Syllabus Fire and Safety
Syllabus Fire and Safety
4Ps etc)
Unit– III: Work Permit System Introduction to work permit system, Types of work
permits, conditions to permit, checklist to work permit system.
Reference Books
Unit–II: Factories Act – 1948 Factories Act, Chapter – III-Health provisions, Chapter-IV-
Safety Provisions, & Chapter-V-Welfare Provisions according to amendment; Case laws
and the factories act.
Unit–III: Employees Welfare Workmen Compensation Act and Rules; ESI Act and
Rules; Contract Labour Act; Employer’s Liability Act; Common Law and Product Safety
Unit–IV: Other important legislations & OHSAS Electricity Act; Indian Explosive Act;
Gas Cylinders; Petroleum Act; Statutory provision on Building and other construction
works;
Unit–V: Environment related Acts & CPCB Environmental Protection Act; The Water
(control of pollution) Act; The Air (Control of Pollution) Act; Noise Pollution Act;
Chemical Accidents (Emergency Preparedness, planning and response).
Reference :
Unit–II : Usage of Basic Fire Fighting Appliances Fire Extinguishers (Portable) – Types
and suitability, Fire Hose and Hose Fittings – types and thereof, Fire Pumps and Primers,
Personal Protective Equipments
Unit–III : Fixed Fire Fighting Installations Fire Hydrant System, Tank cooling/ sprinkler
system, powers, Fire Alarm System, Fire Detectors, smoke detectors and Flame Detectors
Unit–IV : Major Fire Fighting Systems and special installations Fire Crash Tender, Foam
and Foam making Equipment, IC Engines, and Rescue & Escape System, Station
Administration
Reference Books
1) Fire Protection Hand Book – Publication: National Fire Protection Association USA
Author: Quincy – Massachusetts
4) Industrial Fire Protection Hand Book – Publication: CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Author: Schroll, R. C, 2000
SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Unit–II: Introduction to Fabrication yard – hot works hazards associated and safe
measures for the following jobs (welding, drilling, grinding, gas cutting and sand blasting.
Unit–V: Introduction to Tools – Hand Tools – Risks associated, safe practices, Power
Tools – Risks associated safe practices, care and maintenance, prerequisites.
Reference Books
1 Hand Book of Construction Safety Practices, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi,
2001.
Unit–I
Introduction to Management and Management Principles, Safety
Management Role – Managerial Responsibilities, Principle of Management.
Unit–II
Planning for safety, purpose, procedure, variety forms of plans, safety
policy, planning for process implementation, communication importance.
Unit–III
Organizing for safety – Nature and principles organization structure of
safety, role of safety officer, functions in safety department, leadership
methods.
Unit–IV
Motivation to the employees – importance, safety education and
training- training methods, assessment or evaluation of training programs.
Unit–V
Safety committee-structure and functions, Auditing – types, procedures,
key elements of audit, emergency planning – types and importance.
Reference Books
1) Industrial safety health and environmental management system publication:
khanna publishers, authors: r.k jain and sunil s. Rao
2) Industrial safety management publication: tata mc graw-hill publishing
company ltd. Author: l. M. Deshmukh
3) Abc of industrial safety remember abc publication: meeds author: v p m
mani.
4) Industrial accident prevention – publication: mc graw-hill – author: herbert
william heinrich.
SAFETY ENGINEERING
Unit–I
Plant Layout and Design, Safety and Good House Keeping – 5S House
Keeping Improve method, important standards and codes practice for plant
and equipment, Road safety.
Unit–II
Introduction to Safe Guarding Machinery, Principles of machine
guarding; Ergonomics of machine guarding; Type of guards; Work place
design; improving safety and productivity through work place design;
Unit–III
Purpose of lighting, advantages of good illumination, lighting and
safety; lighting and the work; sources and types; principles of good
illumination; minimum standards of illumination; design, maintenance of
lighting.
Unit–V
Effects of noise on man; measurement and evaluation of noise; vibration
damping, isolation, absorption, silencers, case studies; Chemical Safety-
Hazards/Risks, Safety measures, Confined Space – Hazards/Risks, Safety
Measures.
Reference
1 Principle of exhaust ventilation by HMSO
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2 Introduction Ergonomics, WHO by Singleton
3 Industrial Safety hand Book, Mc Graw Hill by Handley
MANSAROVER GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
FOURTH SEMESTER (w.e.f-2021-22)
MBAFS403 3 1 -- 4 30 70 100
SAFETY IN CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY
MBAFS404 SAFETY IN ELECTRICAL 3 1 -- 4 30 70 100
INDUSTRY
Reference
1 Hazard Operability Studies – An Introduction- The guide work
approach by National Safety Council, India.
2 Guidelines for hazard Evolution Procedures by American Institute of
Chemical Engineer, New York, USA.
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE & OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH
Unit–I
Introduction to Occupational Health, Fundamentals Of Occupational
Health, Need For Occupational Health & Monitoring, Tip To Improve
Occupational Health
Unit–II
Importance of industrial hygiene and good housekeeping, ergonomics –
study, community health, yoga for health and stress free life. Introduction to
osha 18001.
Unit–III
Occupational related common diseases arise at work site, diseases due
to physical hazards, chemical hazards, biological etc. Diseases arising from
dust and its control measures.
Unit–IV
Legal aspects to control occupation related diseases, medical
surveillance and facilities to control diseases, engineering aspects to control
occupation related diseases, compensation and rehabilitation.
