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AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
REGULATIONS 2017
M.E. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ENGINEERING
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
I. Possess a mastery of Health safety and environment knowledge and safety management
skills, to reach higher levels in their profession.
II. Knowledgeable safety Engineer rendering professional expertise to the industrial and societal
needs at national and global level subject to legal requirements.
III. Well communicate the information on Health safety and environment facilitating collaboration
with experts across various disciplines so as to create and execute safe methodology in
complex engineering activities.
PO2. Design, Establish, Implement maintain and continually improve an occupation health
and safety management system to improve safety.
PO3. Conduct investigations on unwanted incidents using e.g. (Root cause analysis, what
if analysis) and generate corrective and preventive action to prevent repetition and
happening of such incidents.
PO4. Design complex man, machine, and material handling systems using human factors
engineering tools so as to achieve comfort, worker satisfaction, efficiency, error free
and safe work practice workplace environment.
PO5. Function effectively as an individual and as a member or leader in diverse teams and
in multi-disciplinary settings so as to provide practical solutions to safety problems.
PO6. Communicate effectively on occupational health and safety matters among the
employees and with society at large.
PO7. Demonstrate understanding of the societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues
and the consequent responsibilities relevant to occupation health and safety practices.
PO8. Understand and commit to comply with legal and contractual requirements,
professional ethics and responsibilities and general norms of engineering practice.
PO9. Understand the impact of Health safety and environment solutions on productivity,
quality and humanity protection at large.
PO10. Demonstrate the use of state of the art occupational health and safety practices in
controlling risks of complex engineering activities and understand their limitations.
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PEO / PO Mapping
Programme Programme Outcomes
Educational PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10
Objectives
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Technical Seminar - I II II
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ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
REGULATIONS 2017
M.E. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ENGINEERING
I TO IV SEMESTERS (FULL TIME) CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS
SEMESTER I
SEMESTER II
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SEMESTER III
SEMESTER IV
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FOUNDATION COURSES (FC)
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LIST OF ELECTIVES FOR M.E. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ENGINEERING
SEMESTER I (Elective I)
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MA5164 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL METHODS L T P C
4 0 0 4
OBJECTIVES :
This course is designed to provide the solid foundation on topics in probability and various statistical
methods which form the basis for many other areas in the mathematical sciences including statistics,
modern optimization methods and risk modeling. It is framed to address the issues and the principles
of estimation theory, testing of hypothesis, design of experiments and time series analysis.
UNIT I PROBABILITY AND RANDOM VARIABLES 12
Probability – Axioms of probability – Conditional probability – Baye’s theorem - Random variables –
Probability function – Moments – Moment generating functions and their properties – Binomial,
Poisson, Geometric, Uniform, Exponential, Gamma and Normal distributions – Function of a random
variable.
UNIT II ESTIMATION THEORY 12
Principle of least squares – Regression – Multiple and partial correlations – Estimation of parameters
– Maximum likelihood estimates – Method of moments.
UNIT III TESTING OF HYPOTHESIS 12
Sampling distributions – Small and large samples and problems – Tests based on Normal, t -
distribution, Chi - square, Goodness of fit and F – distributions.
UNIT IV DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS 12
Analysis of variance – Completely randomized design – Randomized block design – Latin square
design – 22 Factorial designs.
REFERENCES :
1. Anderson, O.D, “Time Series Analysis : Theory and Practice”, North - Holland, Amsterdam, 1982.
2. Devore, J. L., “Probability and Statistics for Engineering and Sciences”, 8th Edition, Cengage
Learning, 2014.
3. Gupta, S.C and Kapoor, V.K., “Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics”, Sultan and Chand
Company, New Delhi, 1999.
4. Johnson, R.A., Miller, I and Freund J., “Miller and Freund’s Probability and Statistics for
Engineers, Pearson Education, Asia, 8th Edition, 2015.
5. Montgomery D.C and Johnson, L.A, “Forecasting and Time Series”, 6th Edition, McGraw Hill,
1990.
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IS5101 PRINCIPLES OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT L T P C
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES:
To achieve an understanding of principles of safety management.
To enable the students to learn about various functions and activities of safety department.
To enable students to conduct safety audit and write audit reports effectively in auditing
situations.
To have knowledge about sources of information for safety promotion and training.
To familiarize students with evaluation of safety performance.
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REFERENCES
1. “Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations”, N.S.C.Chicago, 1982.
2. Blake R.B., “Industrial Safety” Prentice Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1973.
3. Dan Petersen, “Techniques of Safety Management”, McGraw-Hill Company, Tokyo, 1981.
4. Heinrich H.W. “Industrial Accident Prevention” McGraw-Hill Company, New York, 1980
5. John Ridley, “Safety at Work”, Butterworth and Co., London, 1983
6. Lees, F.P., “Loss Prevention in Process Industries” Butterworth publications, London,
2nd edition, 1990.
