Policies, Procedures and Guidelines

All UNSW H&S policies, procedures and guidelines are available on the central H&S unit website.

How to organise your H&S electronic documents

Each research group shall have documents available for demonstrating compliance with H&S; your shared server folder that staff and students have access to should include the following H&S electronic folders:

	Chemical register	MSDS available in ChemAlert but may include here
	Biohazard register
	Schedule 8 drugs register	if applicable
	Radiation users and licences register	if applicable
	Inspection, testing and monitoring register
	Document control register
	Induction and training records
	SWPs and risk assessments
	Local protocols
	Labels
	Pre/post purchasing checklists
	After hours approvals
	Inspections
	Other
	Shortcut to SoMS common H&S

SoMS Local Protocols and Checklists

SoMS Safety Summary

Induction

Engaging contractors/service engineers

Work experience

SoMS Work Experience Volunteers/Students Protocol

Inspections

After-hours work

Hazardous substances/equipment

Risk assessment/SWP

Leaving/decommissioning a laboratory

Evacuation emergencies

SoMS Evacuation Protocol

Some SoMS-relevant policies/procedures/guidelines available on the central H&S website:

Biosafety Procedure	Immunisation Guides
Consultation Procedure	Dangerous Goods Guideline
Risk Group Determination of Cell Lines Guidelines	Indoor thermal comfort guidelines for managers
Gene Technology Procedure	Labelling of Hazardous Substances Guideline
Hazard and Incident Reporting Procedure	Laboratory Clearance Certificate Guideline
Hazardous Substances and Dangerous Goods Procedure	Laboratory Hazardous Waste Disposal Guideline
Inspection Testing and Monitoring Procedure	Laser Safety Guideline
Laboratory Decommissioning / Project Cessation	Manual Handling Guideline
Noise Management Procedure	Materials Handling Guideline
H&S External Complaints Procedure	H&S Purchasing Guideline
PCB Spill Response and Disposal Procedure	Outdoor Workers Guideline
Permit to Work Procedure	Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Guideline
Plant and Equipment Procedure	Plant design Guideline
Prohibited and Notifiable Carcinogens Procedure	Fieldwork Guideline
Radiation Procedure	Safe Work Procedure Guideline
Risk Assessment and Control Procedure	Signage Guideline
Schedule 8 Drugs Procedure	Storage of Dangerous Goods Guideline
Spills Procedure - Mercury	Visitors Guideline
Spills Procedure - PCB	Working After Hours Guideline
Training Procedure	Working from Heights Guideline
Air Monitoring Guideline	Guide to Electrical Testing and Tagging
Animal Research H&S Risk Guideline	Guide to printing labels on ChemAlert
Carcinogens Guideline	Guide to safe manual handling
Chemical Spills Guideline	Guide to setting up your workstation
Dangerous Goods (Transport by Air) Guideline	Chemical Waste Store LG41 protocol
Electrical Testing and Tagging Guideline	Cleaning in PC2 laboratories protocol
Ergonomic Guideline	Picric acid Management protocol
Dangerous Goods Placarding, Manifests, Notification and Emergencies Procedure	Use of audio/media devices with earphones in the workplace protocol

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Blathnaid Farrell
H&S Coordinator
Room G13, Wallace Wurth Building
T (02) 9385 9750
F (02) 9385 2866
E

Ken Wyse
SoMS alternative H&S contact
Lowy Cancer Research Centre
M 0434 184 213
T (02) 9385 2456
F (02) 9385 1430
E

Safety Summaries (PDF)
Currently being updated

Useful Links
UNSW H&S policy
UNSW H&S and Workers Compensation Unit
Technet
TOHSS - a database of H&S solutions
Facilities
Other H&S Links
Workcover Publications (PDF)