COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PREPARATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF MSDS FORMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5014 PREPARATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF MSDS FORMS 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 ÖZLEM ÖTER

Offered to

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

Course Objective

This course aims to gain an understanding of the MSDS sheets and the essential information on the MSDS sheets. It also gains the student the knowledge of preparing a MSDS form. Every company that manufactures or distributes hazardous chemicals in most of the developing countries must prepare a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and make it available to employees who work with the company and business purchasers. Besides, for the exportation of the chemicals, their MSDS forms are required. The MSDS forms are chemical or material safety data sheets which contain essential knowledge for the safe handling and usage of hazardous materials. Therefore the MSDS forms protect lives and health of people and have an important role for work safety in workplaces.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course the student is expected to manage the systematic classification of chemical hazards
2   The student is expected to manage the labelling of chemical hazards.
3   The student should gain the capability of preparation and understanding of their material safety data sheets (MSDS).
4   The students should know how to reach the knowledge of how to use handle and storage of the hazardous chemicals.
5   The students should learn the process of determining whether a substance is hazardous or not.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 IDENTIFICATION OF THE MATERIAL AND SUPPLIER AND EXEMPLARY MSDS FORMS Product (material) name/ Supplier name/address/telephone no./Emergency phone number
2 HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION AND EXEMPLARY MSDS FORMS Hazard classification, Risk phrase(s), Safety phrase(s)
3 COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS AND EXEMPLARY MSDS FORMS Chemical identity, Common name(s), synonym(s), CAS Number(s), Proportion of ingredients
4 FIRST AID MEASURES AND EXEMPLARY MSDS FORMS Description of necessary measures according to routes of exposure -Indication of medical attention and special treatment needed including description of most important symptoms, acute and delayed
5 FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES AND EXEMPLARY MSDS FORMS Suitable extinguishing media, Hazards from combustion products, Special protective precautions and equipment for fire fighters, Hazchem Code
6 ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES AND EXEMPLARY MSDS FORMS Emergency procedures, Methods and materials for containment and clean up
7 HANDLING AND STORAGE AND EXEMPLARY MSDS FORMS Precautions for safe handling, Conditions for safe storage
8 EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION National exposure standards, Biological limit values, Engineering controls, Personal protective equipment
9 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Appearance (colour, physical form, shape), pH, solubility, flash point and method of detecting flash point; upper and lower flammable (explosive) limits in air; and etc.
10 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Appearance (colour, physical form, shape), pH, solubility, flash point and method of detecting flash point; upper and lower flammable (explosive) limits in air; and etc.
11 TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION Health effects from the likely routes of exposure
12 ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION Ecotoxicity, Persistence and degradability, Mobility, environmental exposure
13 DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS Disposal methods and containers, Special precautions for landfill or incineration
14 TRANSPORT INFORMATION UN Number, UN Proper Shipping Name, Class and subsidiary risk, packing Group, Special precautions for user, Hazchem Code REGULATORY INFORMATION The regulatory status of a material (including its ingredients) under relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, Additional national and/or international regulatory information

Recomended or Required Reading

National Code of Practice for the Preparation of Material Safety Data Sheets, second Edition, National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, 2003.
Guideleness on the preparation of Material Safety Data sheets, Occupational Safety and Health Division, Ministry of Manpower.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will go on as class presentation and sometimes will be in interactive format. All course members are expected to attend the lectures and submission hours and take part in the submission/ discussion sessions. Besides, oral presentations on selected topics are to be prepared by the students.

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 * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozlem.oter@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 2 30 60
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.144544
LO.2
LO.354
LO.4454
LO.554

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