RELEVANT ACCIDENT AND RYSK ANALYSIS
- Overview
- Assessment methods
- Learning objectives
- Contents
- Bibliography
- Teaching methods
- Contacts/Info
No prerequisites are required.
The examination is organized in a written test concerning the risk assessment procedures, quantification methods of the accident effects, determination of the risk levels, criteria for assessing the territorial compatibility of an enterprise at high risk of major accident and the management of the authorities dedicated. Every right answer corresponds to a score. Usually, 15 questions are provided, 2 points for every right answer, while an incomplete answer provides 1 point. The examination is successful with 18 points (18/30). During the exam, get out of the class is not allowed, as well as the use of mobile phones or other electronic devices. All the sheets provided before the exam should be devolved at the end of the test, with name, surname and matricula. Parts wrote in pencil or colors which are not blue or black will not be corrected. All the topics of the exams will be introduced within the platform e-learning. The students allowed to attend the exams should be registered regularly at the on-line platform and should provide the university card before starting the exam. In case of refusal of the final score, the student should communicate it within 5 days after the publication of the vote in the ESSE3 platform.
Aim of the course
The course aims at providing basic knowledge of the regulatory elements, methods and techniques for risk assessment and territorial and urban compatibility of industrial enterprises which are at major accident risk industrial enterprises. In particular the course describes the actors and stakeholders involved in the decisional process, the requested technical documentation (i.e. safety report, a safety management system, emergency plans, information sheets, ERIR, etc.), risk analysis techniques, logic trees, estimation of the consequences, evaluation of the territorial and urban compatibility.
The course is based on theoretical lessons.
Learning outcomes
• Cognitive skills
- acquire the fundamentals elements needed to address a critical evaluation process of a plan or project in relation to potential environmental criticalities and safety risks.
- acquire the required information related to environmental contamination issues and risk assessment for public health due to activities at risk of major accident.
• Learning abilities
- ability to read, understand and criticize technical documents and scientific text of safety management and risk assessment (in English)
• Practical and subject specific skills
- ability to propose a problem-solving approach
- ability to identify the main subjects necessary for the development of technical documentation in support to territorial compatibility assessment of enterprises at major accident risk
• Communication skills
- ability to identify, extract and synthesize relevant information
- demonstrate effective communication skills by practicing, reading, writing and speaking clearly
- demonstrate the ability to communicate with industry experts.
The contents of the course are listed below. All the arguments are quite equivalent regarding the teaching hour dedicated, except for the description of the risk assessment techniques, where more space is dedicated. The arguments are:
• Regulatory elements at national and European level
• Safety management systems
• Structure and contents of Safety Reports
• Description of different risk analysis techniques and its applications (HazOp, FMEA, FMECA, Check-list, What-if Analysis, Historical Analysis, Safety Audit)
• Fault tree analysis and Event tree
• Consequence evaluation (fire, explosion, toxic release, etc.)
• Internal and External Emergency plans
• Territorial compatibility assessment and Major Accidents Risk Report
All the items above listed will have a similar duration in terms of time for presentation (about 4-5 hours) with the exception of risk analysis techniques to which approximately 16 hours will be spent.
Slides of lessons:
available at the E-learning website
Book: Torretta V. Sicurezza e analisi di rischio di incidenti rilevanti. Sistemi Editoriali, 2006.
Frontal lectures with the professor. When possible, technical visits will be organized at industrial activities at high accident risks.
Office Hours
Students can meet the professor in his office by previous phone or email appointment.