MRED 404 Health and Safety in Mining and Underground Constructions

History and importance of occupational health and safety, basic concepts and definitions, main causes-categories of occupational accidents, statistical indicators and theories of accidents. Occupational hygiene hazards: dust, chemicals, noise, vibration, microclimatic environment, lighting, radiation. Occupational safety hazards: mechanical equipment, electricity, materials handling, excavations, explosives. Mining hazards according to USBM. Methods of identifying hazards and assessing occupational risk. Health and safety legislation, Regulation for Mining and Quarrying Works. Presentation of relevant issues from surface and underground mines and construction sites.

Laboratory exercises: There are 4 laboratory exercises related to the measurement of various harmful factors, an accident analysis and a final oral examination. The exercises are: Exercise 1: Measurement of dust concentration in the working environment with direct and analytical (gravimetric) method. Exercise 2: Measurement of noise and mechanical vibrations at work. Exercise 3: Measurement of harmful gases, parameters and indicators of microclimatic environment, electromagnetic radiation, light intensity. Exercise 4: Simulation of sampling of gases and liquids using IHVL software. Exercise 5. Accident analysis with the event tree method.