7. Relevant Indian Standards and Specifications, BIS, New Delhi.
8. “Safety and Good House Keeping”, N.P.C., New Delhi, 1985.
Ionizing radiation, types, effects, monitoring instruments, control programs, OSHA standard- non-
ionizing radiations, effects, types, radar hazards, microwaves and radio-waves, lasers, TLV- cold
environments, hypothermia, wind chill index, control measures- hot environments, thermal comfort,
heat stress indices, acclimatization, estimation and control
UNIT II CHEMICAL HAZARDS 9
Recognition of chemical hazards-dust, fumes, mist, vapour, fog, gases, types, concentration,
Exposure vs. dose, TLV - Methods of Evaluation, process or operation description, Field Survey,
Sampling methodology, Industrial Hygiene calculations, Comparison with OSHAS Standard.
Air Sampling instruments, Types, Measurement Procedures, Instruments Procedures, Gas and
Vapour monitors, dust sample collection devices, personal sampling
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UNIT III BIOLOGICAL AND ERGONOMICAL HAZARDS 9
Classification of Biohazardous agents – examples, bacterial agents, rickettsial and chlamydial agents,
viral agents, fungal, parasitic agents, infectious diseases - Biohazard control program, employee
health program-laboratory safety program-animal care and handling-biological safety cabinets -
building design.
Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders –carpal tunnel syndrome CTS- Tendon pain-disorders of the
neck- back injuries.
Industrial toxicology, local, systemic and chronic effects, temporary and cumulative effects,
carcinogens entry into human systems
REFERENCES:
1. Benjamin O.Alli, Fundamental Principles of Occupational Health and Safety ILO 2008.
2. Danuta Koradecka, Handbook of Occupational Health and Safety, CRC, 2010.
3. E.J. McCornick, and M. S Sanders, Human Factors in Engineering and Design, Tata McGraw-Hill,
1992.
4. Encyclopedia of “Occupational Health and Safety”, Vol.I and II, published by International Labour
Office, Geneva, 1985
5. Hand book of “Occupational Safety and Health”, National Safety Council, Chicago, 1982.
6. Hand book of “Occupational Safety and Health”, National Safety Council, Chicago, 1982
7. Lawrence Slote , Handbook of occupational safety and health, Wiley, 2001.
8. Louis J. Di Berardinis, Handbook of occupational safety and health Wiley, 1999.
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IS5104 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT ACTS L T P C
4 0 0 4
OBJECTIVES:
To provide exposure to the students about safety and health provisions related to hazardous
processes as laid out in Factories act 1948.
To familiarize students with powers of inspectorate of factories.
To help students to learn about Environment act 1986 and rules framed under the act.
To provide wide exposure to the students about various legislations applicable to an industrial
unit.
Air Act 1981 and Water Act 1974: Central and state boards for the prevention and control of air
pollution-powers and functions of boards – prevention and control of air pollution and water pollution –
fund – accounts and audit, penalties and procedures.
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REFERENCES
1. The Factories Act 1948, Madras Book Agency, Chennai, 2000
2. The Environment Act (Protection) 1986, Commercial Law Publishers (India) Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi.
3. Water (Prevention and control of pollution) act 1974, Commercial Law publishers (India) Pvt.Ltd.,
New Delhi.
4. Air (Prevention and control of pollution) act 1981, Commercial Law Publishers (India) Pvt.Ltd.,
New Delhi.
5. The Indian boilers act 1923, Commercial Law Publishers (India) Pvt.Ltd., Allahabad.
6. The Mines Act 1952, Commercial Law Publishers (India) Pvt.Ltd., Allahabad.
7. The manufacture, storage and import of hazardous chemical rules 1989, Madras Book Agency,
Chennai.
8. National seminar on hazardous waste management organized by National Safety council,
Ministry of environment and forests, Government of India, United States – Asia environmental
partnership, Tamilnadu pollution control board and Indian chemical manufacturers association,
April 2001.
OBJECTIVES
To develop journal paper reading and understanding skill.
To improve communication and presentation skill of students
GUIDELINES
The students are expected to make a presentation on the state of research on a particular topic
based on current journal publications in that topic.
A faculty guide is to be allotted and he / she will guide and monitor the progress of the student
and maintain attendance also.
Students are encouraged to use various teaching aids such as overhead projectors, power
point presentation and demonstrative models.
TOTAL: 30 PERIODS
OUTCOMES
The students will be able to
1. Select the method, analysis and optimize the given problem for the given field applications
OBJECTIVES:
To provide an in depth knowledge about the science of fire.
To understand the causes and effects of fire.
To know the various fire prevention systems and protective equipments.
To understand the science of explosion and its prevention techniques.
To understand the various fire prevention techniques to be followed in a building.
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UNIT I PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF FIRE 9
Fire properties of solid, liquid and gases - fire spread - toxicity of products of combustion - theory of
combustion and explosion – vapour clouds – flash fire – jet fires – pool fires – unconfined vapour
cloud explosion, shock waves - auto-ignition – boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion – case
studies – Flixborough, Mexico disaster, Pasedena Texas, Piper Alpha, Peterborough and Bombay
Victoria dock ship explosions.
