Occupational Risk Assessment and Management
Objectives
The students should be able to: -Identify the key concepts of Occupational Risk Assessment and Management; -Know to analyze work in its complexity of the interrelationships and interdependencies of the elements that make each work situation; -To apply methods of identification and assessment of risk factors in order to estimate the probability of adverse health effects; -Participate in the implementation of management measures (or control) of risk in Occupational Health and Safety; -Identify the importance in occupational risk assessment.
General characterization
Code
9322
Credits
4.0
Responsible teacher
Available soon
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 32
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
KOW, D.; AW, T-C – Surveillance in Occupational Health. Occup. Environ. Med. 60 (2003) 705-710. NICOLL, P.G. – Auditing risk assessment and management. In SADHRA, S.S. ; RAMPAL, K. – Occupational Health. Risk Assessment and Management. London: Blackwell Science Ltd., 1999, 315-343. RAMPAL, K.G.; SADHRA, S.S. – Basic concepts and developments in health risk assessment and management. In SADHRA, S.S.; RAMPAL, K. – Occupational Health. Risk Assessment and Management. London: Blackwell Science Ltd., 1999, 3-21. STAYNER, L.S.; HORNUNG, R. – Assessing the risks of occupational hazards. In ZENZ; C.; DICKERSON, O. B.; HORVATH JR., E. P. - Occupational Medicine. St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book, 3rd ed., 1994. 1145-1148. UVA, A.S. – Diagnóstico e Gestão do Risco em Saúde Ocupacional. 2ª ed. Lisboa: ACT, 2010.
Teaching method
theoretical sessions, theoretical-practical sessions and seminars.
Evaluation: Individual evaluation (short answer) contributes with 60%, group work with 20% and the continuous evaluation with 20%.
Evaluation method
Evaluation: Individual evaluation (short answer) contributes with 60%, group work with 20% and the continuous evaluation with 20%.
Subject matter
1.Essential concepts of risk assessment. Dose-effect relationships and dose-response.
2.The classification of occupational risks according to severity and probability of adverse effects;
3.Diagnosis of risk situations: the identification of occupational hazards. Concept of threshold. The threshold limits values. The assessment of exposures. Acceptability, tolerability and intolerability of risk;
4.Risk management: the main instruments. The planning, organization and implementation of occupational hazards control and prevention programs; Methodologies of risk management. Occupational Health and Safety Audits.
Programs
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