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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: OHSM014 Module Title: RISK MANAGEMENT
Module Provider: Postgraduate Medical School Short Name: RISKMGT
Level: M Module Co-ordinator: EDGAR J Dr (PGMS)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
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Assessment Pattern

Components of Assessment
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Coursework
An assignment report is required which is in two parts. Part one is intended for the student to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a specified advanced risk assessment technique. Part two is intended for the student to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of safety management systems. The report should be approximately 3000 words in length, excluding appendices, references and bibliography.
100%

Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites

None
Module Aims

The aim of this module is to provide the student with knowledge, understanding and skills in risk management, risk perception, accident analysis and investigation, and the behaviour of persons as individuals and in groups.
Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module the student will be able to:

a)       Know and understand the concept of risk;
b)       Apply basic risk assessment techniques to general workplace safety;
c)       Know and understand the rational approach to risk control techniques and the role of risk control hierarchies;
d)       Select suitable proactive monitoring techniques for a specified workplace;
e)       Know and understand the role and function of risk assessment review procedures;
f)         Apply advanced risk assessment techniques;
g)       Describe safety management systems and be able to choose from among a variety of systems those that are suitable for a specified organisation;
h)       Describe the concept of safety culture and explain its relevance to safety performance;
i)         Describe the role and function of safety audits and be able to choose from a variety of procedures those that are suitable for a specified organisation;
j)         Know and understand the fundamental principles of human motivation and be able to apply these in specific situations;
k)       Know and understand the fundamental principles of risk perception; and be able to apply them in specific situations;
l)         Advice on and participate in accident investigations including the use of advanced techniques;
m)     Be able to calculate and present meaningful accident statistics;
n)       Be able to carry out accident causation analysis; and
o)       Be able to calculate the cost of accidents.


Cognitive skills

  • Critically appraise own skills informing the risk assessment process.
  • Analyse research and case studies enabling an evidence based approach to the implementation of risk assessment strategies.

 

Practical skills

  • Evaluate and select suitable proactive monitoring techniques for a specified workplace.
  • Critically analyse the role and function of risk assessment review procedures;
  • Use an evidence based approach to apply risk assessment techniques to a range of working environments.
  • Communicate the complexities of the risk assessment process to relevant parties.
  • Analyse and interpret data when presenting statistical measurements and accident causation theories.
  • Use a problem solving approach when contributing to accident investigation.

 

Key skills

  • Is able to work effectively within a risk management group.
  • Critically analyse literature to support an evidence based approach to practice
  • Communicate effectively in both the work place and an academic environment.

 
Module Content

·         Definition of the terms hazard, risk, monitor, review and audit.

 

·         Basic quantitative and qualitative risk assessment procedures.

 

·         Risk control techniques and control hierarchies.

 

·         Techniques for the choice of risk control measures.

 

·         Advanced risk assessment techniques such as Hazard and Operability Studies, Failure Mode and

 

·         Effect Analyses, Fault Tree Analysis and Event Tree Analysis.

 

·         Hierarchical Task Analysis techniques.

 

·         Systems for proactive monitoring.

 

·         Accident reporting, statistical analysis and causation analysis.

 

·         Accident investigation procedures including Events and Causal Factors Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis.

 

·         Accident costing.

 

·         Safety audit systems including advantages and disadvantages of in-house and bought-in.

 

·         Organisational systems and their influence on safety performance.

 

·         Safety culture and its influence on safety performance.

 

·         Safety management systems such as HSG65, BS8800, and OHAS 18001 and 18002.

 

·         Safety performance measurement and the role of bench marking.

 

·         Human sensory and perceptual procedures.

 

·         Human risk perception.

 

·         Employer and employee motivation techniques.

 

·         Emergency planning.

 

 
Methods of Teaching/Learning

Lectures, discussion, and directed reading
Selected Texts/Journals
Only the latest edition of publications should be used.
 
Essential
 
HSE; Successful health and safety management, HSG65; HSE Books
HSE; Reducing error and influencing behaviour, HSG48; HSE Books
HSE; Managing contractors, a guide for employers; HSE Books
HSE; The costs of accidents at work, HSG96; HSE Books
HSE; Five steps to risk assessment, INDG163; HSE Books
HSE; Five steps to risk assessment. Case studies HSG183; HSE Books
HSE; A guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995, L73; HSE Books
BSI; BS 8800: 1996 Occupational health and safety management systems; British Standards Institute
BSI; OHAS 18001: 1999 Occupational health and safety management systems - Specification
BSI; OHAS 18002: 1999 Occupational health and safety management systems - Guidelines for the implementation of OHAS 18001
Boyle, AJ; Health and Safety: Risk Management; IOSH Services Ltd
Glendon AI & McKenna EF;(1995) Human safety and risk management;
Chapman Hall
Tolleys Health and Safety at Work;(2002) Butterworths Tolley
 
Recommended
 
HSE;Improving compliance with safety procedures, Reducing industrial violations; HSE Books
HSE; Stress at work, HSG57; HSE Books
HSC; ACSNI Human Factors Study Group, Third report: Organising for safety, HSE Books
HSE;Quantified risk assessment, Its input to decision making; HSE Books
Waring, A; Practical Systems Thinking; International Thompson Business Press
Reason, J; Human error; Cambridge University Press
Waring, A & Glendon AI; Managing Risk; International Thompson Business Press
Cox, S & Cox, T; Safety systems and people; Butterworth-Heinemann
Cox, S & Tait, R; Safety, Reliability and Risk Management: an integrated approach; Butterworth-Heinemann
Kletz, T; HAZOP and HAZAN; Institution of Chemical Engineers
Kletz, T; HAZOP, A guide to best practice; Institution of Chemical Engineers
Kirwan, B & Ainsworth, LK; A guide to task analysis; Taylor and Francis
 
Background
 
The Royal Society; Risk, Analysis, Perception and Management.
Bernstein; PL; Against the Gods; The remarkable story of risk; John Wiley
Adams, J; Risk; University College London Press
Bate, R (ed); What risk? Butterworth Heinemann
Douglas, M; Risk and blame, Essays in cultural theory; Routledge
Wells, G; Hazard identification and risk assessment; Institution of Chemical Engineers
Kletz, T; Lessons from disaster-How organisations have no memory and accidents recur; Institution of Chemical Engineers
Kletz, T; An engineer’s view of human error; Institution of Chemical Engineers
Kletz, T; Learning from accidents; Institution of Chemical Engineers
Reason, J; Managing the Risks of Organisational Accidents; Ashgate
Toft, B & Reynolds, S; Learning from disasters, a management approach; Perpetuity Press
Bignell, V & Fortune, J; Understanding system failures; Manchester University Press
Fortune, J & Peters, G; Learning from Failure, The Systems Approach; Wiley Turner, B and Pigeon, N; Man-made disasters; Butterworth-Heinemann
Last Updated

20th May 2008