IEEM 536: Safety Management(Spring 1998)

Main Reading Material: Lecture notes
Syllabus
Introduction to TQSM (400K)
Human Errors: Psychology of Human Decision - Part I
Accident Causation: Psychology of Human Decision - Part II
Managing Safety: Human Cognition
Hazard Analysis I: FTA & FMEA
Hazard Analysis II: HAZOP & MORT
A sample university safety and environmental protection program - guest lecture
Hazard
warning: psychology of risk perception
Consumer Product Safety

Supporting Reading Material: Handouts that forms part of the notes
Development of a near miss management system at a chemical process plant by Van der Schaaf
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Ch10 of Basic guide to System Safety by J. Vincoli)
Risk Analysis by Colling
Management Oversight and Risk Tree (Ch13 of Basic guide to System Safety by J. Vincoli)
A sample university safety and environmental protection program - J. Kwan
Lifting (Ch23 of Ergonomics Design for People at Work by Eastman Kodak)

Reading Material: Handouts that are for references
Accident Statistics Bulletin Issue No.1 (Oct 97)
Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics Dec 97 issue (p.9-28)
Occupational Safety and Health Regulation (560K)
Chapter one of the HKUST Safety and Environmental Protection Manual: Policies
Assessing and reducing the human error risk (Ch8 of Human Error by Reason)
Accidents and their effect on industry by Goetsch
Some accidents that could have been prevented by HAZOP - T. Kletz
A sample of HKUST workplace hazards evaluation summary
HKUST Incident / Accident Report Form
Handout on Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTDs)

Other Teaching Material: Relevant Web Information
Occupational Safety & Health Association (Relevant Safety Standards)
HKIE's Safety Specialist Group
Safety & Health at Work Regulations
HK Occupational Safety & Health Council
Safety Charter
Safety & Health Laws
FIU Regulations
Other Occupational Safety & Health Sites
International Safety Standards and Conventions for downloading
Safety Legislation of different nations for downloading
HK FIU Ordinance & regulations for downloading
The Labour Department
Labour Legislation in HK
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
U.S. National Safety Council
HKUST Safety and Environmental Protection Office

Assignment Sheets
Assignment No.1 on Human Error and Energy Barriers
Assignment No.2 on Fault Tree Analysis
Assignment No.3 on Safety Management System
Assignment No.4 on Warning Sign and Label

Case Studies
Handouts of case study will be distributed in the lectures

Three Mile Island
Challenger Explosion
Chernobyl Explosion
Exxon Valdez Leak
Sinking of the Titanic

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