in airport and harbour construction
12 Safety in earthworks and construction machines applications
13 Assessment of risk management procedures in construction sites of highway and railway using sample scenarios (Student presentations)
14 Assessment of risk management procedures in construction sites of airport and harbour using sample scenarios (Student presentations)

Recomended or Required Reading

Alberto M. M., (2014). Highway Construction and Inspection Fieldbook: Project Construction Management Book, iUniverse, p: 181, USA.
-Asfahl, C.R., (2003). Industry safety and health management, Pearson Education Inc., USA.
-Külahçıoğlu, G. (1996). Iş Güvenliği, DEÜ Müh. Fak. Basım Ünitesi, No:49, Izmir.
-Bahr, N.J. (1997). System Safety Engineering and Risk Assesment: A Practical Approach, Taylor&Francis, USA.
-Bayır, M. & Ergül, M. (2006). Iş Güvenliği, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, s:213, Bursa.
-Birecikli M., (2010). Şantiye Tekniği ve Şantiyede Iş Güvenliği, Birsen Yayınevi, s:684, Istanbul
Cretu O., Stewart R. B., Berends T., (2011). Risk Management for Design and Construction,RS Means, p:288, USA.
-Department of Resources, (2008) Energy and Tourism, Risk assessment and management, Commonwealth of Australia.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, case studies, scenarios

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-3, 8: will be evaluated by the mid-term exam
LO3-8: will be evaluated by assignments
LO1-3 and 5-8: will also be evaluated by final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Topal
ali.topal@deu.edu.tr, office phone: (232) 301 7040

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of the semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.15544
LO.2444
LO.35
LO.44444
LO.544
LO.64
LO.75444

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