Instructor Name: Vijai B Raghavan

Prerequisites: A basic understanding of Chemical engineering is expected.

About the Course:

Chemical Industries are known as the most dangerous and hazardous industries since long. Varieties of conditions are present in chemical industries which may lead to different type of industrial accidents. Bhopal MIC leak accident is a world famous industrial accident which also happened in a chemical plant of Union Carbide Company in which thousands died and many got different diseases. Most of the industrial accidents are due to the human error or ignorance and responsible for the major losses to the industries and humanity. Use and handling of certain chemicals is also found to be dangerous as it may lead to health hazards. It is therefore essential for the technician to know about hazards, accidents, safe handling of chemicals, and operation of plant equipment and transportation of chemicals. Hence the course has been designed to develop this competency and its associated cognitive, practical and affective domain learning outcomes.

Text Books/References:

1. Fundamentals of Industrial Safety & HealthDr. K. U. Mistry, Siddharth Prakashan, Ahmadabad

2. Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with applicationDaniel A. Crowl,Joshef F. Louvar3rd Edition, 2011, Prentice Hall, USA

3. C J MUMFORD, P A CARSON - Hazardous Chemicals Handbook (1994, Butterworth-Heinemann)

4. Ratan Raj Tatiya - Elements of Industrial Hazards Health, Safety, Environment and Loss Prevention-CRC Press (2010)

5. Assessment Policy

6. Seminar/Class Test/Assignments/Attendance: 15%

• Midterm Exam: 15%

• Final Exam: 70%

Test/Exams: Exams will be closed book and closed notes