REFERENCES
1. “Accident Prevention manual for industrial operations” N.S.C., Chicago, 1982.
2. “Davis Daniel et al, “Hand Book of fire technology”
3. “Fire Prevention and firefighting”, Loss prevention Association, India.
4. Derek, James, “Fire Prevention Hand Book”, Butter Worths and Company, London, 1986.
5. Dinko Tuhtar, “Fire and explosion protection”
6. Fire fighters hazardous materials reference book Fire Prevention in Factories”, an Nostrand Rein
Hold, New York, 1991.
7. Gupta, R.S., “Hand Book of Fire Technology” Orient Longman, Bombay 1977.
8. Relevant Indian Acts and rules, Government of India.
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IS5202 COMPUTER AIDED HAZARD ANALYSIS L T P C
4 0 0 4
OBJECTIVES:
To provide knowledge on risk, hazard and their assessment techniques in Industry
To understand the principles of operation of various equipment for safety application
To know the consequences of fire, explosion and toxic release
To know the various software available for risk quantification
To conduct a risk assessment technique in Industries.
Hazard assessment, procedure, methodology; safety audit, checklist analysis, what-if analysis, safety
review, preliminary hazard analysis(PHA), human error analysis, hazard operability
studies(HAZOP),safety warning systems.
Explosive Testing, Deflagration Test, Detonation Test, Ignition Test, Minimum ignition energy Test,
Sensitiveness Test, Impact Sensitiveness Test(BAM) and Friction Sensitiveness Test (BAM), Shock
Sensitiveness Test, Card Gap Test.
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
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OUTCOMES:
This course would make familiarizing of basic concepts in risk and hazard
Course would be helpful to understand the various instruments to bring safety in Industries
Students would be trained to find solution for risk assessment studies through the use of software
Students would be able to make use of a risk assessment technique to quantify the risk
Course would equip the students effectively to employ hazard analysis techniques in Industry and
helpful to prevent the accidents in Industry
REFERENCES
1. Brown, D.B. System analysis and Design for safety, Prentice Hall, 1976.
2. Course Material Intensive Training Programme on Consequence Analysis, by Process Safety
Centre, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka and CLRI, Chennai.
3. Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, Centre for Chemical Process safety, AICHE 1992
4. Hazop and Hazom, by Trevor A Klett, Institute of Chemical Engineering.
5. ILO- Major Hazard control- A practical Manual, ILO, Geneva, 1988.
6. Loss Prevention in Process Industries-Frank P. Less Butterworth-Hein UK 1990 (Vol.I, II and III)
7. Methodologies for Risk and Safety Assessment in Chemical Process Industries, Common wealth
Science Council, UK
8. Quantitative Risk assessment in Chemical Industries, Institute of Chemical Industries, Centre for
Chemical process safety.
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UNIT III PROTECTION SYSTEMS 9
Fuse, circuit breakers and overload relays – protection against over voltage and under voltage – safe
limits of amperage – voltage –safe distance from lines-capacity and protection of conductor-joints-and
connections, overload and short circuit protection-no load protection-earth fault protection.
FRLS insulation-insulation and continuity test-system grounding-equipment grounding-earth leakage
circuit breaker (ELCB)-cable wires-maintenance of ground-ground fault circuit interrupter-use of low
voltage-electrical guards-Personal protective equipment – safety in handling hand held electrical
appliances tools and medical equipments.
REFERENCES
1. ”Accident prevention manual for industrial operations”, N.S.C., Chicago, 1982.
2. Indian Electricity Act and Rules, Government of India.
3. Power Engineers – Handbook of TNEB, Chennai, 1989.
4. Martin Glov Electrostatic Hazards in powder handling, Research Studies Pvt. Ltd., England, 1988.
5. Fordham Cooper, W., “Electrical Safety Engineering” Butterworth and Company, London, 1986.
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UNIT II PLANT COMMISSIONING AND INSPECTION 9
Commissioning phases and organization, pre-commissioning documents, process commissioning,
commissioning problems, post commissioning documentation
Plant inspection, pressure vessel, pressure piping system, non destructive testing, pressure testing,
leak testing and monitoring- plant monitoring, performance monitoring, condition, vibration, corrosion,
acoustic emission-pipe line inspection.
UNIT V STORAGES 9
General consideration, petroleum product storages, storage tanks and vessel- storages layout-
segregation, separating distance, secondary containment- venting and relief, atmospheric vent,
pressure, vacuum valves, flame arrestors, fire relief- fire prevention and protection- LPG storages,
pressure storages, layout, instrumentation, vapourizer, refrigerated storages- LNG storages, hydrogen
storages, toxic storages, chlorine storages, ammonia storages, other chemical storages- underground
storages- loading and unloading facilities- drum and cylinder storage- ware house, storage hazard
assessment of LPG and LNG
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
This course would make familiar of safe design of equipment which are the essential to chemical
industry and leads to design of entire process industries.
