An experience of university education on occupational safety and health at Politecnico di Torino

Abstract

According to the European statistics on work related accidents and health impairments, the general situation still remains critical. In Italy approximately three fatalities/day are recorded. The causes are poor Hazard Iden-tification, uncritical Risk Assessment and, consequently, Risk Management lacking of a Quality approach. The Culture of Safety is a basic tool to support improvements of the situation. Its dissemination finds important al-location at the University education stage. Moreover, the cooperation programs involving Universities and top managers lay at the very base of Occupational Safety & Health (OS&H) improvements, particularly in critical NACE sectors. Politecnico di Torino provides Bachelor, Master Degree, Post-Graduate Master and PhD courses covering multidisciplinary aspects, with remarkable occupational success. The Authors provide infor-mation on organization and contents of a Master Degree course, whose applied part is based on Problem Based Learning, starting from in depth analyses of occurred work related fatalities, targeted to discuss suita-ble prevention measures.