DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

National University of Sciences and Technology

1. Course Information
Course Number and Title: HSE 424 - Health, Safety and Environment
Credits: 1-0
Instructor(s)-in-charge: Dr. Shahbaz Abbas
Course type: Lecture
Required or Elective: Required
Course pre-requisites None
Degree and Semester DE-42 (ME) B & C
Month and Year Spring 2024

2. Course Schedule
Lecture: 1 hrs/week, Meets once weekly
Lab: -
Discussion: 1 hr/discussion, multiple discussion sections offered per quarter
Outside study: -
Office Hours : 1 hrs/week by instructor

3. Course Assessment
Exam Midterm and Final
Home work 01 Assignment
Major Assignment 01 Project Presentation
Quizzes 3 Quizzes
Grading: Quizzes: 10%
Assignments: 10%
Midterm 30%
Final Exam: 50%

4. Course book and Related Course Material

Textbooks: 1. Phil Hughes, Introduction to Health & Safety at Work, 6 th
Edition
2. J. Ridley, Safety at Works, 4th Edition, Butter Worths
Publishers
3. K.G. Lockyer,Factory & Production Management, Pitman
Publishing
Reference Books: 1. Occupational safety and health law handbook by Ogletree,
Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewarts, second edition, 2008.
5. Catalog Descriptions
This course introduces the student to the study of workplace occupational health and safety. The student will
learn safe work practices in offices, industry and construction as well as how to identify and prevent or correct
problems associated with occupational safety and health in these locations as well as in the home.

6. Course Objectives
The main objectives of this course are to
a) Identify hazards in the home, laboratory and workplace that pose a danger or threat to their
safety or health, or that of others.
b) Control unsafe or unhealthy hazards and propose methods to eliminate the hazard.
c) Present a coherent analysis of a potential safety or health hazard both verbally and in
writing, citing the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Regulations as well as supported
legislation.
d) Demonstrate a comprehension of the changes created by WHMIS and OSHA legislation in
everyday life.

7. Topics covered in the Course and Level of Coverage

1. Introduction of Health and Safety, Industrial Safety: introduction 2 hrs
objectives of Safety, Importance of Safety in an industry.
2. Industrial accidents, Effects of accidents, Types of accidents
incidence of fire, Fire prevention and control.
3. Techniques of Safety Management: Principles of accident prevention, 2 hrs
hazard analysis. Legal, humanitarian and economic reason for action.
4. Safety inspection procedures, Safety training, First aid and emergency
procedures, CEME Health and Safety Policy
5. Environment and Health: Introduction: importance of clean 2 hrs
environment, Scale of Environmental Pollution
6. Environmental Act. Health and Safety Act.
7. Atmospheric Pollution: Types of Atmospheric pollution, Their Causes 2 hrs
and Effects on Human Health, Available Technologies for Controlling
Pollution.

8. Industrial Waste: Solid Waste, Industrial Effluents and Waste Gases, 2 hrs
waste treatment plants.

9. Noise Pollution: Measurement of Noise level, Effect of excessive 2 hrs

noise on human
health. Remedial Measures.
 10. ISO Standards for Safety and Health and Environment 2 hrs

8. Incident Investigation 2 hrs

a) Importance of investigation
b) Recording and reporting
c) Techniques of investigation
d) Monitoring
e) Review
f) Auditing Health and Safety

8. Course Outcomes and their Relation to Program Outcomes (Mapping

CLO to PLO)
Course Learning Outcome (CLOs) Learning
PLOs Level

CLO 1 To understand the significance of health and safety in industry PLO 6 C2

CLO 2 To comprehend the importance of work practices on sustainable PLO 7
C3
development considering health and safety
1. Program Learning Outcomes
PLO 6 The Engineer and Society
An ability to apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety,
legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to professional engineering
practice and solution to complex engineering problems.
PLO 7 Environment and Sustainability
An ability to understand the impact of professional engineering solutions in societal and
environmental contexts and demonstrate knowledge of and need for sustainable development.