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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.E. - Mechanical Engineering Part Time SMEA3017 Industrial Safety Engineering Syllabus

SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SMEA4017 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ENGINEERING
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 0 0 3 100

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION 9 Hrs.
Evaluation of modern safety concepts - Safety management functions - safety organization, safety department - safety
committee, safety audit - performance measurements and motivation - employee participation in safety - safety and
productivity.

UNIT 2 OPERATIONAL SAFETY 9 Hrs.
Hot metal operation – safety in Cutting – safety in welding – safety in Boilers- Pressure vessels – Furnace (all types) - Heat
treatment processes shops – electroplating – grinding – forming processes- rolling – forging - surface hardening – casting –
Moulding – coiling. Operational safety (cold metal operation), Safety in Machine shop - Cold bending and chamfering of
pipes - metal cutting - shot blasting, grinding, painting - power press and other machines.

UNIT 3 SAFETY, HEALTH, WELFARE AND LAW 9 Hrs.
Features of Factory Act – explosive Act – boiler Act – ESI Act – workman’s compensation Act – industrial hygiene –
occupational safety – diseases prevention – ergonomics - Occupational diseases, stress, fatigue - Health, safety and the
physical environment - History of legislations related to Safety-pressure vessel act-Indian boiler act - The environmental
protection act - Electricity act - Explosive act.

UNIT 4 SAFETY PERFORMANCE MONITORING 9 Hrs.
Permanent total disabilities, permanent partial disabilities, temporary total disabilities -Calculation of accident indices,
frequency rate, severity rate, frequency severity-incidence, incident rate, accident rate, safety “t” score, safety activity rate –
problems.

UNIT 5 SAFETY MANAGEMENT 9 Hrs.
Methods of promoting safe practice – Safety organization- OSHA – Safety controls. visible and latent hazards - human
factors and safety - safety audit - Case study roll of management and roll of Govt. in industrial safety - safety analysis
Industrial fatigue- role of industrial psychology- risk analysis - safety training - accident and near miss investigations- promotional measures to avoid accidents - human reliability - safety management characteristics-industrial safety policies
and implementation.
Max. 45 Hrs.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student will be able to
CO1 - Understand the safety audit committee and management functions.
CO2 - Evaluate the modern safety concepts, measurements and motivations.
CO3 - Obtain knowledge on different types of operational safety in hot metal and cold metal working process and their
significance.
CO4 - Evaluate the performance of safety health and welfare act, also implementation workman compensation act
CO5 - Examine the safety performance monitoring and evaluations of accident rate.
CO6 - Analyze and implementing management techniques.

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Deshmukh, Industrial Safety Management, Tata McGraw Hill, 2008.
2. Krishnan N.V., "Safety in Industry", Jaico Publisher House, 1996
3. Nair P M C, Industrial safety and the law” Attam Publisher's, 1994
4. Roland P.Blake, Industrial Safety, Prentice Hall, 1963
5. Rollin.H.Simonds, John V, Grimaldi, Technology and Engineering, 1989
6. Roy Asfatil C, David W Rieske, Industrial safety and Health Management, Prentice Hall, 2009.
7. Joseph F. Gustin, Safety Management: A Guide for facility Management, The Fairmont Press, Inc., 2008.

END SEMESTER EXAM QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs.
PART A: 10 Questions of 2 marks each – No choice 20 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice, each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks