Department Safety Objectives 2025

Departmental Safety Objectives 2025

1. Improve the Chemical Safety Management Across the Department

1. The University Safety Office to undertake a chemical safety audit across the department to identify recommendations and actions
2. Establish a Departmental Sub-Committee for Chemical Safety                                          i. Work through and prioritise the identified recommendations and actions
3. Identify the most appropriate route(s) to appoint Chemical Safety Officer(s)
4. Introduce a Chemical Lab Inspection Checklist

2. To promote sensible and proportionate risk management across the Department

1. Ensure processes and procedures are in place that facilitate completion, use, recording and review of risk assessments
2. Define and document the risk assessment approval expectations at each level: Supervisor, Manager; LSC and Engineering Safety Office.
3. Ensure the necessary risk assessment training requirements are identified within a departmental training matrix

3. Populate the Safety Management Hub

1. Complete the Safety hub - Safety Hazard and Risk Register to identify top risks across the department
2. Populate the Department Safety Arrangements section of the Safety Hub

4. Create Departmental Guidance documents

1. Review the SMS Audit Report to identify suggested gaps
2. Complete the Safety hub - Safety Hazard and Risk Register (SHRR) to create a register to identify top risks across the department
3. From review of SMS Audit and completion of the Safety Hub - SHRR prioritise the gaps in guidance documents available

The SMS Audit - Executive Summary can be found here.