Safety and Health Newsletter – July 2009 UWA Safety Awards 2009
Nominations are invited for the following four Safety Awards - Group (Faculty, School, Section), Individual, Safety Leadership (Individual) and Safety Recognition. All staff are encouraged to promote these awards within their work areas and to seek suitable nominations. Nominations to Safety and Health close on Friday 2nd October and the awards will be presented during Safe Work Week Australia, 25th - 31st October 2009. Further details can be obtained from: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/whats_new (July 2009) Warden Training – Monday 21st September
Essential introductory and refresher training for all wardens. Both the introductory (3 hours) course and the refresher course (1 hour) will be conducted on Monday 21st September. Practice building evacuations will occur in selected buildings during this week. For further information, to download the course notes and to enrol (required) see:
Warden training: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/warden
Warden Refresher training: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/warden_refresher
UWA Building Warden structures: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/people/wardens 2009 AUSA OHS Conference – Review and Presentation – 12 noon Friday 28th August
The Australasian University Safety Association (AUSA) OHS Conference is the premier conference for tertiary sector OHS professionals and is held every two years. It was last held at the University of Sydney from 7 – 10 July 2009. Mike Rafferty and Eddie Stoelwinder attended and will provide an overview of the conference. Eddie will also present his paper on ‘Three Lives Saved: UWA's Experience with Defibrillators’. This session will be from 12 noon – 1 pm on Friday 28th August, in the Don Volte & Nancy Keegan Case Study Room 101 (BCS101) in the UWA Business School. For more information on the 2009 AUSA OHS Conference please see: http://www.ehs.uts.edu.au/AUSA/conferences.html UWA Travel Policy Update - International SOS
In July 2009, the University implemented a traveller locator system called International SOS. International SOS is an all-in-one provider to UWA for emergency support, assistance and travel monitoring for UWA travellers whilst overseas. They provide 24/7 "real time" independent, non-political advice/reports on security/health and related travel issues to all UWA travellers automatically, providing the travel is booked through one of the University's two approved Travel Service Providers (Campus Travel and Tertiary Travel). The system will enable International SOS to:
• Contact travellers by mobile phone and/or email in the event of an emergency;
• Collect data on travellers for travel insurance purposes;
• Advise staff and students of security/medical travel warnings for specific regions;
• Advise staff and students of regions for which insurance cover is not automatic and where staff need to apply for cover on a case-by-case basis.
For information about this new service: http://www.finserv.uwa.edu.au/sp/travel/guide/ISOS
UWA Travel Related Information: http://www.finserv.uwa.edu.au/sp/travel Critical Incident Exercise
The University has recently developed a Critical Incident Management and Recovery Plan which provides the roles and responsibilities, resources and procedures to be used should there be an incident that threatens the people, operations, assets, environment or long-term prospects and reputation of the University. Events considered in the plan include natural disasters, outbreaks of disease, major fires or explosions, serious acts of violence and prolonged loss of utilities. A simulated critical incident was conducted at UWA in June 2009 to help staff to prepare for the real thing, should it eventuate. For further information on this exercise refer to the UWA News article, 27 July 2009 Volume 28 Number 10, page 10: http://uwanews.publishing.uwa.edu.au/?f=256028 (Exercise Sandman) UWA Contractor Changes
From the 1st August 2009 Facilities Management requires all of their contractors to have a permit to work issued before commencing any work at the University. The permit will assist in identifying that the contractor has been given permission to undertake contracted work. Additional permits may also be required for hot work, confined space and electrical (high voltage) depending on the works. For further information regarding these permits contact the Responsible Officer and /or Building Operations, Facilities Management. Refer: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/policies/permit_documents and http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/contractors New UWA Electrical Work Procedure
All electrical work must be carried out by UWA approved contractors in accordance with the
statutory requirements and all UWA requirements. All electrical installation work requires the electrical contractor to provide an Electrical Safety Certificate. In the case of notifiable works, a copy of the supply authority preliminary notice and notice of completion must also be provided. Copies of these documents must be directed to the UWA Building Services Electrical Supervisor (6488 2016) or the UWA Technical Officer Electrical (6488 2031). Any electrical work requiring access to High Voltage areas must have prior documented approval from the UWA Electrical Supervisor or the UWA Technical Officer Electrical before any such work commences. University in-house electrical staff are required to record all electrical work in the UWA Site Electrical Log Book. Electrical incidents/shocks must be reported immediately the UWA Electrical Supervisor or the UWA Technical Officer Electrical. After hours reporting must be made to UWA Parking and Security on 6488 3020. Refer: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/__data/page/14894/Electrical_work_procedure_doc_15072009.pdf Emergency Procedures Changes due to Movement of Staff
Groups moving into new, refurbished or existing areas around campus are requested to contact the relevant Building Warden (as appropriate) to inform them of their new location. For larger occupancies a Building Warden, Area Wardens, their deputies and other emergency response personnel may need to be recruited and trained. Please contact Safety and Health with any warden changes. UWA building specific information can be found at: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/people/wardens .
Click on the relevant building to view the list of wardens, their contact numbers and training attended, fire indicator panel location and Assembly Area information. University Safety Committee
The University Safety Committee last met on 9th June 2009. The next meeting is on Tuesday 11th August 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
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