The Research School of Chemistry is committed to ensure the safety of its staff, students and visitors.
All incidents and hazards should be reported through the ANU Reporting System Figtree.
For their own sakes, and in their own interests, all staff and students are required to observe the ANU Procedures and Policies and RSC safety Regulations. The ANU principles of this commitment are defined in the ANU Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy.
All incidents, near-misses and hazards must be reported (a) to your direct supervisor, and (b) to ANU's incident reporting system Figtree. Certain incidents have to be reported to Comcare (find out which ones using this Comcare flowchart). In those cases it is critical to preserve the incident site until Comcare has provided clearance.
People who do not have access to Figtree can use this incident reporting form and email it to ohsincidents@anu.edu.au.
RSC staff and students must sign in outside business hours (Mo-Fr, 8:00-18:00) when entering or remaining in the building, independent of the kind of work that is being done.
Visitors must at any time and must be accompanied by RSC staff at all times unless inducted into the building to the appropriate level.
Signing in is done via the tablet freely available in the foyer of building 137.
Please read the latest RSC and ANU safety alerts.
The overarching pieces of Commonwealth WHS legislation are the WHS Act 2011 and the WHS Regulations 2011.
The RSC WHS Committee (formerly Advisory Committee on Safety; ACS) is composed of the RSC Director, RSC School Manager, RSC WHS Manager, and 5 Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs), elected from a variety of work areas across the RSC (e.g. academia, chemical research, biochemical research, workshops, students, postdocs, teaching). A minimum of 4 meetings are held each year, and everyone at the RSC is encouraged to raise safety related issues with the Committee.
Minutes of the Committee meetings can be found on the RSC intranet, and on the safety noticeboard in the foyer of building 137.
The RSC WHS Committee was established in accordance with and will work under the RSC WHS Committee charter.
RSC Building Induction dates can be found under RSC Events.
The Chemical Management System (CMS) has been implemented at the ANU in 2016 and includes a database for Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and an inventory of chemicals stored at the RSC and ANU. Link to CMS log-in: http://jr.chemwatch.net. Please use your u-number and HORUS/ISIS password to log in.
The CMS replaced the former Chemical Inventory System (CIS), which was phased out in 2017.