Academic year/semester: 2026/27/1

ECTS Credits: 4

Available for: All OU students

Lecture hours: 1
Seminarium:0
Practice: 2
Laboratory: 0
Consultation: 0

Prerequisites: -

Course Leader: Lóránt Szabó, Ph.D.

Faculty: Rejtő Sándor Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering, 1034 Budapest, Doberdó utca 6.

Course Description:
The goals of the course are to make the prospective engineers know with work conditions that is
safe and not harmful for the health in order to be able diagnosing dangers and apply measures for
risks reduction based on their knowledge. The participants’ rights and duty in triparty
reconciliation. The concept of accidents and work accidents, the importance of investigation of
work accidents. The goals, methodology and application of risk analysis of occupational safety and
health (EHS). The role of ergonomics in EHS. The safe formation of work tools, dangers of
maintenance, optimizing work environment in accordance with executed activity. Safety
regulations for dangerous materials. Defensive capabilities of individual protective equipment that
is used for reduction residual dangers of collective protection. Security technology of electricity,
protection against electric shocks. Material handling and storage, security technology of pressure
vessels. Concept and task of fire protection.

Competences:
Knowledge of requirements and methods for health and safety, fire protection, safety engineering and remediation as related to the field of environment protection. − Able to apply in practice as well the regulations and requirements of health and safety, fire protection, and safety engineering as related to their special field. − Able to participate creatively in engineering work based on their multidisciplinary skills, as well as to adapt to continuously changing circumstances. − Able to reveal deficiencies in the technologies applied and process risks and to initiate mitigation measures after getting familiarized with the technology concerned. − Efforts to solve tasks and make management decisions by being aware of the opinions of the colleagues supervised, possibly in cooperation therewith.

Topics:
1.
The history, concepts and regulation of occupational safety and health. Principles
and practical applications of the OSH Act. Description of the purpose of the project
tasks.
2. Rights and obligations of employer and employee.
3. Defining accident and accidents at work. Investigation of accidents at work.
4. Purpose, methodology and application of occupational safety and health risk
assessment.
5.
Chemical safety, reduction of environmental damage and occupational health and
safety risks when handling dangerous substances. Presentation of the typical
environmental and occupational safety risks of the chemicals used in the chosen
technologies.
6. Options of protection: importance of collective protection, types of personal
protective equipment, choice, obligations.
7. The importance of ergonomics in occupational safety. Safety of work equipment:
built-in safety, protective equipment.
8.
The optimal design of the working environment.
a. Characteristics of air pollution, optimal levels of climatic factors, ventilation
methods.
9.
The optimal design of the working environment.
b. Electromagnetic radiation, lighting of workplaces.
c. Workplace noise and vibration characteristics.
10. Electrical safety engineering. Physiological effects of electricity, first aid. Contact
protection methods.
11. Safety techniques for handling and storage of materials.
Pitch of the project work.
12. Pressure equipment design, hazards, fittings.
13. Fire protection concepts and tasks. Fire safety rules, extinguishing fires.
Final presentation on the project work.
14. Evaluation of the semester, option for submitting the missed-out tasks

Assessment: Presentation of the project team\\\'s chosen topic (technology). 1. environmental 2. examining health and safety issues 3. submitting the project documentation Successful completion of the final test.

Exam Types:

Mid Term Exam

Compulsory bibliography: 1. Gayle Woodside: Environmental, Health, and Safety Portable Handbook, ISBN: 978- 0070718487 2. EHS directives 3. Forney Susan Zummo: Environmental Risk Communication, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021, ISBN: 9780367469771 4. Framework Directive 89/391/EEC

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Additional bibliography: -

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