MIRPUR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MUST), MIRPUR

DEPARMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 Health, Safety and Environment
HSM-352

Lecture 1: Introduction of the Course

Engr. Iram Zahra

Department of Mechanical Engineering, MUST

Date: 23/11/2021
 COURSE DESCRIPTION

Purpose of this course is to have the understanding about the

Occupational Health, Safety and the Environmental impact on the health.
The course will enable students to learn the importance of occupational
safety measurements and how to inspect and prevent them, ISO standards
for health and safety, factors of Environmental Pollutions and methods to
avoid them and the waste-water treatment methods. This course will help
student in their Practical role in an Industry.

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 COURSE OBJECTIVES

Objective of this course is to…

• To understand occupational health and safety
• To understand the ISO standards for the health, safety and Environment
• To understand the environmental pollution and methods to control.
• To understand the methods of waste-water treatment

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 COURSE TEXTBOOKS

Book 1.. J. Ridley and J. Channing, Safety at Works, Routledge

Book 2.. K. G. Lockyer, Factory & Production Management, Pitman Publishing.

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 GRADING POLICY

Mid Term: 30 %

Quizzes: 10 %

Assignments: 10 %

Final Exam: 50 %

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 Occupational Health & Safety

Occupational safety and health (OSH) is a cross disciplinary area

concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged
in work or employment.

The goals of occupational safety and health programs include to foster a

safe and healthy work environment.

OSH may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers

and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment

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 Major Safety Terminologies
Safe: The condition of being safe from undergoing and causing hurt, injury or loss
Hazard: A hazard introduces the potential for an unsafe condition, possibly leading to an
accident
Risk: The probability or likelihood of hazard.
Incident: Undesired circumstance that produces the potential for an accident
Accident: An accident is unplanned event, which could result into persons, or in damage to
plant and equipment or both.
Accident cost: Accident cost includes medical payment, compensation, overtime for
replacement workers, production delays, product or material damage, training of
replacements, accident investigation cost, building or complex damages, equipment
damages and business interruptions.

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 Types of Accidents
The most frequent accidents in the workplace:

• Fall and crushing

• Manual handling
• Workplace traffic accidents

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History of Occupational Health & Safety (OHS)
• Evolution of OSH Legislation in Malaysia
• 1844 British legislation – specific safety and health
• Piecemeal legislation and regulations for example transporting machinery on the
train

• 1972 Lords Roben “Committee of inquiry” – Robens Report on OSH

• Factories and Machinery Act (139) in 1967
• - Part II Safety, Health And Welfare – enforced 1970
• Occupational Safety and Health Act (514) 1994

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THANKS