COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORK SAFETY IN UNDERGROUND MINING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5008 WORK SAFETY IN UNDERGROUND MINING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUHARREM KEMAL ÖZFIRAT

Offered to

Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Healty and Safety(Non-Thesis-Evening)
Occupational Healty and Safety

Course Objective

Most of Mining Engineers work for underground mines as a shift engineer after graduation. In addition, Electrical and Mechanical engineers are employed for electricity and mining machines in underground mines.Aim of the course, threats, countermeasures and lack of countermeasures will be defined. Underground work safety operations are explained using analysis of work accidents in underground mines.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1.General work safety descriptions and regulations for undergroundmines
2   Threats and result analysis in underground mines
3   Work safety operations in undergroundmines

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Work safety descriptions and regulations for underground mines
2 Definition of threats in underground mines
3 Hazardous gases and dusts in underground mines
4 Methane and dust explosions in underground coal mines
5 Spontaneous combustion fires and extinguish fires in underground coal mines
6 Roof collapse and causes in underground mines
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Countermeasures and lack of countermeasures inunderground mines
9 Analysis of real work accidents in underground mines
10 Rescuing operations in underground mines
11 Underground shelter rooms
12 Underground control and tracking systems
13 Personal protective equipment for underground mine
14 Work accidents in underground mines from Turkey and the world

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): - Külahçıoğlu, G. (1996). Iş Güvenliği, DEÜ Müh. Fak. Basım Ünitesi, No:49, Izmir.
Supplementary Book(s):- Accident Analysis & Prevention, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575.
-Bayır, M. & Ergül, M. (2006). Iş Güvenliği, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, s:213, Bursa.
-Hale, A. &Baram, M. (1998). Safety Management The Challenge of Change, Pergamon, Netherlands.
-Bahr, N.J. (1997). System Safety Engineering and Risk Assesment: A Practical Approach, Taylor&Francis, USA.
-Asfahl, C.R., (2003). Industry safety and health management, Pearson Education Inc., USA.
-Mol, T. (2003). Productive safety management, Elsevier, Oxford.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kemal.ozfirat@deu.edu.tr / office phone: (232) 3017539

Office Hours

Monday, Friday at 9:00-10:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1,5 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 8 96
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.15445
LO.24445
LO.35445