Course would be helpful to understand the design of pressure systems.
Students would understand the problems and find innovative solutions while industries facing
Problems in commissioning and maintenance stages.
Students can prepare the emergency planning for chemical industry problems
Students would be able to create safe storage systems.
REFERENCES
1. “Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations” NSC, Chicago, 1982.
2. “Quantitative Risk Assessment in Chemical Process Industries” American Institute of Chemical
Industries, Centre for Chemical Process safety.
3. Carbide of Calcium Rules, Government of India.
4. Fawcett, H.h. and Wood, “Safety and Accident Prevention in Chemical Operations” Wiley inters,
Second Edition.
5. GREEN, A.E., “High Risk Safety Technology”, John Wiley and Sons,. 1984.
6. Lees, F.P. “Loss Prevention in Process Industries” Butterworths and Company, 1996
7. Petroleum Act and Rules, Government of India.
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IS5211 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY LABORATORY L T P C
0 0 4 2
OBJECTIVES:
To provide opportunity to operate the equipment to acquire practical knowledge.
To know the various PPEs and software.
To carry out experiments to find out the environmental parameters.
To assess the impact of sensitivity of chemicals on explosivity.
To run the software to assess the consequence effects of major accidents.
FRICTION TEST
Explosive materials like barium nitrate, gun powder, white powder, amorces composition etc.
IMPACT TEST
Explosive materials like gun powder, white powder, amerce composition etc.
Burst strength test of packaging materials like paper bags, corrugated cartoons, wood etc.
Auto ignition temperature test.
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
This course would make students to know and run the various equipments to bring out the safety
environment in the industry.
Course would be helpful for the students to measure the particulate matter and assess the impact
of air pollution.
Students would be trained to conduct experiments to find out various environmental parameters.
Students would be able to use personal protective equipment in-dependently.
Students can recognise the various problems with the use of software and hence to predict the
real situations on major accidents.
OBJECTIVE:
To enrich the communication skills of the student through presentation of topics in recent advances in
Industrial safety engineering/technology
OUTCOME:
Students will develop skills to read, write, comprehend and present research papers.
Students shall give presentations on recent areas of research in industrial safety engineering in two
cycles. Depth of understanding, coverage, quality of presentation material (PPT/OHP) and
communication skill of the student will be taken as measures for evaluation.
TOTAL: 30 PERIODS
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IS5301 RELIABILITY ENGINEERING L T P C
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES
To provide provided with the knowledge of the process of analyzing and developing information to
produce a plant layout based on the locations and working conditions.
To educate the students about the basic things of work conditions which includes ventilation,
comfort, lighting and its effect based on various nature of work.
To provide knowledge on effective and safe layout design of an industry.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
The students will be able to
1. Identify equipment requirements for a specific process and for various locations and working
conditions.
2. Design an efficient material handling system.
3. Understand the difficulties during the design and implementation of the plant layout.
REFERENCES
1. Srinath L.S, “Reliability Engineering”, Affiliated East-West Press Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 1998.
2. Modarres, “Reliability and Risk analysis”, Maral Dekker Inc.1993.
3. John Davidson, “The Reliability of Mechanical system” published by the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, London, 1988.
4. Smith C.O. “Introduction to Reliability in Design”, McGraw Hill, London, 1976.
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IS5311 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT – INTERNSHIP L T P C
0 0 4 2
OBJECTIVES
To get an industrial exposure through various industrial environmental experiences and learning
safety measures.
To enhance the collective skills between theoretical knowledge and real-time safety
implementations.
GUIDELINES
The students are expected to undergo meaningful, practical and hands-on-work experiences
related to safety measures through industrial training.
A faculty guide is to be allotted and he / she will guide and monitor the progress of the Student’s
training activities and maintain attendance also.
Minimum duration of internships period is 3-4 weeks.
Post internship program, Students should submit a report (within 50 pages) which contains brief
observations of training (process, product, layout, safety measures and methods,
etc.,) and give a presentation.
Internship should be evaluated through final presentation with viva-voce exam.
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
OUTCOMES
The students will be able to
1. Select and analysis the effective industry safety methods for the given field applications.
OBJECTIVES
To provide provided with the knowledge of the process of analyzing and developing information
to produce a plant layout based on the locations and working conditions.
To educate the students about the basic things of work conditions which includes ventilation,
comfort, lighting and its effect based on various nature of work.
To provide knowledge on effective and safe layout design of an industry.
Safe layout for process industries, engineering industry, construction sites, pharmaceuticals,
pesticides, fertilizers, refineries, food processing, nuclear power stations, thermal power stations,
metal powders manufacturing, fireworks and match works
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UNIT III WORKING CONDITIONS 9
Principles of good ventilation, purpose, physiological and comfort level types, local and exhaust
ventilation, hood and duct design, air conditioning, ventilation standards, application.
