BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

DEPARTMENTAL SAFETY MANUAL

(Revised August 2001)

Available for download as a PDF file
 (the document does not contain all of the information available on this website)

The floor plans for the department, showing emergency information, can be obtained by clicking the required floor (third floor - second floor - lower ground floor). They are also available as a PDF file.

Injury or illness (First Aid)	In case of FIRE	Safety forms

 

1		PREFACE
2		INTRODUCTION
3		LINES OF RESPONSIBILITY & AUTHORITY FOR HEALTH & SAFETY
4		PROVISION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION, INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING
5		GENERAL LABORATORY PRACTICE
6		LABORATORY PRACTICE WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
7		COSHH
8		SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON LIKELY CHEMICAL HAZARDS
9		WORKS OF REFERENCE
10		PHYSICAL HAZARDS
11		FAULTY EQUIPMENT
12		DEPARTMENTAL WASTE DISPOSAL
13		LABELLING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
14		HANDLING OF GAS CYLINDERS
15		USE OF FUME CUPBOARDS
16		USE OF HEATING DEVICES AND WATER BATHS
17		FREEZERS, REFRIGERATORS AND CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE ROOMS
18		INSECT CULTURES
19		DARKROOMS
20		PROCEDURES IN CASE OF FIRE
21		USE OF ETHANOL FOR ASEPTIC WORK IN FLOWHOODS
22		COLLECTION OF LIQUID NITROGEN FROM CHEMISTRY BULK TANK STORAGE VESSEL
23		CHEMICAL SPILL KIT
24		MICROBIOLOGICAL AND TISSUE CULTURE HAZARDS
25		DEPARTMENTAL VEHICLES
26		FIELD COURSES AND FIELD WORK
27		GENETIC MODIFICATION
28		BIOHAZARDS
29		RADIATION