Syllabus

Introduction to Accident Prevention and Health & Safety in Industry: Terminology, Reason for preventing accidents –moral, cost, legal. Accident statistics and trends in mining industry
Safety Risk in Opencast and Underground Mines
Risk Assessment: Concepts, Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches Components of Risk Assessment : Risk Identification, Risk Estimation and Evaluation
Risk Analysis using FTA,HAZOP, ETA etc. Risk Analysis Softwares
Heath Risk Assessment and Epidemiological Studies Statistical and Economic Analysis of Accident Data Risk Minimization Techniques in Mines Generic approach to loss control within mining operations
Safety Policies, Safety Audit and Safety Management in Mines
Application of Virtual Reality for Safety,
Training and Marketing
Case studies on Safety Risk Assessment in Mining and allied industries

the students will be able to apply different risk assessment approaches for mining applications and assess and evaluate risk and adopt approaches for risk reduction and minimization

CO1: To familiarize the students with safety nomenclature, principles of safety engineering, and hazards identification in opencast and underground mines
CO2: To compare and discuss the different qualitative and quantitative approaches to safety risk assessment in mines.
CO3: To apply and analyze safety risk analysis techniques applicable to mining problems.
CO4 To analyze accident and investigate and report accidents after mine disasters
CO5: Evaluate safety risk assessment techniques and Safety management plans and audit reports.

D.P.Tripathy, Mine Safety Science and Engineering: Health and Disaster Management, 1st Edition,CRC press, 2019

N. J.Bahr, , System Safety Engineering And Risk Assessment: A Practical Approach., Taylor and Francis, NY, 1997

Clifton A. Ericson II, , Hazard Analysis Techniques for System Safety., , John Wiley & sons, New Jersey, Canada, 2005

A.Bhattacharya, Accident Prevention and Safety Management in Mines, , Short Term Course, Nov. 30-3rd Dec., 2004, IIT, Kharagpur, 2004