Purpose of lighting, types, advantages of good illumination, glare and its effect, lighting requirements
for various work, standards- House keeping, principles of 5S.
Fiber rope, types, strength and working load inspection, rope in use, rope in storage - wire rope,
construction, design factors, deterioration causes, sheaves and drums, lubrication, overloading, rope
fitting, inspection and replacement – slings, types, method of attachment, rated capacities, alloy chain
slings, hooks and attachment, inspection
Powered industrial trucks, requirements, operating principles, operators selection and training and
performance test, inspection and maintenance, electric trucks, gasoline operated trucks, LPG trucks –
power elevators, types of drives, hoist way and machine room emergency procedure, requirements
for the handicapped, types- Escalator, safety devices and brakes, moving walks – man lifts,
construction, brakes, inspection.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
The students will be able to
1. Identify equipment requirements for a specific process and for various locations and working
conditions.
2. Design an efficient material handling system.
3. Understand the difficulties during the design and implementation of the plant layout.
REFERENCES:
1. ”Accident prevention manual for industrial operations” N.S.C., Chicago, 1982.
2. Alexandrov. M.P. ”Material handling equipment” Mir Publishers, Moscow, 1981
3. APPLE M. JAMES “Plant layout and material handling”, 3rd edition, John Wiley and sons.
4. “Encyclopedia of occupational safety and health”, ILO Publication, 1985
UNIT II ERGONOMICS 9
Definition – applications of ergonomic principles in the shop floor – work benches – seating
arrangements – layout of electrical panels- switch gears – principles of motion economy – location of
controls – display locations – machine foundations – work platforms, fatigue, physical and mental
strain – incidents of accident – physiology of workers.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
The students will be able
1. To know in work procedure and applications in hazardous
2. Incorporate human factors in design of Personal protective equipment
3. Know the risk factors, guide lines for safe design of man machine systems considering human
factors
REFERENCES
1. “Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations”, NSC Chicago, 1982.
2. “Work Study”, National Productivity Council, New Delhi, 1995.
3. E.J.Mc Cormick and M.S.Sanders “Human Factors in Engineering and Design”, TMH, New Delhi,
1982.
4. Hunter, Gomas, “Engineering Design for Safety”, Mc Graw Hill Inc., 1992.
5. Introduction to Work Study”, ILO, Oxford and IBH Publishing company, Bombay, 1991”.
6. Mundel, Motion and Time Study, 6th Edition, Allied Publishers, Madras, 1989.
7. W.Benjamin Neibal Motion and Time Study, 7th Edition.
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IS5003 DOCK SAFETY L T P C
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES:
To understand safety legislation related to dock activities in India.
To understand the causes and effects of accidents during dock activities.
To know the various material handling equipment and lifting appliances in dock.
To know the safe working on board the ship and storage in the yards.
To understand the safe operation of crane, portainers, lift trucks and container handling
equipment.
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UNIT V EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN AND DOCK WORKERS (SHW)
REGULATIONS 1990 9
Emergency action Plans for fire and explosions - collapse of lifting appliances and buildings, sheds
etc., - gas leakages and precautions concerning spillage of dangerous goods etc., - Preparation of on-
site emergency plan and safety report.
Dock workers (SHW) rules and regulations 1990-related to lifting appliances, Container handling,
loading and unloading, handling of hatch coverings and beams, Cargo handling, conveyors, dock
railways, forklift.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
This course would make the student to familiar of various operations carried out in a dock.
Students would know the different acts and rules for safe dock operations.
Students could be able to understand the operation of various types of material handling
equipments.
Students would be prepared to response at the time of emergency in a dock.
Students can recognize the various problems associated with the use of lifting equipments and
in the storage yards.
REFERENCES
1. ”Dock Safety” Thane Belapur Industries Association, Mumbai.
2. Bindra SR “Course in Dock and Harbour Engineering”
3. Safety and Health in Dock work, IInd Edition, ILO, 1992.
4. Srinivasan “Harbour, Dock and Tunnel Engineering”
5. Taylor D.A., “”Introduction to Marine Engineering”.
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UNIT III ANTHROPOMETRY AND WORK DESIGN FOR STANDING AND
SEATED WORKS 9
Designing for a population of users, percentile, sources of human variability, anthropometry and its
uses in ergonomics, principals of applied anthropometry in ergonomics, application of anthropometry
in design, design for everyone, anthropometry and personal space, effectiveness and cost
effectiveness
Fundamental aspects of standing and sitting, an ergonomics approach to work station design, design
for standing workers, design for seated workers, work surface design, visual display units, guidelines
for design of static work, effectiveness and cost effectiveness, research directions
REFERENCES
1. Ergonomic design for organizational effectiveness, Michael O’Neill
2. Human factors in engineering and design, MARK S.SANDERS
3. Introduction to Ergonomics, R.S. Bridger, Taylor and Francis
4. The Ergonomics manual, Dan Mc Leod, Philip Jacobs and Nancy Larson
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UNIT II MAINTENANCE MODELS 12
Proactive/Reactive maintenance – Imperfect maintenance – Maintenance policies – PM versus b/d
maintenance – PM schedule and product characteristics – Inspection models-Optimizing
profit/downtime – Replacement decisions.
