Chemical safety
Written exam
This course aims first of all to provide the basic elements of chemical risks in order to know how to decipher a safety data sheet and to know all the parameters of toxicological and fire risk assessment. Particular attention will be paid to the physico-chemical properties (SDS) useful for understanding chemical risks. Different exposure scenarios will be presented to allow students to assess the chemical risks related to possible overexposure to chemicals that could lead to intoxication or explosion/fire risk; in particular, this approach will define good laboratory practices and ensure the safety of an operating station. Students will also be trained in the dangers of static electricity, and dust explosions. Finally, students will be introduced to the problem of inerting in chemical reactors and will set up prevention/protection barriers through the use of the What-if method in a process safety approach. The teaching will then be supplemented by the regulatory aspects related to the implementation of REACH, the regulation on explosive atmospheres (ATEX).
At the end of the course, students must be able to :
– Be able to understand chemical risks (toxicological risks – fire risks) based on physico-chemical properties
– Be able to make exposure scenarios and assess their risks
– Be able to define the inerting processes of chemical reactors
– Perform a workstation analysis