COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORKPLACE SAFETY IN MINERALS INDUSTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5010 WORKPLACE SAFETY IN MINERALS INDUSTRY 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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEZAI ŞEN

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 risk assesment studies for
limiting and controlling the hazards which may occur in the mineral processing unit
operations. The course aims to make the students be able to conduct risk assesment and
evaluation studies and take necessary precautions. Students will also be aware of legal
responsibilities and competencies for engineers about safety risks in minerals
industry.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define and classify the risks and workplace safety issues in mineral processing plants
2   To recognize the importance of the improvements in workplace safety management processes in minerals industry
3   To identify safety hazards and environmental aspects and risks in minerals industry
4   To organize the work teams and individuals to achieve their objectives
5   To investigate and evaluate safety and environmental accidents and incidents in minerals industry
6   To conduct safety and environmental risk assessments in mineral processing plants
7   To implement and manage effective safety and environmental systems in mineral processing plants
8   To recognize the responsibilities and competencies for mining engineers about safety risks and environmental aspects in mineral processing plants

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Workplace safety laws and regulations
2 The importance of workplace safety in minerals industry, general definitions
3 National and international laws and regulations covering workplace safety risks, and hazards in minerals industry.
4 Risk management process (identifying, analyzing and evaluation)
5 Risk assessment techniques
6 Risk assessment techniques
7 Risk assessment techniques
8 Project assignments
9 Workplace safety at Mineral Communition Plants
10 Workplace safety at Mineral Processing Plants
11 Project Presentations and Discussions
12 Project Presentations and Discussions
13 Project Presentations and Discussions
14 Final Project Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

-Aswathanarayana, U, (2005), Mineral Resources Management and the Environment, Taylor &
Francis.
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.
-Department of Resources, (2008) Energy and Tourism, Risk assessment and management,
Commonwealth of Australia.
-Graedel, T., Howard-Grenville, J., (2005), Greening the Industrial Facility, Springer,
Germany.
-Hale, A. &Baram, M. (1998). Safety Management The Challenge of Change, Pergamon,
Netherlands.
- Joy, J and Griffiths, D., (2007), National minerals industry safety and health risk
assessment guideline, Department of Industry and Investment, NSW.
-Mol, T. (2003). Productive safety management, Elseiver, Oxford.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, case studies, scenarios

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-8: will be evaluated by assignments
LO1-3 ve 5-8: will also be evaluated by final exam.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Students are obligated to prepare a student project.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Sezai Şen
sezai.sen@deu.edu.tr, office phone: (232) 301 7543

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 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.154445
LO.2
LO.34445
LO.44
LO.54544
LO.64
LO.744
LO.8545