Unit–V
Work Physiology – Work capacity and man job alignment; Fatigue and
rest allowances; Fitness criteria for work diet; psychological effects on
human being and its treatment.
Reference Books
1 Industrial Safety Health and Environmental Management system
Publication: Khanna Publishers Authors: R.K Jain and Sunil S. Rao.
2 Safety, Security and Risk Management – Singh U. K.
3 Electrical Safety, Fire Safety Engineering and Safety Management –
Rao. S.
SAFETY IN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Unit–I
Safety in Chemical industry, Instrumentation for safe plant operations,
Hazard in Unit Processes & Operations: Control Measures, specific safety
measures for chemical industries like Fertilizer, Explosives and Polymer
plants.
Unit–II
Storing and handling; Chemicals Compatibility Considerations;
Transportation of Chemicals; Safety Precautions for transporting hazardous /
toxic / flammable / explosive/ radio-active substance. Transfer of chemicals
by pipelines within and outside installations.
Unit–III
Color coding identification of contents; Safety Precautions for working
on pipelines; Safe procedures of start up and shut down procedures; Safety
in preventive and emergency maintenance operations; Use of Material
Safety Data Sheets.
Unit–IV
Assessment of fire explosion and toxicity index, Dow & Mond,
dispersion, Probability analysis and modeling; Pressure vessels fired and
unfired, codes of practices governing their safety; Assessment of vessels and
test checks
Unit–V
Inspection techniques for plants, reaction vessels, check list for routine
inspection, checklist for specific maintenance; corrosion and erosion,
location, causes inspection and prevention.
Reference
1 Chemical Reaction Hazards – A guide to Safety by John Barton.
2 The Chemical Industry – Mc Graw Hill by C.A. Heaton.
3 Fire and Explosion Hazards Handbook of Industrial Chemicals – Noyes
Publications by Tatyana A. Daveletshina.
SAFETY IN ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY
Unit–I
Introduction to electricity, how electrical fires start, danger sign for
some wiring, cables, safety valve, how electricity can shock you? First Aid,
some precautions to avoid electrical accidents.
Unit–II
Dangers from electricity – safe limits of amperages, voltages – safe
distance from lines – capacity and protection of conductors – joints and
connections – means of cutting off power – Overload and short circuit
protection.
Unit–III
Selection of materials, Lighting, unavoidable electrical heat, and
Thermal power plants – safety measures in thermal power plants, turbine,
generator, hydrogen plant, transformer yard, cable galleries, fire station, fire
extinguishers, first aid and medical facilities, conclusion.
Unit–IV
Static electricity and electricity in mention, how electricity causes
Injury, Know basic first aid in case of electrical emergency, some don’ts
with electricity, Prevent electrical fires, three main causes of fire in industry,
Electrical wiring and handling of electrical equipment.
Unit–V
Earth fault protection, Earth, insulation and continuity tests – Protection
against over voltage – hazards arising out of “borrowed” neutrals
precautions – Portable electrical apparatus – Flame proof – Electrical
equipment – precautions in their selection.
Reference
1 Electrical safety: a guide to the causes and prevention of electrical
(HardCover - 1994) by J. Maxwell Adams.
2 Electrical Safety Handbook (Hardcover - 2005/09/30) by John Cadick
(Author), Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer (Author), Dennis K. Neitzel (Author).
3 National Electrical Safety Code Handbook: A Discussion Of The
Grounding Rules, General Rules, And Parts 1, 2, 3, And 4 Of The 3rd
(Paperback - 1996) by Clapp.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Unit–I
Importance of environment conservation, effect of pollution on man and
environment - concept and scope of environmental chemistry, natural cycles
of environment hydrological, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, carbon and
sulphur cycles.
Unit–II
Formation of Ozone in the Stratosphere –Causes Of Environmental
Degradation And Control Actions Recommended, Solid Waste Management
& Disposal Methods – Sources, Classification of Solid Wastes – Methods of
Collection.
Unit–III
Water Pollution – Classification of Water Pollutants – Characteristics Of
Waste Water – Treatment Methods – Sedimentation, Coagulation,
Equalization, Neutralization, Aerobic And Anaerobic Processes –
Evaporation, Ion Exchange, Chemical Precipitation And Electro Dialysis.
Unit–IV
Unit–V
Wild life conservation, deforestation & land degradation, legal aspects
of pollutions – laws. – Public health aspects. Noise and vibration effects on
human and control measures.
Reference Books
1 Industrial safety health and environmental management system
publication: khanna publishers authors: r.k jain and sunil s. Rao.
2 Abc of industrial safety remember abc publication: meeds author: v p m
mani.
3 Industrial safety and pollution control handbook – Nagaraj. J.
4 Environmental pollution control engineering, author: c s rao, wiley
eastern Ltd.
PRODUCTION & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Text Books
1 Buffa E.S: Modern Production Management, Engle Wood Cliff, New
Jersey, Wiley, 1993.
2 Dutta A.K.: Integrated Materials Management, New Delhi, PHI
Learning, 2000.
3 Nair. N.K. Purchasing and materials management, Vikas Publishing
house, New Delhi, 2005.
4 Shridhara Bhat. K. Production and Materials Management, Himalaya
Publishing house, Mumbai, 2003.
5 Khanna, O.P. Industrial Engineering and Management, Dhanpat Rai &
Sons, New Delhi, 2006.
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