This module aims at assessing employee safety and health in a typical workplace in land transportation sector. The module covers the following topics:
- General overview of land transportation sector, pointing out the typology of workplaces and work equipment used in this sector, types of hazards present in a typical workplace of land transportation sector and the issue of occupational risk assessment;
- More detailed analysis of risk factors present in a typical workplace of land transportation sector is given with safety measures to prevent this risk;
- Risk management in land transportation sector introduces preventive measures and accident prevention along with examples of good practice and analysis of occupational illnesses and accident cases. Benefits of risk management are pointed out;
- Safety tips, requirements for personal protective equipment and recommended safety and health protection labels and signs are presented.
The module is arranged in such a manner that it might be used by a lecturer in class and for self-studies by any person interested in the topic. Knowledge obtained during lectures will make the participants aware of the types of hazards that an employee in a typical workplace in a land transportation company may encounter, enable to perform risk assessment in a specific job and help understand the principles of risk management.
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