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Safety at Work

2025/2026
Programme:
Applied Physics, First Cycle
Year:
2 year
Semester:
second
Kind:
optional
ECTS:
3
Language:
slovenian
Course director:

Klementina Zupan

Lecturer (contact person):

Prof. Andreja Žgajnar Gotvajn

Hours per week – 2. semester:
Lectures
1
Seminar
0
Tutorial
0
Lab
0
Prerequisites

Enrolment into the academic year.

Content (Syllabus outline)

Safety at work:
Basic concepts of health and safety at work. The impact of individual areas of safety on the overall level of safety with an emphasis on the specificity of work in the laboratory and industrial environments. Safety and hazards when working with electricity, gases, hazardous substances. Slovenian and European regulations for safety and health at work. Applicable Regulations and Standards SIST EN, covering the area of ​​safety and health at work. The records review and the manner of keeping records. Type of measurements of the working environment and safety statement with risk assessment for individual jobs. Tips for safe and healthy working conditions, working order, safety phrases, personal protective equipment.

Readings

• J. Horvat, A. Regent: Zaštita na radu -Osobna zaštitna oprema, Veleučilište u Rijeci, Rijeka, 2009
• P. Hughes, E. Ferrett: Health and Safety at Work, Elsevier, Oxford, 2007.
• V. Drusany: Osnove varstva pri delu, VTVŠ, Ljubljana, 1995.
• P. Gspan: Ekologija dela – Priročnik, Iskra Telematika in ZVD-RS, Ljubljana, 1983.
• V. Drusany: Vodenje tveganja. Univerza v Ljubljani, FKKT-OTV, Ljubljana, 2001.
• J. Horvat: Osebna varovalna oprema, DVILj, Ljubljana, 2007.
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Objectives and competences

Student aquire the basic knowledge understanding the importance of safety and health at work.
Knowledge of legislation and standards in the field of occupational safety and health.

Intended learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding:
• Knowing and understanding the problem of conditions in the working environment and the state of health and safety at work.
• Knowledge of the process for determination and analysis of the situation of the working environment


Application:
• Use of knowledge in the workplace.
• Use of literature and other sources.

Reflection:
• Awareness of the importance of health and safety in the workplace.

Learning and teaching methods

Lectures take place for all students at the same time, individual tasks by presenting.

Assessment

Written exam
Oral exam
grading: 5 (fail), 6-10 (pass) (according to the Statute of UL)

Lecturer's references

1. LEGAN, Maša, ZUPAN, Klementina. Prevalence of mobile device-related musculoskeletal pain among working university students : a cross-sectional study. International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics. 2020, vol. , iss. , str. 1-21. ISSN 1080-3548. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10803548.2020.1827561, DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2020.1827561. [COBISS-SI-ID 31010051]

2. SKALAR, Tina, ZUPAN, Klementina, MARINŠEK, Marjan. Microstructure tailoring of combustion-derived Ni-GDC and Ni-SDC composites as anode materials for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society. Mar. 2019, vol. 55, iss. 1, str. 123-133, ilustr. ISSN 2510-1579. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41779-018-0218-z, DOI: 10.1007/s41779-018-0218-z. [COBISS-SI-ID 1537819075]

3. SKALAR, Tina, MARINŠEK, Marjan, ZUPAN, Klementina. Novel materials based on La[sub]0.75Sr[sub]xA[sub]0.25-xCr[sub]0.5Mn[sub]0.5O[sub]3 (A=Ba, Ca, Mg) as full-ceramics anodes in high-temperature fuel cells = Novi materiali na osnovi La[spodaj]0.75Sr[spodaj]xA[spodaj]0.25-xCr[spodaj]0.5Mn[spodaj]0.5O[spodaj]3 (A=Ba, Ca, Mg) kot keramične anode v visokotemperaturnih gorivnih celicah. Materiali in tehnologije. [Tiskana izd.]. jan.-feb. 2018, letn. 52, št. 1, str. 51-58, ilustr. ISSN 1580-2949. http://mit.imt.si/Revija/izvodi/mit181/skalar.pdf, DOI: 10.17222/mit.2017.120. [COBISS-SI-ID 1381546], [JCR, SNIP]

4. LEGAN, Maša, ŽGAJNAR GOTVAJN, Andreja, ZUPAN, Klementina. Potential of biochar use in building materials. Journal of environmental management. 1 May 2022, vol. 309, str. 1-12, ilustr. ISSN 0301-4797. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722002778, DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114704. [COBISS-SI-ID 97518595], [JCR, SNIP]

5. LEGAN, Maša, ZUPAN, Klementina. Prevalence of mobile device-related lower extremity discomfort : a systematic review. International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics. 2020, vol. , iss. , str. 1-23. ISSN 1080-3548. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10803548.2020.1863657?journalCode=tose20, DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2020.1863657. [COBISS-SI-ID 42742531]