OUTCOMES:
The students will be able to
1. Understand the various terms and terminologies about the maintenance concept.
2. Understand the various maintenance modes and logistics meant for the execution of various
services.
3. Apply their knowledge in areas where the down time, over replacement are existing and could
lead to improve the productivity and quality.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REFERENCES
1. Andrew K.S.Jardine & Albert H.C.Tsang, “Maintenance, Replacement and Reliability”, Taylor and
Francis, 2006.
2. Bikas Badhury & S.K.Basu, “Tero Technology: Reliability Engineering and Maintenance
Management”, Asian Books, 2003.
3. Seichi Nakajima, “Total Productive Maintenance”, Productivity Press, 1993.
OBJECTIVES:
To provide the students about the various activities/steps to be followed in safe handling
the hazardous goods transportation from one location to another location.
To educate the reasons for the road accident and the roles and responsibilities of a safe
Driver and the training needs of the driver.
To inculcate the culture of safe driving and fuel conservation along with knowing of basic traffic
symbols followed throughout the highways.
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UNIT II ROAD TRANSPORT 8
Introduction – factors for improving safety on roads – causes of accidents due to drivers and
pedestrians-design, selection, operation and maintenance of motor trucks-preventive maintenance-
check lists-motor vehicles act – motor vehicle insurance and surveys.
REFERENCES
1. “Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations”, NSC, Chicago, 1982.
2. Babkov, V.F., “Road Conditions and Traffic Safety” MIR Publications, Moscow, 1986.
3. K.W.Ogden, “Safer Roads – A guide to Road Safety Engineering”
4. Kadiyali, “Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning” Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1983.
5. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Government of India.
6. Pasricha, “Road Safety guide for drivers of heavy vehicle” Nasha Publications, Mumbai, 1999.
7. Popkes, C.A. “Traffic Control and Road Accident Prevention” Chapman and Hall Limited, 1986.
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UNIT I PROPERTIES OF FIREWORKS CHEMICALS 9
Fire properties – potassium nitrate (KN03), potassium chlorate (KCl03), barium nitrate (BaNO3),
calcium nitrate (CaNO3), Sulphur (S), Phosphorous (P), antimony (Sb), Pyro Aluminum (A1) powder-
Reactions-metal powders, Borax, ammonia (NH3) – Strontium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrate, Potassium per
chloride. Fire and explosion, impact and friction sensitivity.
REFERENCES
1. “Seminar on explosives”, Dept.of of explosives.
2. J.A.Purkiss, “Fireworks-Fire Safety Engineering”
3. Bill of once, “Fireworks Safety manual”
4. “Goeff, “Dust Explosion prevention, Part 1”
5. A.Chelladurai, “Fireworks related accidents”
6. A.Chelladurai, “Fireworks principles and practice”
7. A.Chelladurai, “History of the fireworks in India” Brock, “History of fireworks”
8. K.N.Ghosh, “Principles of fireworks”, H.Khatsuria, Sivakasi, 1987.
9. “Proceedings of National seminar on Fireworks Safety-1999”, MSEC-1999.
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IS5006 SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION LT P C
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES:
To know causes of accidents related to construction activities and human factors associated with
these accident
To understand the construction regulations and quality assurance in construction
To have the knowledge in hazards of construction and their prevention methods
To know the working principles of various construction machinery
To gain knowledge in health hazards and safety in demolition work
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To have knowledge in selection, operation, inspection and testing of various construction
machinery.
To list out construction regulations and Indian standards for construction and demolition work.
REFERENCES
1. Handbook of OSHA Construction safety and health charles D. Reese and James V. Edison
2. Hudson, R.,”Construction hazard and Safety Hand book, Butter Worth’s, 1985.
3. Jnathea D.Sime, “Safety in the Build Environment”, London, 1988.
4. V.J.Davies and K.Thomasin “Construction Safety Hand Book” Thomas Telford Ltd., London, 1990.
OBJECTIVES:
To know about nuclear energy and fission fusion process.
To gain knowledge in reactor types, design considerations and their operational problems.
To know the current status of India in nuclear energy.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9
Binding energy – fission process – radio activity – alpha, beta and gamma rays radioactive decay –
decay schemes – effects of radiation – neutron interaction – cross section – reaction rate – neutron
moderation – multiplication – scattering – collision – fast fission – resonance escape – thermal
utilization – criticality.
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REFERENCES
1. “Loss prevention in the process Industries” Frank P.Lees Butterworth-Hein-UK, 1990.
