Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
-1ISG220Occupational Health And Safety İn Mines3+0+03507.10.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Associate Degree
Department / Program Occupational health and Safety
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To ensure that they learn the risks that may arise in workplaces and the precautions to be taken against them.
Course Content Underground and overground mining operations, drilling and mining operations, working in overground mining, machinery and properties used in mining operations, fighting against dust, ventilation in mines, explosion of gasses and dust, drilling, blasting, dents in mines, landslides and floods.
Course Methods and Techniques Yüzyüze ders anlatımı
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof. Emre GÜMÜŞ
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Mining Regulation
Maden İşyerlerinde İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Yönetmeliği
Maden Kanunu
Course Notes Yeraltı ve Yerüstü Maden İşletmelerinde İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Rehberi

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %10
Engineering %40
Science %20
Field %30

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Assignment 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 3 42
Assignments 3 5 15
Final examination 1 20 20
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 119

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Explains the works to be done in underground, surface and other mining methods
2 Explain the possible hazards and risks in mining,
3 Explain the necessary precautions about occupational health and safety in mining
4 Learn the mine legislations about occupational health and safety

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction to mining
2 Mining terminology and Surface mining method
3 The hazards and risks in surface mining, dumping areas, mass sliding and effects to environment
4 Underground mining and its methods and its difficulties
5 Machines used in Mining
6 Hazards and risks of haulage, transportation and mine lighting in underground mine
7 Rock falling, caving and supporting in underground mining
8 Mine ventilation. Explosions of mine gases and dusts. Mine fire and firefighting
9 Drilling and blasting in mines and its OHS legislations
10 Drilling and blasting in mines and its OHS legislations
11 Occupational health and safety (OHS) legislations about mine explosives bins
12 Occupational health and safety (OHS) legislations about mine explosives bins
13 Risk assessments in mines, Professional diseases in Mining
14 Occupational safety in Drilling Area and Mineral Processing Plants

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
C1 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
C2 2 3 2 4 1 2 5 3 2 2 3 4
C3 2 3 2 4 1 2 5 3 2 5 3 4
C4 2 3 2 4 1 2 5 3 2 2 3 4

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