Safety at Work

2026/2027

Programme:

Applied Physics, First Cycle

Year:

2 year

Semester:

second

Kind:

optional

ECTS:

Language:

slovenian

Course director:

Klementina Zupan

Hours per week – 2. semester:

Lectures

Seminar

Tutorial

Lab

Enrolment into the academic year.

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.

C. Ray Asfahl, David W. Rieske Industrial Industrial Safety and Health Management, 7 th Ed., Pearson, Boston, 2019.

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.

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.

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

Written exam
Oral exam
5 - 10, a student passes the exam if he is graded from 6 to 10

Klementina Zupan:

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. 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]

3. 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]

4. LEGAN, Maša, ŠTUKOVNIK, Petra, ZUPAN, Klementina, ŽGAJNAR GOTVAJN, Andreja. Assessment of mechanical and ecotoxicological properties of mortar with wood waste biochar as partial cement replacement. Materials. Feb. 2025, vol. 18, iss. 4, [article no.] 876, str. 1-21, ilustr. ISSN 1996-1944. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/18/4/876, Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, DOI: 10.3390/ma18040876. [COBISS-SI-ID 227528195]

5. LEGAN, Maša, ŠTUKOVNIK, Petra, ZUPAN, Klementina, ŽGAJNAR GOTVAJN, Andreja. The impact of recycled polyethylene terephthalate as aggregate replacement on mechanical and ecotoxicological properties of mortar. Recycling. Feb. 2025, vol. 10, iss. 1, [article no.] 8, str. 1-28, ilustr. ISSN 2313-4321. https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/10/1/8, Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, DOI: 10.3390/recycling10010008. [COBISS-SI-ID 222653699]