The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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General safety health inductionfor students
Health, Safety Environment Office

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Introduction

• Your supervisor/lab-in-charge would conduct the
  induction for you and this power point
  presentation is to supplement the induction with
  visual aid materials.
• Ask question if you are in doubt!!!

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Health and Safety Policy of the University
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University Health and Safety Policy/
Environmental Policy

• Health and Safety Policy - to ensure, as far as
  reasonable practicable, the health and safety of
  all
• Its staff at work
• Students in the course of study
• The general public using our premises
• PolyU committed to achieve high HS standards
  over and above statutory requirements.
• Environmental Policy committed to provide a
  good environment for its staff and students
• To ensure that its activities are conducted in an
  environmentally responsible manner

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Your health and safety responsibilities

• to be actively involved in implementing the
  Health and Safety Policies
• to take reasonable care at work (or in the course
  of study) for your own health and safety and all
  others who may be affected by your acts or
  omissions
• not to interfere with or misuse, intentionally or
  recklessly, anything provided in the interests of
  health and safety and
• to report problems relating to health and safety
  matters.

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Possible assistance from departmental health and
safety officer (DHSO)
Find out who is your DHSO whom is the
co-ordinator of departmental HS matters. You may
have to contact this important person from time
to time.
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You may contact your DHSO for more information if
you have any health and safety problem.
DHSO Room Tel E-mail
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General safety rules of the University
Health and Safety Guide Safety Handbook
Emergency Procedures Handbook
Laboratory Safety Manual
Handbook for Using Material Safety Data Sheet
Procedure Manual for Using the Licensed Dangerous
Goods Stores on Campus
Handbook for Handling Wastes
The above handbook is available at HSEO homepage
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Electrical Safety

• Hazards-
• Electric Shock (ventricular fibrillation)
• Burn
• Ignition of combustible material/Fire
• Explosion

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Electrical Safety
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First aid box in campus
You can ask your DHSO about the nearest first aid
box. Of course, you can tour the office, workshop
or laboratory to familiar with its location.
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Break glass fire alarm
Familiar yourself with the location of hose reel
and the break-glass alarm.
Sound the fire alarm by activating the
break-glass fire alarm call point switch in case
of fire.
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Emergency reporting

• Fire
• Any accident/injury
• Leakage/spillage of chemical
• Any other incidents that life or property is
  endangered

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ?
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Report to campus security control centre at P111
in person
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Call campus security control centre by dialling
27667999 (emergency line), or 27667666 / 27667177
(24 hours) or
Use the emergency telephone sets at various
strategic locations
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Particulars to be reported to the campus security
control centre

• Your name and department
• Your contact telephone number
• Nature of incident with brief description
• Full detail of location of accident
• Any person(s) injured in the incident

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After injury/ incident, report the case to your
supervisor or lab in-charge responsible for the
area so that they could report the case to HSEO
by filling a Accident/Incident Report Form(HSO
Form 2) and send it to Health, Safety
Environment Office through the Department Head
within 72 hours
The HSO Form2 can be downloaded from Intranet
electronic form library of The PolyU homepage
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Display Screen Equipment Operation
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Manual Handling Operation
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Manual Handling Operation
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Remember Ext. 7999 for Emergency Reporting to
Campus Security Control Centre After this
general safety health induction, your
supervisor/ lab in-charge should told you the
departmental safety arrangements and specific
operational health and safety issues.