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Safety and Health Newsletter – January 2009
Safety Related Training 2009
• Unsealed Radioisotope Handling Courses from Monday
9th February and 16th February http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/radioisotope
• Laboratory Safety Course (1 day) on Thursday 19th
February
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/lab
• Basic Resuscitation First Aid (3.5 hours) on Thursday
5th and Friday 6th March (4 courses)
Refer to the OSDS 2009 training programme: http://www.osds.uwa.edu.au/
• Warden Training Course (1/2 day) on Monday 16th March
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/warden
• Warden Refresher Training Course (1 hour) on Monday
16th March
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/warden_refresher
• Safety and Health for Managers and Supervisors on
Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th March (2 x 0.5 days)
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/Safety_and_Health_for_Managers_and_Supervisors
• Laser Safety in Research Course (1/2 day) on
Wednesday 11th March
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/laser_safety
• X-ray Analysis Safety Course (1/2 day) on Wednesday
18th March
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/xray_analysis
Building Personnel Poster
A new UWA Building Personnel poster has been prepared for
buildings or sections within buildings. The poster lists
the contact and other information for the Building Warden, First
Aid Officers and Safety and Health Representatives. For
further information on this please see:
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/forms/building_personnel_poster
SSBA Regulatory Scheme
A new regulatory scheme for Security Sensitive Biological Agents
(SSBA) has been introduced as of January 2009. The scheme
builds on Australia’s obligation under the Biological and
Toxins Weapons Convention and UN Security Council Resolution
1540. Specified agents that are infectious, viable and pathogenic
organisms or active toxins must be reported, stored and handled
appropriately by responsible personnel in secure
facilities. The UWA Institutional Biosafety Committee wrote
to relevant areas in October 2008 and no Tier 1 agents were
reported as being in storage or use. Tier 2 agents will be
regulated from January 2010 and a separate letter regarding Tier
2 Agents will be sent to relevant areas in due course. The
UWA SSBA Responsible Officer is Dr Malcolm Lawson, Manager Animal
Facilities and Biosafety M459, 6488 4702. For further
information on the new SSBA Regulations please see:
www.health.gov.au/ssba
Global Challenge – form UWA teams
The Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) program is a cost recovery
program which seeks to motivate participants to undertake regular
exercise. The event runs from 21/05/09 to 22/09/09 (4
months). Participants are required to regularly log onto
the GCC website to record their pedometer readings or km
travelled by bicycle, which forms part of their individual and
their team's (7 persons) running total. They can also view
the running totals of other teams. Based on the distances
covered they are introduced to countries and information to make
the journey more interesting and enjoyable. The cost per person
is $99 for which they receive a backpack with pedometer, other
items and information booklets (with exercise, nutrition and
stress management tips). Safety and Health and UWA Sports
and Recreation are collaborating in promoting this to UWA staff
in 2009. http://gettheworldmoving.com/
http://sport.uwa.edu.au/events/global_corporate_challenge
AUSA 2009 OHS Conference
The 2009 Australasian University Safety Association (AUSA) OHS
Conference will be held at the University of Sydney from 7
– 10 July 2009. This is the premier conference for tertiary
sector OHS professionals and is held every two years. The theme
for the conference is ‘OHS in a Changing Climate’.
Abstracts and session plans are due by 16 February and formal
papers and case study summaries are due by 20 April 2009.
For more information please see: http://www.ehs.uts.edu.au/AUSA/conferences.html
AURIMS 2009 Conference
The 2009 Australasian Universities Risk and Insurance Management
Society (AURIMS) Conference will be held in Perth from 6 –
8 May 2009. AURIMS provides a forum for people involved in
university risk management and financing to share their
experiences and solutions to common issues.
For more information please see: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/aurims/confnew.html
OSA Group now PPC Worldwide
The external UWA Employer Assistance Program (EAP) provider, OSA
Group, has been acquired by PPC Worldwide and has changed its
name, logo and website. This is simply a name change that
does not affect their services. Apart from their main
office at Level 16, 251 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, PPC Worldwide
has other metropolitan offices at Fremantle, Joondalup,
Kelmscott, Mandurah, Midland and Rockingham as well as networks
in many areas of Regional WA.. The contact number for bookings is
1300 361 008 and their website address is: http://www.au.ppcworldwide.com/
Internal EAP services are available from UWA Counselling and
Psychological Services.
For further information on the University EAP program please see:
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/policies/eap
Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management @
UWA
Safety and Health have produced a new publication on
workers’ compensation and injury management which will be
provided to claimants and on request. The booklet is also
available at:
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/__data/page/152819/58267_WEB_Workers_Comp_book.pdf
New Risk Management and Audit Unit
Ms Clare Innes commenced as Acting Director, Risk Management on 19 January
2009. Clare will lead a new Risk Management and Audit Unit
which has been formed with staff from Internal Audit and staff
from Safety and Health involved with insurance (Grant Wallace,
Wendy Back) and business risk management (Stuart Spouse).
The new Unit will be located at the corner of Stirling Highway
and Broadway, in the building previously occupied by the Office
of Development.
University Safety Committee
The University Safety Committee last met on 9th December
2008. The next meeting is on Tuesday 17th February
2009. Approved minutes from previous meetings are
available from the Safety and Health website. http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/people/committees/safety
Previous Safety & Health Newsletters
For those who have missed out on our earlier editions, copies of
previous newsletters can be obtained from the following web
site: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/newsletter.
All are encouraged to share relevant safety information in each
edition to the rest in your respective workplaces.
The University of Western Australia
Safety and Health
Bus. 08 6488 3938
Fax. 08 6488 1179
Web: www.safety.uwa.edu.au
Email: safety@uwa.edu.au
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