COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN OPEN PIT MINING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5006 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN OPEN PIT MINING ELECTIVE 2 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 BAYRAM KAHRAMAN

Offered to

Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Healty and Safety
Occupational Healty and Safety(Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

Most of Mining Engineers work for open pit mines as a shift engineer after graduation. Within this course, threats, countermeasures and lack of countermeasures will be explained. In summary, slope stability problems are the most important problem in open pit mining. Therefore, countermeasures for these problems will be explained and discussed in the course. In addition, real life cases will be studied from Turkey and the world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   General work safety descriptions and regulations for open pit mines
2   Threats and result analysis in open pit mines
3   Work safety operations in open pit mines
4   Risk analysis in open pit mines
5   Work safety studies in open pit mines

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Work safety descriptions and regulations for open pit mines
2 Work safety regulations for open pit mines
3 Technical visit to an open pit mine site
4 Definition of general threats in open pit mines
5 Definition of geotechnical threats in open pit mines
6 Recording and listing geotechnical threats in open pit mines
7 Student Presentation
8 Student Presentation
9 Analysis of geotechnical risks in open pit mines
10 Managing the geotechnical risks in open pit mines
11 In class discussions
12 In class discussions
13 Preparation of work safety handbook in open pit mines
14 Analysis of pre-occurred accidents in open pit mines

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): - Külahçıoğlu, G. (1996). Iş Güvenliği, DEÜ Müh. Fak. Basım Ünitesi, No:49, Izmir.
Supplementary Book(s):- Accident Analysis & Prevention, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575.
-Bayır, M. & Ergül, M. (2006). Iş Güvenliği, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, s:213, Bursa.
-Hale, A. &Baram, M. (1998). Safety Management The Challenge of Change, Pergamon, Netherlands.
-Bahr, N.J. (1997). System Safety Engineering and Risk Assesment: A Practical Approach, Taylor&Francis, USA.
-Asfahl, C.R., (2003). Industry safety and health management, Pearson Education Inc., USA.
-Mol, T. (2003). Productive safety management, Elsevier, Oxford.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lessons will be made in the form of oral presentations, visual expressions in the class.

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The lesson will be commenced with 2 oral student presentations and 1 final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bayram.kahraman@deu.edu.tr / office phone: (232) 3017521

Office Hours

Monday, Friday at 9:00-10:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Preparing presentations 1 16 16
Final 1 4 4
Quiz etc. 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.244
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