SF3029 Safety in Construction Industry and Town Planning Syllabus:
SF3029 Safety in Construction Industry and Town Planning Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1: Basic terminology in safety, types of injuries, safety pyramid
2: Accident patterns, theories of accident-causation
3: Planning for safety budget, safety culture
4: Introduction to OSHA regulations
5: Role of stakeholders in safety
UNIT – I INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT
Introduction to Construction Industry- Safety issues in construction- Human factors in construction safety management. Roles of various groups in ensuring safety in construction industry. Framing Contract conditions on safety, and related matters. Relevance of ergonomics in construction safety.
UNIT – II PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) AND SAFETY TRAINING
Safety in various construction operations- Excavation- under- water works- under- pinning & shoring Ladders & Scaffolds- Tunneling- Blasting- Demolition- Pneumatic caissons- confined Space Temporary Structures. Indian Standards on construction safety- National Building Code Provisions on construction safety.
UNIT-III HAZARDS OF CONSTRUCTION AND THEIR PREVENTION – I
Safety in material handling and equipments-Safety in storage & stacking of construction materials.
UNIT-IV SAFETY POLICIES
Safety in these of construction equipments- Vehicles, Cranes, Tower Cranes, Lifting gears, Hoists & Lifts, Wire Ropes, Pulley blocks, Mixers, Conveyors, Pneumatic and hydraulic tools in construction. Temporary power supply.
UNIT-V ENFORCEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS
Contract Labor (R&A) Act and Central Rules: Definitions, Registration of Establishments, Licensing of Contractors, Welfare and Health provisions in the Act and the Rules, Penalties, Rules regarding wages. Building & Other Construction Workers (RE&CS) Act,1996 and Central Rules, 1998: Applicability, Administration, Registration, Welfare Board & Welfare Fund, Training of Building workers, General Safety, Health & Well fare provisions, Penalties.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Students able to
CO1: Site safety programs – Job hazard analysis, accident investigation & accident indices-violation, penalty
CO2: Safety during construction, alteration, demolition works – Earthwork, steel construction, temporary structures, masonry & concrete construction, cutting & welding
CO3: SoPs (Safe Operating Procedures) – Construction equipment, materials handling-disposal & hand tools
CO4: Understand Other hazards – fire, confined spaces, electrical safety
CO5: BIM & safety
TEXT BOOKS:
1. K.N.Vaid, Construction Safety Management.
2. V.J. Davies and K. Tomasin, Construction Safety Handbook
REFERENCES:
1. James B.Fullman, Construction Safety, Security & Loss Prevention
2. LingerL,ModernMethodsofMaterialHandling
3. R.T. Ratay, Hand book of Temporary Structures in Construction.
4. National Building Code of India
5. RelevantIndianStandardspublishedbyBIS