- Docente: Claudio Gaddoni
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/50
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Environment and Workplace Prevention Techniques (cod. 8487)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is able to:
- know the social, economic and regulatory context underlying prevention activities in the environment and in the workplace;
- know the company prevention system in terms of health and safety at work;
- know the principles of prevention in terms of health and safety at work;
- know the physical and chemical risks present in the workplace and the related assessment techniques;
- know the prevention and protection measures, organizational and procedural techniques.
Course contents
General objectives
- Know the social, economic and regulatory context underlying prevention activities in the environment and in the workplace.
- Know the legislative framework of reference in the field of health and safety at work and the subjects with roles and responsibilities.
- Know the main prevention strategies and techniques in the environment and in the workplace currently adopted or to be adopted and their evolution compared to the past.
- Know the reference regulations and the techniques of measurement, sampling and evaluation of physical and chemical risks present in the workplace.
Teaching program
- Sources of law in the field of health and safety at work, regulatory evolution and general legislative framework (Legislative Decree 81/08).
- Principles of prevention in the workplace: concepts of health, danger/risk, damage (accident at work and occupational disease), definition of prevention and protection measures.
- The organization of the company prevention system: the role of the company safety subjects (DL, RSPP, RLS, MC, etc.), obligations, tasks and responsibility profiles.
- Classification of risks present in the workplace (health risks, safety risks, transversal risks).
- Prevention and protection measures that can be adopted in the workplace: collective (technical, procedural, organizational, hygienic/health) and individual protection.
- Noise in the workplace: physical parameters, reference legislation, measurement and protection tools and techniques in the workplace.
- Mechanical vibrations in the workplace: physical parameters, reference legislation, measurement and protection tools and techniques in the workplace.
- The microclimate in the workplace: physical parameters and main microclimatic indices, reference legislation, measurement and protection tools and techniques in the workplace.
- Chemical risk in the workplace: classification and labelling of dangerous substances; reference legislation, risk assessment, tools and main sampling techniques for airborne chemical substances (dust and gas) in the workplace.
Invia commenti
Riquadri laterali
Cronologia
Salvate
Readings/Bibliography
National reference legislation on health and safety protection in the workplace (Legislative Decree 9 April 2008, No. 81) Title I, Title VIII and IX
Industrial hygiene. Guide to the assessment and control of physical, chemical and biological risks in the workplace Author: B. Marchesini - Maggioli Editore, Rimini, (1999)
Industrial hygiene compendium Authors: Cassano, Aloise, Bavaro - Editrice Adriatica D.A. (2010)
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods
1) Written test for admission to the oral exam with multiple choice questions on the topics covered in class. The test consists of 40 questions (4 answers) and passing the test is considered valid with 30 correct answers. Passing the test allows the student to be admitted to the subsequent oral exams defined by the teacher. The test does not provide for the assignment of a score for the final evaluation.
2) The oral exam, which will define the final grade, will focus on some questions on the topics covered in class with particular attention to the principles of prevention in the workplace, the relevant legislation and the company organization in terms of health and safety at work and the techniques of measurement, sampling, prevention and protection of risks in the workplace.
Teaching tools
Presentazioni in power point e illustrazioni fotografiche relative a casi concreti e ai fattori di rischio per la salute e sicurezza sul lavoro
Office hours
See the website of Claudio Gaddoni
SDGs

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.