Egyptian Academy for Engineering & Advanced Technology (EAEAT)

Department [Mech. / Elect./ Chem.] Engineering

Final Exam, Spring 2022-2023
Course Code: HUM 117 Total Score: 40
Course Title: Industrial and Environmental Safety Time: 120 min.
Instructors: Prof. Raafat M. Gadelrab & Dr./ Salah Eldin Selim
Answer the following six questions: write each question number and part number ahead
of your answer
Question #1 [10 marks, 5 for each A and B]
A- Choose the correct answers: 5 mark
I. Ergonomics’ is related to human
A- Comfort B- Safety C- Both ‘a’ and ‘b’ D- None of the above
II. The following subject(s) is (are) related to ‘Ergonomics’
A- Anatomy B- Physiology C- Psychology D- All of the above
III. The height of the top of the workbench should be __ the height of the elbow of the
workers.
A- at B- Above C- Below D- Any of the above
IV- How can employers prevent/reduce ergonomic hazards?
A- Engineering Controls B. Administrative Controls
C- Personal Protective Equipment D- All of the above
B- As an industrial hygienist, anticipate the health hazards (chemical, physical, biological
and ergonomic) to the coal mining activity and suggest the proper control methods.
Answer : 4 mark for types of hazards and 1 for control methods.
Chemical physical biological ergonomics

Dust & diesel emission Vibration & noise Fungi & bacterial, Eye strain , MSD,
rodents Awkward posture

 The administration should provide employee with PPE ,

 e.g full face shield and Disposable filtering respirators
 Air-supplied respirators
 Air-purifying respirators

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  Combination respirators
 hard Helmut for head protection
Question # 2 [6 marks]
Indicate the meaning of the following pictograms

A B C

F
D E

Answer : one mark for each

A- explosive B- FLAMABALE C- ENVIRONMENTAL TOXIC D- OXIDANT
E- RESPIRATION HAZARD F- ACUTE TOXIC

Question #3 [4 marks]
A- With a simple sketch, discuss in brief: [2 mark]
a. Exposure routes if a chemical HW was dumped in an open landfill.
What exposure risk do you feel is most relevant or greatest in your area?

B- Correct the underlined word: [2 marks] ONE FOR EACH

I. Hazardous waste should be collected at or near the point of generation is denoted
as HWSA. HWAP
II. Group 3 of biological hazard can cause human disease and might be a hazard to
workers; it is unlikely to spread to the community; there is usually effective
treatment available. GROUP 2
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Question # 4 [4 marks, 2 for each Part]
Compare between the following concepts:
A- Accidents and incidents 2 marks
Accident incident

Any unplanned or unexpected event, is an unplanned event that doesn’t

which resulted in personal injury or result in injury, but does cause damage
property damaged or damaged
to property, or has enough significant
environment or damaged to company
risk to merit recording.
reputation is called accident.

slipping or tripping over to something For example, an oil spillage in a

falling on their head, burning kitchen
themselves or part of a building
collapsing

B- Technical Inspection and General Safety and Health Inspection 2 marks

 Technical Safety Inspection – inspection for the purpose of safety determination of
boilers, pressure vessels, internal combustion engines, electrical installations,
elevators, hoisting equipment and other mechanical equipment.
 General Safety and Health Inspection – refers to inspection of work environment,
adequacy of work space, ventilation, lighting, handling, storage or work procedures,
protection facilities, location and operation of machinery other than those covered
by technical safety inspection and other safety and health hazards in the workplace.

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Question # 5 [9 marks]
A- Determining the exposure (Em) in the case of a mixture of air contaminants, as shown
below: [5 marks]

Actual concentration of Eight-hour TWA

Substance Eight-hour exposure (ppm) PEL (ppm)

A 160 500

B 90 200

C 20 200

Em=(C1÷L1+C2÷L2)+. . .(Cn÷Ln) 1 mark

Em = 160/500+90/200+20/200 = 0.87 4 marks

B- Choose the correct answer [4 marks] one for each

I. A short-term exposure limit (STEL) is the maximum concentration of a chemical
that a person can be exposed to during a _____ period.
A- one-hour B- 15-minute C- work break D- six-hour
II. Which helmet provides protection from impact only not high-voltage conductors?
A. Class E helmets B. Class G helmets C. Class C helmets
III. Exposure to high levels of noise can lead to which of the following:
A. High blood pressure B. Gastrointestinal problems
C. Chronic fatigue. D. All of the above
IV. Which of the following is not a chemical-related health hazard?
A. Carcinogenicity B. Reactivity C. Corrosively D. Toxicity

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Question #6[7 marks]
Answer the following questions:
Construct an event tree for assessing the consequences of loss of coolant to a nuclear reactor
and calculate MTBS and MTBR
 Assume loss of cooling water to oxidation reactor occurs once every ten years.
 Oxidation reactor high temperature alarm alerts operator as temperature increases 4
out of five times
 Operator reestablish cooling water flow 3 out of five times
 Automatic shutdown system stops the reactor 9 times of ten

4 marks event tree construction & 3 marks for calculation

0.4 0.1
F/D 0.2

0.048 0.0288

0.08
0.0032
0.032

A (I.E) 0.018
0.1 0.02
0.002

MTBR= 1/∑freq. of runaway = 1/0.0052 = 192 year

MTBS = 1/∑freq. of Shutdown = 1/0.0468= 21.3 year

GOOD
LUCK
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