NUS Safety Policies

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NUS Safety Policies Faculty Safety Management
System (FSMS)
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• Objective
• - understand the safety related policies
  applicable to FoS
• - familiar with Faculty Safety Management System
  (FSMS)

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NUS Safety related policies

• Safety Health Policy
• Bio-Safety Policy
• Chemical Safety Policy
• Radiation Safety Policy
• Fire Safety Policy
• Safety Policy on Tenants
• BSL3 Policy
• further details available at http//www.nus.edu.s
  g/osh/

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Policy Statement / Responsibilities

• Managements commitment to protect safety
  health of all in the campus.
• Endorse its Legal obligation
• Conformance with standards (national
  international)
• Complying Training requirements
• Communication with all concerned
• Responsibilities of various categories of staff
  students defined

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Students Responsibilities

• Right to know the risk associated with their
  work
• participating in training programs
• Follow the safety practices/ in-house rules
• Report hazards to their supervisors
• Co-operate with safety committee to ensure the
  lab safety

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Faculty Safety Management System (FSMS)

• Purpose
• The purpose is to provide a safe method of work
  for all operations and specific tasks. The
  procedures are designed to protect health
  safety of staff, students and visitors.
• Element of FSMS
• There are 14 elements covered in the FSMS
  including
• Safety work practices
• Safety Training
• Safety committee
• Incident investigation and analysis
• In-house rules and regulations

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FSMS Elements cont.

• Safety promotion
• Contractors control
• Safety Inspections
• Maintenance programs
• Risk Analysis
• Hazardous substance control
• Emergency preparedness
• Occupational Health program
• Management Review
• Note FSMS manual could be obtained from DSC/ FSC
  members

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Risk/ Hazard Identification Analysis

• Risk assessment is mandatory for all research
  projects
• All hazardous works shall undergo risk
  assessment before start work
• Risk assessment should be reviewed for all
  changes in experiments (or) new hazardous
  materials involved in the work.

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Safe Work Practices

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Personal protective equipments are important to
  save your life from accidents and incidents. It
  is the fundamental duty of everyone working in
  the lab to wear the PPE while working in the lab.
• Standard PPE
• Safety Goggles
• Lab coat
• Optional PPE
• Chemical works Mask/ respirator, gloves
• Radiation works Gloves, Laser goggles (for
  specific lasers)
• Noisy works Ear plugs
• Bio works Gloves, mask
• Cryogenic Face shield, cryo-gloves

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SWP for Chemical Works

• Obtain MSDS for all chemicals use and familiar
  with safety information.
• Use fume-hood for harmful chemical handling
• Do not mix/ store incompatible chemicals
  together.
• Ensure the availability of First aid box, fire
  fighting equipments, spill kits, emergency
  showers nearby the labs.
• Label all chemicals in use and waste chemicals.
• Chemicals should be disposed only through
  licensed contractors.

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SWP for Radiation Works

• Make sure the sources/ equipments are licensed
• Ensure the users are licensed / authorized
• Undergo regular medical checkups
• Use Dosimeters while working with radioactive
  sources
• Radiation wastes disposed only through OSHE/ HSA

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SWP for Fire Prevention

• Strictly NO SMOKING in labs
• Keep all flammables away from ignition sources
• Learn to operate fire fighting equipments
• Do not accumulate wastes and dispose regularly
• Do not remove fire fighting equipments from its
  location and dont block its visibility.

