- Safety Related Training
- Traffic Light Reporting (Jul - Dec 2017) Required by 2nd March
- Safety Objectives and Targets
- Cycling On Campus
- New Emergency Procedure Posters
- Chemical Corner - By NotaDr Dave Thatcher
- Cold Fizz
- University Safety Committee
- Previous Safety and Health Newsletters
- Wellbeing eNews
Safety Related Training
- Building and Area Warden Training
Emergency evacuation drills will be in early April. For warden training sign up at the links below, the training covers the procedures and methods for dealing with emergencies within your buildings as well as emerging issues within the field.
- Warden Training Course (3 hours) Thursday 5th April, 9am – 12 noon Venue Economics Conference Room (Rm 3.73) https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/warden
- Warden Refresher Training Course (1 hour) Thursday 5th April 1pm - 2pm, Venue Economics Conference Room (Rm 3.73) https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/warden_refresher
- Work Health and Safety for Managers and Supervisors course (1/2 Day workshop).
(NOTE - Online modules (5) must be completed prior to attendance).
The next centrally organised workshop is on Wednesday 18th July 2018.
Local Workplace organised workshops can be arranged with Safety, Health and Wellbeing. (Min 10 Participants)
https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/induction-and-training/courses/work,-health-and-safety-for-managers-and-supervisors-course
Traffic Light Reporting (Jul - Dec 2017) - Required by 2nd March
The next UWA Traffic Light Report for the 6 month period July - December 2017 and the Health and are required to be submitted to UWA Safety, Health and Wellbeing by COB Friday 2nd March 2018. Further information is available at:
https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/management/monitoring/traffic-light
Safety Objectives and Targets
Objectives and Targets reporting from 2017 are in the process of being compiled. Don’t forget, if you are a manager or supervisor you should have entered (or had an assistant enter for you) your safety activities for 2017.
Updated instructions on how to complete this can be found at the following link.
https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/management/monitoring/objectives-and-targets
Cycling On Campus
WA road rules apply on campus. For cyclists this means you must observe speed limits and wear a helmet. If you are involved in a car or bike crash, it is important you contact UWA Security. Requirements for cyclists on shared paths include:
- Keep to the left of the path at all times, unless overtaking
- Give way to pedestrians at all times
- Signal early your intentions to turn at intersections
- Slow down when approaching pedestrians
- Ring your bell about 30m behind pedestrians when approaching them
Please be aware of building entries and blind spots around buildings.
The UWA Bicycle User Group promotes cycling to work and provides a source of information for all bike riders at UWA. More information on cycling at UWA and the law can be found at this link: https://www.transport.uwa.edu.au/cycling/_nocache
New Emergency Procedure Posters
SH&W have reviewed and updated the red Emergency Procedure posters that should be found in lunchrooms, lecture theatres and other public spaces.
We currently have 500 available for distribution. Please email [email protected] to let us know how many are in your area in need of replacement.
Chemical Corner - By NotaDr Dave Thatcher
Laurton is busy so I am invading the chemical corner once more. There was some caustic ire directed toward my fizzy chemical descriptions last time, so today’s topic will be much easier for me to handle: Gloves!
Do you have the appropriate gloves for what you are about to pick up? Think about what it will do to you without gloves, will it cook you? Will it melt you? Will it just mess up the fabulous job you have done on your nails? Now make sure that the glove you are using won’t burn, dissolve, or be pierced by your pointy manicure. Don’t assume that if a glove is good for one hazard it is going to protect you against another.
Similar names do not mean similar protection. Which is better a TouchNTuff 92-600 or a TouchNTuff 92-670? Or when the name is different, will you be better served by a Gladiator, a Scorpio, or a Premium Pink? You can’t just pick the name you like, these five gloves all have different uses and provide different protections.
Learn them and know them, because all the funny names above are from just one company, Ansell. To their credit Ansell makes finding the glove you need easy, if you regularly will be handling a range of chemicals you should bookmark the following link, because one click is really easy, but not if your finger just liquefied.
https://ppe.ansell.com.au/products/chemical
Cold Fizz
It’s summer, everyone likes a cool drink to take the edge off, while it may be no surprise that a bottle of liquid sugar can make you stack on the kilos, the latest research from the University of Melbourne indicates that sugary soft drinks will increase your risk profile for a range of cancers as well.
Notably, even if you hit the gym or the pool, burning the calories isn’t enough to fix the problem. Regardless of your overall health and weight the consumption of the soft drinks increases your cancer risk. https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/increased-cancer-risk-from-fizzy-drinks-no-matter-what-size-you-are
University Safety Committee
The University Safety Committee last met on Tuesday 12th December 2017. The next meeting is on Wednesday 21st March 2018.
Approved minutes from previous meetings are available from the Safety, Health and Wellbeing website.
https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/people/committees/safety
Previous Safety, Health and Wellbeing Newsletters
For those who have missed out on our earlier editions, copies of previous newsletters can be obtained from the following web site:
https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/newsletter .
All are encouraged to distribute relevant safety information in your workplaces.
Wellbeing eNews
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