Health and Safety in the Extractive Industry - 2021 entry
| MODULE TITLE | Health and Safety in the Extractive Industry | CREDIT VALUE | 15 |
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| MODULE CODE | CSMM131 | MODULE CONVENER | Prof Patrick Foster (Coordinator) |
| DURATION: TERM | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| DURATION: WEEKS | 6 |
| Number of Students Taking Module (anticipated) | 40 |
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This module covers the key aspects of health and safety that future managers and engineers will need to know and will find useful in their future lives and careers. The course and material is biased towards the minerals industry and is pragmatic as well as academic in nature.
This module would be useful to any student of any discipline or pathway.
The aim of this course is to provide you with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to undertake health and safety related activities within an industrial (mining) environment These skills include writing policies, assessing risks and investigating accidents in their chosen occupations. The course will also acquaint you with the key items of health and safety legislation found in industry today.
On successful completion of this module, you should be able to:
Module Specific Skills and Knowledge:
1 recognise, understand and be able to interpret key items of health and safety legislation;
2 understand the reasons for preventing accidents, dangerous occurrences & ill-health and the causes thereof;
3 facilitate risk assessments and accident investigations, and be able to draft such a health and safety document and/or safety case for operation.
Discipline Specific Skills and Knowledge:
4 appreciate the ever increasing role of health and safety in industry and be able to design and implement effective health and safety systems to minimise exposure to risk.
Personal and Key Transferable/ Employment Skills and Knowledge:
5 Independent study, acquisition of information and presentation in written form.
- reason for preventing accidents: moral, cost, legal, overview of legislation;
- accident aetiology: basic theories of accident causation, the role of human error in accidents, concept of active and latent failures; strategies for reducing human error;
- health and safety management: introduction, systems approach, key elements of a H&S management system, recent developments;
- risk assessment and management: concept of risk assessment, subjective and quantitative risk assessment tools and techniques;
- health assessment and surveillance: health risks, health risk management, health surveillance programmes;
- accident and incident investigations;
- safety culture and safety maturity.
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities | 36 | Guided Independent Study | 114 | Placement / Study Abroad |
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| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
| Lectures and integrated tutorial sessions | 36 | ILOs 1-5 |
| Form of Assessment | Size of Assessment (e.g. duration/length) | ILOs Assessed | Feedback Method |
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| Not applicable | |||
| Coursework | 30 | Written Exams | 70 | Practical Exams |
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| Form of Assessment | % of Credit | Size of Assessment (e.g. duration/length) | ILOs Assessed | Feedback Method |
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| Examination | 60 | 1.5 hrs | 1-5 | Written |
| Assignment 1 | 25 | 1,500 word equivalent | 2,4,5 | Written |
| Assignment 2 | 15 | 1,000 word equivalent | 2-5 | Written |
| Original Form of Assessment | Form of Re-assessment | ILOs Re-assessed | Time Scale for Re-assessment |
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| Summative assessment | Additional summative assignment | Weighting as above | Sept Ref/Def period |
| Examination | Additional examination | Weighting as above | Sept Ref/Def period |
As above – exam or assessment components as appropriate.
information that you are expected to consult. Further guidance will be provided by the Module Convener
Basic reading: Ridley J and Channing J ed (1999) Safety at Work
HSE (1997) The Costs of Accidents at Work
Davies MV and Teasdale P (1994) The Costs to the British Economy of Work Accidents and Work Related Ill Health
HSE (1997) Successful Health and Safety Management
HSE (1999) Reducing error and influencing behaviour
British Standards Organisation (1996) Guide to Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
British Standards Organisation (2007): Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems specification
British Standards Organisation (2007): Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Guidelines for the Implementation of 18001
Health and Safety Legislation
ELE – College to provide hyperlink to appropriate pages
Web based and electronic resources:
www.hse.gov.uk
www.iosh.co.uk
Reading list for this module:
| Type | Author | Title | Edition | Publisher | Year | ISBN |
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| Set | Ridley, J. and Channing, J. (Eds) | Safety at Work | 5th | Butterworth Heinemann. | 1999 | |
| Set | HSE Books | HSE 1997 The Costs of Accidents at Work | HS(G)65 | HSE Books | 1997 | |
| Set | Davies, M.V. and Teasdale, P. | The Costs to the British Economy of Work Accidents and Work Related Ill Health | , HSE Books. | 1994 | ||
| Set | HSE | Successful Health and Safety Management | HSE Books | 2000 | ||
| Set | HSE | Reducing error and influencing behaviour | HSE Books | 1999 |
| CREDIT VALUE | 15 | ECTS VALUE | 7.5 |
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| PRE-REQUISITE MODULES | None |
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| CO-REQUISITE MODULES | None |
| NQF LEVEL (FHEQ) | 7 | AVAILABLE AS DISTANCE LEARNING | No |
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| ORIGIN DATE | Tuesday 10th July 2018 | LAST REVISION DATE | Friday 2nd October 2020 |
| KEY WORDS SEARCH | Occupational safety; occupational health; risk assessment. |
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Please note that all modules are subject to change, please get in touch if you have any questions about this module.
