20810106 - SAFETY AT WORK AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE

Safety at work and environmental defence aims at providing knowledge and competences on safety at work in civil engineering construction activities, with specific focus on rules and laws and on the professional roles in the field.
At the end of the course students shall be able of acting as coordinators safety measurements design and implementation according to the Italian laws.

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Programma

LEGAL FORM
The Legislative Decree of the Government 81/2008 (Tit. I) and BS OHSAS 18001: 07, as basic legislation on safety and health at work. The DVR (Risk Assessment Document, art. 28) and art. 30, as tools for the design of the Company Management System on Health and Safety (SGSS). The SGSS and legislative compliance (Legislative Decree no. 81.08), continuous improvement and the "PDCA" principle of the Deming wheel. Training, awareness and competence. Consultation and communication. Operational control. Emergency preparedness and response. System performance, measurement, monitoring, audit and improvement.
European regulations and their value; good technical standards; product directives. BS OHSAS 18001: 07 is the implementation of the SGSS as an effective tool to reduce the risks associated with health and safety in the workplace for employees, customers and interested parties. Data and case studies. Applications.
The specific health and safety legislation on construction sites and work at height, the figures concerned, the Competent Bodies and the disciplinary discipline (Tit. IV Legislative Decree 81/08). The framework law on public works.
Risk assessment techniques. Insights on Check List Analysis, JSA, FAST (Method of functional spaces), HAZOP, FMEA, FTA techniques. Applications and case studies.
Exercises on the application of the BS OHSAS Standard Requirements to specific cases connected to mobile and temporary construction sites. System Audit Methods and Conformity Assessment. The "Production" method as a conformity assessment tool.
Case studies, judgments on the application of the Safety Legislation.
Literature and interpretation of incidental causes for historical events.

TECHNICAL FORM
Construction site safety and organization (also relating to documentary obligations); specific treatment of health and safety risks on site (occupational diseases, excavations, demolitions, underground and tunnel works, noise, vibrations, environmental remediation, asbestos, manual handling of loads (MMdC), fire, etc.) ; prevention and protection measures, organizational procedures, risk prevention techniques during assembly, disassembly and installation of structures, vehicles and construction elements; the risk of falling from above, scaffolding and temporary works.
Insights into occupational diseases related to work carried out in mobile and temporary construction sites;
Accident material agents, exposure assessment methods. Practical applications. NIOSH and OCRA techniques for MMdC risk assessment and biomechanical overload of the upper limbs.
Assessment of noise and vibration risk: exercises and applications; the asbestos risk, the remediation / demolition / safe treatment of MCA. Scaffolding and temporary works, construction techniques and safe management. Study cases.

METHODOLOGICAL / ORGANIZATIONAL / PRACTICAL MODULE
The security and coordination plan (contents, criteria and methods, examples and project); the replacement safety plan; communication and cooperation techniques; the Operational Safety Plan and the Work Dossier; processing methods of the Pi.M.U.S. (Assembly, Use, Disassembly of scaffolding); methodological criteria for processing and managing the documentation; estimate of safety costs on site.
Examples of PSC, area risk analysis, interference analysis and evaluation, the importance of planning and organization; tutorials and applications.
Drafting of Operational Safety Plans (POS): practical meaning and differences with DVRs pursuant to art. 28, the evaluation of risks from interference and differences with the DUVRI (art. 26 Legislative Decree 81/08); exercises and case studies.
Examples of Substitute Safety Plans (PSS); examples of Dossiers and practical applications based on the drafting of specific PSCs; judgments and sanctions regarding construction site safety; role simulations (Coordinator).

Testi Adottati

Lecture notes, texts, reference laws distributed in the classroom by the teacher

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

Not Expected

Modalità Erogazione

NTERMEDIATE EXERCISES At the end of each module, there will be a classroom exercise with a vote. FINAL CHECK The final learning test will be carried out through written tests and interviews.

Modalità Frequenza

Frequency not mandatory. The presence during the ongoing tests is highly recommended.

Modalità Valutazione

Students will be assessed on the basis of written tests performed and final exam. (In the COVID-19 emergency period, the profit examination will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of art.1 of the Rectoral Decree No. 703 of 5 May 2020)