Information Package / Course Catalogue
Work Accidents and Protection
Course Code: OHS517
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To teach work accidents and protection methods with all dimensions

Course Content

Work accidents and occupational diseases

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To teach the basic principles of job security.
2.Work accidents and occupational diseases.
3.To teach legislation on worker health and work safety.
4.To teach work safety legislation.
5.To teach job security organization
6.As chemical engineers, they will learn the information that will bring solutions about the security issues and analyze methods: Risk analysis, HAZOP, HAZAN, error tree analysis and applications.
7.Workers will be informed about the types of fire, gas and dust explosions they may encounter in their workplace, and the bursting of the expanding vapors of boiling liquids (BLEVE).
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic principles of work safety
Week 2 - Theoretical
Definition of business security, prominence and purpose.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Work safety work area and scope
Week 4 - Theoretical
Work accidents and occupational diseases
Week 5 - Theoretical
Accident measurement
Week 6 - Theoretical
The main causes of the accident and prevention studies
Week 7 - Theoretical
Losses in occupational accidents and occupational diseases
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
The impact of work safety on production and productivity
Week 10 - Theoretical
Occupational safety organization
Week 11 - Theoretical
Work accident investigation
Week 12 - Theoretical
Work accidents and occupational diseases, Labor health and work safety legislation
Week 13 - Theoretical
Work accidents and occupational diseases, Labor health and work safety legislation
Week 14 - Final Exam
Semester final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading410040
Individual Work120020
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
4
5
4
5
4
OÇ-2
4
5
4
5
4
OÇ-3
3
4
4
4
5
OÇ-4
3
5
4
5
4
OÇ-5
4
5
4
5
4
OÇ-6
4
5
5
5
5
OÇ-7
4
4
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026