2. Loffness, R.L., “Nuclear Power Plant” Van Nostrand Publications, 1979.
3. M.M.E.L.Wakil, “Nuclear Energy Conversion”, International Text Book Co.
4. M.M.E.L.Wakil, “Nuclear Power Engineering”, International Text Book Co.
5. R.L.Murray, “Introduction to Nuclear Engineering”, Prentice Hall.
6. Sri Ram K, “Basic Nuclear Engineering” Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1990.
7. Sterman U.S.’”Thermal and Nuclear Power Stations”, MIR Publications, Moscow, 1986.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9
Introduction to process flow charts of i) short staple spinning, ii) long staple spinning, iii) viscose rayon
and synthetic fibre, manufacturer, iv) spun and filament yarn to fabric manufacture, v) jute spinning
and jute fabric manufacture-accident hazard, guarding of machinery and safety precautions in
opening, carding, combing, drawing, flyer frames and ring frames, doubles, rotor spinning, winding,
warping, softening/spinning specific to jute.
REFERENCES
1. 100 Textile fires – analysis, findings and recommendations LPA
2. Groover and Henry DS, “Hand book of textile testing and quality control”
3. “Quality tolerances for water for textile industry”, BIS
4. Shenai, V.A. “A technology of textile processing”, Vol.I, Textile Fibres
5. Little, A.H.,“Water supplies and the treatment and disposal of effluent”
6. “Safety in Textile Industry” Thane Belapur Industries Association, Mumbai.
REFERENCES
1. DGMS Circulars-Ministry of Labour, Government of India press, OR Lovely Prakashan -
DHANBAD, 2002.
2. Kejiriwal, B.K. Safety in Mines, Gyan Prakashan, Dhanbad, 2001.
3. “Mine Health and Safety Management”, Michael Karmis ed., SME, Littleton, Co.2001.
Wood working machinery, types, safety principles, electrical guards, work area, material handling,
inspection, standards and codes- saws, types, hazards.
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UNIT III SAFETY IN WELDING AND GAS CUTTING 9
Gas welding and oxygen cutting, resistances welding, arc welding and cutting, common hazards,
personal protective equipment, training, safety precautions in brazing, soldering and metalizing –
explosive welding, selection, care and maintenance of the associated equipment and instruments –
safety in generation, distribution and handling of industrial gases-colour coding – flashback arrestor –
leak detection-pipe line safety-storage and handling of gas cylinders.
Hot working safety in forging, hot rolling mill operation, safe guards in hot rolling mills – hot bending of
pipes, hazards and control measures.
Safety in gas furnace operation, cupola, crucibles, ovens, foundry health hazards, work environment,
material handling in foundries, foundry production cleaning and finishing foundry processes.
REFERENCES
1. “Accident Prevention Manual” – NSC, Chicago, 1982.
2. “Occupational safety Manual” BHEL, Trichy, 1988.
3. “Safety Management by John V. Grimaldi and Rollin H. Simonds, All India Travelers Book seller,
New Delhi, 1989.
4. “Safety in Industry” N.V. Krishnan Jaico Publishery House, 1996.
5. Indian Boiler acts and Regulations, Government of India.
6. Safety in the use of wood working machines, HMSO, UK 1992.
7. Health and Safety in welding and Allied processes, welding Institute, UK, High Tech. Publishing
Ltd., London, 1989.
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IS5011 QUALITY ENGINEERING IN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS L T PC
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES:
To know the quality engineering concepts in product design and development processes.
To know the control and process parameters’ characteristics with feedback system.
To know the methods for production and diagnosis process improvements.
To have knowledge on ISO quality systems and types of quality tools such as failure and effect
analysis.
To understand the six-sigma concepts and its implementation in engineering industries.
UNIT I 10
Philosophy of Disaster management-Introduction to Disaster mitigation-Hydrological, Coastal and
Marine Disasters-Atmospheric disasters-Geological, meteorological phenomena-Mass Movement and
Land Disasters-Forest related disasters-Wind and water related disasters-deforestation-Use of space
technology for control of geological disasters-Master thesis
UNIT II 10
Technological Disasters-Case studies of Technology disasters with statistical details-Emergencies
and control measures-APELL-Onsite and Offsite emergencies-Crisis management groups-Emergency
centers and their functions throughout the country-Softwares on emergency controls-Monitoring
devices for detection of gases in the atmosphere-Right to know act
UNIT III 8
Introduction to Sustainable Development-Bio Diversity-Atmospheric pollution-Global warming and
Ozone Depletion-ODS banking and phasing out-Sea level rise-El Nino and climate changes-Eco
friendly products-Green movements-Green philosophy-Environmental Policies-Environmental Impact
Assessment-case studies-Life cycle
UNIT IV 8
Offshore and onshore drilling-control of fires-Case studies-Marine pollution and control-Toxic,
hazardous and Nuclear wastes-state of India’s and Global environmental issues-carcinogens-complex
emergencies-Earthquake disasters-the nature-extreme event analysis-the immune system-proof and
limits
UNIT V 10
Environmental education-Population and community ecology-Natural resources conservation-
Environmental protection and law-Research methodology and systems analysis-Natural resources
conservation-Policy initiatives and future prospects-Risk assessment process, assessment for
different disaster types-Assessment data use, destructive capacity-risk adjustment-choice-loss
acceptance-disaster aid- public liability insurance-stock taking and vulnerability analysis-disaster
profile of the country-national policies-objectives and standards-physical event modification-
preparedness, forecasting and warning, land use planning
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of the course the students will be able
To explain the philosophy of disaster management and their control using the sophisticated
technologies.
