COMPETENCES:



Basic knowledge of the safety aspects of chemical process industries and risk analysis. Both design step and operational step are covered. Detailed competences are as follows:



1. Deployment of Safety Management Systems as per world standard ISO-45001 (supersedes OHSAS-18001).



2. Development the risk evaluation and analysis of chemical processes. Planning and implementation of audits to carry out the risk assessment of the industrial sites and to establish preventive actions as necessary to eliminate or minimize the risk of having an accident.



3. Selection of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and collective protection equipment (CPE).

LESSON-1. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TECHNIQUES. Concept and definition of industrial safety. Safety techniques. Health conditions at work. Signalling.

LESSON-2. ACCIDENTS IN INDUSTRIAL PLANTS. REAL CASES. Methodology of accident investigation. Statistical indicators of accidents. Notification and file of accidents. Analysis of effects and causes of mayor accidents.

LESSON-3. RISK ANALYSIS OF PROCESSES. Professional risks. Techniques for risk identification. Comparative methods, risk indexes and HAZOP method. Risk of chemical substances.

LESSON-4. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AT PLANTS: FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS. Flammability. Confined explosions. Unconfined explosions. Storage tanks. Fires in liquids. Fire in dards. BLEVE processes and fire spheres.

LESSON-5. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AT PLANTS: SPILLAGE OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES. Flow of spillage. Evaporation. Dispersion of gases and vapours. Risk in charging / discharging operations.

LESSON-6. HEALTH AT WORK: CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL RISKS. Identification of contaminants. Measurement of exposition and assessment. Active and pasive systems. Individual and collective protection systems.

LESSON-7. EMERGENCY PLANS. Selfprotection Handbook. Preparation of emergency plans. Safety inspections. Safety Management Systems under ISO-45001.

The subject is structured in three segments with three topics in each segment. The whole content covers the risk evaluation and minimization together with the safety measures to avoid risk of fire, explosion and spillage of chemicals. Finally, the content explains the development of emergency plans and the deployment of Safety Management Systems.



The overall goal of the subject include the following objectives:



1. Basic training in the methodology of risk evaluation in industrial sites of chemcial sector.

2. Basic knowledge of the risks coming from fire, explosion and spillage of chemicals, in order to set up the safety measures for different kind of industrial sites.

3. Basic training in the management tools for safety planning, emergency measures and implementation of safety management systems.



In the seminar classes, the student will simulate safety inspections to audit the risk evaluation in industrial sites (chemical sectors and other related industries). The students work in teams to reach the following goals:



- Assesment and scope of the risk evaluation.

- Non-conformities and deviations as per safety concepts.

- Eficacy of training plan, maintenance plan and other issues found as root-causes of the accidents.

In the ordinary call, the continuous assessment system is done as follows:



- Written exam: 80% (this examination must be done in the place and time as scheduled by the ZTF/FCT. This information is available on the Web).



- Team work and practical cases: 20% (to be done during the seminar classes). The main topics are the risk analysis of cases of accidents in industrial plants, together with related topics on safety issues. The root-causes, the risk factors, the chain of events, the preventive actions and the corrective actions in order to avoid the repetition of the accident.



The resignation of this continuous evaluation system must be submitted in writing to the teacher before the end of the 9th week of the course. The final evaluation system means that the exam has the total percentage (100%) of the mark (qualification).



The student who resigns from the call will have the mark (qualification) of "Not presented". This sentence is applicable to students in both continuous or final evaluation systems.



Given the circumstances that sanitary conditions would prevent from face-to-face evaluation, if any student cannot carry out the assessment in the terms described above due to sanitary conditions, they will have to follow the assessment guidelines issued by the Rectorate at the time of sitting the exam.

Slides provided by the teacher during the course.
The files are availbale in the on-line system (E-GELA) of the course.

Basic bibliography

1. Standard ISO-45001:2018 (Occupational health and safety management systems. Requirements with guidance for use).



2. Bond, J., The Hazards of Life and All That, IOP Publishing (1996).



3. Dirección General de Protección Civil, Guía técnica: Metodología para el análisis de riesgos. I. Visión general. Madrid (1994).



4. Guidelines for Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis, AIChE, New York (1989).



5. Kent, J.A. "Riegel´s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry". Chapman & Hall, New York (1992).



6. Lees, F.P., Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. Butterworth-Heinemann. Londres (1980).



7. Santamaría, J.M., Braña, P.A., Análisis y reducción de riesgos en la industria química, Mapfre, D.L, Madrid (1994).



8. TNO Environment, Energy and Process Innovation, The Yellow Book 2 vol., 820 pag., 3rd edition, Holland (1997).



9. Gómez, G.; Manual para la formación en prevención de riesgos laborales: especialidad de seguridad en el trabajo; Editorial CISS (2003).



10. Haddow, G. D.; Introduction to emergency management; Butterworth Heinemann Ed. (2006).

In-depth bibliography

Legislation (applicable in Spain)
1. REAL DECRETO 948/2005, de 29 de julio, por el que se modifica el Real Decreto 1254/1999, de 16 de julio, por el que se aprueban medidas de control de los riesgos inherentes a los accidentes graves en los que intervengan sustancias peligrosas. BOE núm. 181, de 30 de julio de 2005
2. REAL DECRETO 1254/1999, de 16 de julio, por el que se aprueban las medidas de control de los riesgos inherentes a los accidentes graves en los que intervengan sustancias peligrosas. BOE de 20 de julio de 1999.
3. REAL DECRETO 1196/2003, 19 de septiembre, Directriz Básica de protección civil para el control y planificación ante el riesgo de accidentes graves en los que intervienen sustancias peligrosas. BOE núm. 242 DE 9 DE OCTUBRE.
4. DIRECTIVA CE DEL CONSEJO, 96/82 de 24 de junio de 1982, relativa a los riesgos de accidentes graves en determinadas actividades industriales.
5. DIRECTRIZ BÁSICA para la elaboración y homologación de los planes especiales del sector químico. BOE 06/02/1991.
6. LEY 31/1995, de 8 de noviembre de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales. BOE 269, de 10 de noviembre.

Libros
1. "Perry´s chemical engineer´s handbook", Perry, R.H., y Green, D. W., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1997.
2. "Procedimiento para el Análisis de Riesgos de Operación.- Método HAZOP". Arístides Ramos Antón, COASHIQ,(APA.- revista Prevención, Julio-Septiembre 1987)
3. "Manual de seguridad industrial en plantas químicas y petroleras", Storch de Gracia, J.M., McGraw-Hill., Madrid, 1998.
4. "Análisis de Riesgos en Instalaciones Industriales", Edición UPC.- J. Casal, E. Montiel, E. Planas, J.A. Vilchez.- Septiembre 1999.

Journals

Acción Preventiva
Revista de prevención de riesgos laborales de la CEOE

PREVENCION
Revista técnica de seguridad y salud laboral, ISSN: 0034-8732