The following OH&S documentation is available to BABS staff and students. For UNSW guides and procedure these are also available in via the OH&S website.

UNSW Guidelines and Procedures relevant to BABS

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Information for Supervisors

• OHS714 Supervisors guide to managing reported hazards and incidents
• OHS718 Guide to UNSW OHS Management System
  
• OHS003 Incident Investigation Guide
• Laboratory supervisors refer to the laboratory safety page
  
• Office supervisors refer to the office safety toolkit

Consultation

• OHS337 Consultation Procedure

Biological Safety

• OHS323 Biosafety Procedure
• OHS330 Gene Technology Procedure  
• OHS066 Animal Research OHS Risk Guideline
• OHS435 Immunisation Guide - Hep A
• OHS425 Immunisation Guide - Hep B
• OHS426 Immunisation Guide - Q-Fever
• OHS651 Risk Group Determination of Cell Lines Guidelines
• OHS097 Gene Technology License - Training & Information Statement
• OHS076 Infective Microorganisms by Risk Group Information Sheet - Classification
• OHS075 Biohazard & Microorganism Register
• OHS078 Containment facility register

Chemical Safety

• OHS333 Dangerous Goods Placarding, Manifests, Notification and Emergencies Procedure
• OHS332 Hazardous Substances and Dangerous Goods Procedure
• OHS335 Prohibited and Notifiable Carcinogens Procedure
• OHS434 Carcinogens Guideline
• OHS428 Introduction to Dangerous Goods Guideline
• OHS429 Labelling of Hazardous Substances Guideline
• OHS404 Storage of Dangerous Goods Guideline
• OHS674 Guide to S8 Drug processes
• OHS706 Picric acid Management protocol
• CHEMALERT Guide to printing labels on ChemAlert

Radiation

• OHS601 Radiation Procedure (Ionising)
• OHS711 Radiation Procedure (Non Ionising)
• OHS712 Laser Safety Guideline
• OHS433 Laser Pointer Guideline
• OHS436 Reliability Testing Procedure for Ionising Radiation Detectors

Risk Assessment & Safe Work Procedures

• OHS027 Safe Work Procedure Guideline
• OHS329 Risk Assessment and Control Procedure
• OHS698 Risk Assessment and Control Form - guide to completing the form
• OHS328 Risk Rating Table (in Risk Rating Procedure)
• OHS027 Safe Work Procedure - Guide to Writing

Hazard & Incident Management

• OHS304 Hazard and Risk Register Procedure
• OHS309 Corrective Action Procedure
• OHS207 Hazard and Incident Reporting and Investigation Flowchart
• OHS642 Hierarchy of Risk Controls
• OHS643 Hierarchy of Chemical Risk Controls

Personnel Protective Equipment Guidelines

• OHS659 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Guideline
• OHS701 Personal Protective Equipment signs

Inspection Testing & Monitoring Program

• OHS312 Inspection Testing and Monitoring Procedure

Spills Management

• OHS301 PCB Spill Response and Disposal Procedure
• OHS305 Spills Procedure - Mercury 
• OHS303 Radiation Spills Procedure (Beta)
• OHS302 Radiation Spills Procedure (Gamma)
• OHS421 Chemical Spills Guideline

Waste Management

• OHS321 Laboratory Hazardous Waste Disposal Guideline
• OHS503 Chemical Waste Store LG41 protocol

Plant & Equipment

• OHS327 Plant and Equipment Procedure
• OHS720 Guide to Electrical Testing and Tagging    

Manual Handling and Ergonomics

• OHS431 Ergonomic Guideline
• OHS722 Indoor thermal comfort guidelines for managers
• OHS432 Manual Handling Guideline
• OHS706 Guide to safe manual handling
• OHS705 Guide to setting up your workstation

Equipment purchasing

• OHS316 OHS Purchasing Guideline

Fieldwork

• OHS406 Fieldwork Guideline
• OHS419 Outdoor Workers Guideline
• OHS019 Factors to consider in Fieldwork Risk Assessment

Document and Record Keeping

• OHS311 Document and Record Control Procedure

Legislative Documents

Australian Standards (Safety in laboratories series)

• AS/NZS 2243.1:2005  - Planning and operational aspects
• AS/NZS 2243.10:2004 - Storage of chemicals
  
• AS/NZS 2243.2:2006 - Chemical aspects 
• AS/NZS 2243.3:2010 - Microbiological safety and containment 
• AS 2243.4-1998 - Ionizing radiations 
• AS/NZS 2243.5:2004 - Non-ionizing radiations - Electromagnetic, sound and ultrasound 
• AS/NZS 2243.6:2010 - Plant and equipment aspects 
• AS 2243.7-1991 - Electrical aspects 
• AS/NZS 2243.8:2006  - Fume cupboards 
• AS/NZS 2243.9:2009  - Recirculating fume cabinets 

UNSW Well Being resources

• http://www.ohs.unsw.edu.au/ohs_wellbeing/index.html

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