To understand the emergency measures and how to control with monitoring devices.
To understand earth quake disasters and nuclear wastes disposals.
To gain knowledge in risk and disaster assessment processes including standards, and national
policies.
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REFERENCES
1. Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, Gilbert, M. Masters
2. Environmental Science, Miller, G. Tylor
3. Environmental Science sustaining the earth, G. Tylor, Miller
4. Principles of Environmental Science and Engineering, Bagad Vilas.
5. Principles of Environmental Science and Engineering, R. Sivakumar
OBJECTIVES:
The course could provide the basic knowledge on Occupational Health and Safety Management
System and Environmental Management System standards.
To inculcate the knowledge on various terms and terminologies which are used in the
Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management system.
To educate about the various steps to be taken for certification of Occupational Health and Safety
Assessment Series (OHSAS) and ISO14001 (Environmental Management Systems) standards.
To impart knowledge on Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Life Cycle Assessment of product
and principles of Eco labelling.
REFERENCE
1. ISO 9000 to OHSAS 18001, Dr. K.C. Arora, S.K. Kataria and Sons, Delhi.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9
Intelligence – Definition, types cognitive aspect approach, measuring intelligence – early efforts, IQ
and AI: aspects of intelligence – learning, problem solving, creativity, behaviour and biology. Artificial
intelligence: Historical background, applications of AI, objections and myths, AI languages:
Introduction to PROLOG and LISP.
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UNIT IV EXPERT SYSTEMS 9
Introduction, knowledge acquisition for Expert system, features of Expert systems –System structure,
inference Engines, uncertainties, memory mechanisms, range of applications, actual expert systems –
VP expert. Assignment – Development of a simple expert system.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
To apply various aspects of intelligence to diverse industrial situations
To list out the applications of expert system To develop a simple expert system related to
industrial safety Engineering.
To apply neural network concepts in safety engineering discipline
REFERENCES
1. Charnaik, E., and McDermott, D., “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence”, Addison Wesley, 1985.
2. Dan W. Patterson, “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems”, Prentice Hall of
India, 1992.
3. Elaine R., and Kevin, “Artificial Intelligence”, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 1994.
4. Nilsson, N.J., “Principles of AI”, Narosa Publishing House, 1990.
5. Rajasekaran S and Vijayalakshmi Pai, G.A, “Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Genetic
Algorithms – Synthesis and Applications”, PHI, 2003.
6. Schalkoff, R.J., “Artificial Intelligence” – An Engineering Approach”, McGraw Hill International
Edition, Singapore, 1992.
7. Winston, P.H., “Artificial Intelligence”, Addison Wesley, 1990.
REFERENCES
1. C.R.Kothari, Research Methodology, WishvaPrakashan, New Delhi, 2001.
2. Donald H.McBurney, Research Methods, Thomson Asia Pvt. Ltd. Singapore, 2002.
3. Donald R. Cooper and Ramela S. Schindler, Business Research Methods, Tata McGraw- Hill
Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2000
4. G.W.Ticehurst and A.J.Veal, Business Research Methods, Longman, 1999.
5. Ranjit Kumar, Research Methodology, Sage Publications, London, New Delhi, 1999.
6. Raymond-Alain Thie’tart, et.al., Doing Management Research, Sage Publications, London, 1999
7. Uma Sekaran, Research Methods for Business, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, 2000.
OUTCOMES:
The student should be made to:
Apply the statistical analysis methods.
Compare and contrast various soft computing frameworks.
Design distributed file systems.
Apply Stream data model.
Use Visualisation techniques
REFERENCES:
1. Anand Rajaraman and Jeffrey David Ullman, Mining of Massive Datasets, Cambridge University
Press, 2012.
2. Bill Franks, Taming the Big Data Tidal Wave: Finding Opportunities in Huge Data Streams
with advanced analystics, John Wiley & sons, 2012.
3 . Glenn J. Myatt, Making Sense of Data, John Wiley & Sons, 2007 Pete Warden, Big
Data Glossary, O‟Reilly, 2011.
4. Jiawei Han, Micheline Kamber “Data Mining Concepts and Techniques”, Second Edition,
Elsevier, Reprinted 2008.
5. Michael Berthold, David J. Hand, Intelligent Data Analysis, Springer, 2007.
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