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SWP for Occupational Health

• No foods and drinks allowed in the laboratory
• Use ear protection while working with noisy
  works
• Use respirators while working with harmful
  chemicals/ gases
• Remove lab coats, gloves and Wash your hands
  before leave the lab

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SWP for Biological works

• Follow the safety guidelines for BSL2 Labs
• Use bio-safety cabinets for biohazard materials
• Dont touch doors and other materials with
  contaminated gloves
• Dispose bio wastes only in designated bins
• Autoclave all bio-wastes before dispose
• Sharps and syringes disposed separately

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SWP for Electrical use

• All electrical equipments shall be provided with
  ELCB
• No electrical cables laid on wet/ water surfaces
• Only PSB approved plug/ sockets shall be used
• Do not overload electricity
• Only licensed electrical workers allowed to
  repair / maintain electrical equipments

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SWP for Housekeeping

• Segregate and store chemicals according to their
  classification.
• Dont obstruct exit doors / emergency escape
  routes
• Dont store unwanted materials in fume-hoods
• Gas cylinders shall be chained and keep FULL/
  EMPTY cylinders separately.
• Cables and tubes should not lying on floor-
  Tripping hazard

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Safety Training

• Objective
• The objective of safety training is to equip all
  personal with the necessary knowledge, skills and
  attitudes which will enable them to perform their
  duties in a manner that does not represent a
  safety hazard.
• Training Requirement of FoS
• Statutory training
• Induction training
• Mandatory training
• Special training

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Safety Committee

• University Level
• Institutional Laboratory Safety Committee
• Institutional Bio safety committee
• Faculty Level
• Faculty Safety Committee
• Departmental Level
• Department Safety Committee

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Accidents and incidents

• Objective
• To get information and data of all accidents
  incidents in the faculty for the purpose of
  conduct investigation to find the unsafe act and
  unsafe conditions lead such incident.
• Responsibility of staff/ students
• Report all incidents through online
• Support investigation team to gather all
  information
• Take action to avoid reoccurrence of similar
  incidents.

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Safety Inspections

• Inspection
• Dept safety committee inspections
• Faculty safety committee inspections - Quarterly
• OSHE inspections / External experts inspection-
  half yearly
• Audits
• System audit and physical audit - Annually

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Safety inspection findings
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Safety Inspection findings

• Exit door obstructed

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Safety Inspection Findings

• Chemicals, wastes incompatible stored together

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Safety Inspections

• Inspection report circulated to all concerned
• Instruction for corrective action to the
  concerned staff/ students with deadline depending
  upon the risk.
• Follow up inspection/ closure of findings.

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In-house rules and regulations

• National level rules and regulations
• National standards
• International standards
• Faculty in-house rules and regulations

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Faculty wide enforcement system

• Objective
• The Faculty / Department has a set of general
  safety rules and regulations for employees/
  students to follow. This is to establish a common
  understanding of their obligations and
  responsibilities to the achievement of the
  faculty safety management system.
• Violation of in-house rules
• Oral and written warning will be issued
• Repeated and Serious violations will lead to
  suspension/ closure of labs with Deans approval.

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Maintenance of equipments/ machinery

• Statutory maintenance
• Boilers, Pressure vessels, Explosive power
  tools, Lifting equipments etc
• Mandatory maintenance
• Fume-hood, bio safety cabinets, High voltage
  equipments, Generators etc

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Hazardous substance control

• All chemicals, bio-hazard materials, radioactive
  materials shall be purchase through proper
  inventory.
• Imported poisons should be recorded and kept in
  secured locations.
• Use/ store hazardous materials as minimum as
  possible
• No hazardous materials should be taken away
  without approval.
• All wastes should be disposed through licensed
  waste collectors.

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Emergency Preparedness

• Report all emergencies to campus security 6874
  1616
• Participate in annual emergency drill
• Familiar with special kind of emergencies i.e.,
  chemical/ gas exposure, bio incidents, radiation
  accidents etc
• Familiar with Assembly points/ Evacuation routes

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Safety advice and consultation

• Departmental safety issues
• A/P Chuah Gaik Khuan Tel [phone]
  chmcgk_at_nus.edu.sg
• Faculty safety issue
• S.Annamalai Tel [phone] scisa_at_nus.edu.sg
• OSHEs contact
• N. Venkat Tel [phone] oshnv_at_nus.edu.sg