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cod. 0522400026

SAFETY FOR WORKERS AND ENVIRONMENT

	0522400026
	DIPARTIMENTO DI CHIMICA E BIOLOGIA "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"

	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
	2015/2016

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	NN	2	16	SEMINAR	VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

	Objectives
	THE COURSE COVERS THE KNOWLEDGE TO PROVIDE BASIC SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT RELATED TO CHEMICAL PRODUCTION, USE, STORAGE AND HANDLING OF CHEMICALS. THE COURSE COVERS ALSO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY OF IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING THE RISK IN THE WORKPLACE AND STUDY THEIR POSSIBLE ELIMINATION / REDUCTION

	Prerequisites
	NOT REQUIRED

	Contents
	INTRODUCTION: DEFINITION OF SECURITY, DANGER, RISK. ACCIDENTS AND LOSS STATISTICS.THE NATURE OF THE ACCIDENT PROCESS. FOUR SIGNIFICANT DISASTERS (FLIXBOUROUGH, BHOPAL, SEVESO, PASADENA). DANGEROUS FOR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CLASSIFICATION, FEATURES OF HAZARD, SAFETY TOXICOLOGY: EFFECTS OF TOXICANTS ON BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS: GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, SKIN, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. DOSE-RESPONSE CURVES AND RELATED MODELS . THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE: IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION AND CONTROL FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS: THE TRIANGLE OF FIRE, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN FIRE AND EXPLOSION, FLAMMABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF LIQUIDS AND VAPORS, LIMIT OXYGEN CONCENTRATION AND INERTING, ENERGY IGNITION . EXPLOSIONS: BLASTS AND EXPLOSION, CONFINED EXPLOSIONS, EXPLOSION OF CLOUDS FLAMMABLE VAPORS

INTRODUCTION: DEFINITION OF SECURITY, DANGER, RISK. ACCIDENTS AND LOSS STATISTICS.THE NATURE OF THE ACCIDENT PROCESS. FOUR SIGNIFICANT DISASTERS (FLIXBOUROUGH, BHOPAL, SEVESO, PASADENA).
DANGEROUS FOR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CLASSIFICATION, FEATURES OF HAZARD, SAFETY
TOXICOLOGY: EFFECTS OF TOXICANTS ON BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS: GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, SKIN, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. DOSE-RESPONSE CURVES AND RELATED MODELS . THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE: IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION AND CONTROL
FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS: THE TRIANGLE OF FIRE, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN FIRE AND EXPLOSION, FLAMMABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF LIQUIDS AND VAPORS, LIMIT OXYGEN CONCENTRATION AND INERTING, ENERGY IGNITION .
EXPLOSIONS: BLASTS AND EXPLOSION, CONFINED EXPLOSIONS, EXPLOSION OF CLOUDS FLAMMABLE VAPORS