Sir Graeme Davies Building
Safety Induction Pack
To:
Level:
Supervisor:
To be issued to all new laboratory workers, including:
Postgraduates; Undergraduate project students, Postgraduate Students, Technicians,
Postdocs, Research Assistants and Visiting researchers.
To the new person: This package is designed to ensure that you are properly informed about Safety in this building,
and that you are correctly registered according to the regulations applying to the hazards you may be exposed to.
Please complete the forms in this package as soon as possible (within a day or two of your arrival). [You will probably
need help from your supervisor to fill in some parts.] Return all the completed forms to Helen Arthur, B5-08.
To the supervisor: Please note that every new worker should receive full instruction on Safety in this Centre. It is
your responsibility to make sure that this happens. This is especially important for those who arrive at any time
other than the beginning of October.
SAFETY INFORMATION FOR NEWCOMERS
Welcome to our Institute.
Whether you are a newcomer to research laboratories or an experienced research worker, you will need to make a
considerable effort to get to know the local safety procedures and to make sure that you comply with statutory and
other requirements. Safety is important! Failure to work safely and according to the guidelines in our Safety Codes
may result in suspension or dismissal. Serious malpractice could lead to criminal prosecution.
IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE
To get started, please read and follow carefully the guidelines on the next page.
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Safe working - getting started
1. You may not start work until you have received formal SAFETY INSTRUCTION. This instruction should be given
by your supervisor, especially if you have not arrived at the start of the academic year, but it is up to you to make sure
that it happens: safety is a personal responsibility.
Everyone should have read and understood the SGDB safety document:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/iii/informationforstaff/safetyhandbook/
All new staff MUST complete e-induction and fire safety training within 6 months of starting. These can be found on
the SEPS website at
http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/health/e-inductionoverview/safetyandenvironmentalprotectionserviceseps/
You MAY NOT start work with radioactivity before you have been registered, completed the training run by the
Radiation Protection Service and received a dosimeter for the building, Jim Scott, Level 6, Room 14 (deputy; Fiona
McMonagle, Level 3)
Before starting bench-work you MUST have read and signed all relevant COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to
Health) assessments. These should be kept in your laboratory. Ask your supervisor for the relevant forms.
Appropriate training in procedures using hazardous materials or methods must be provided by a suitably experienced
member of staff and signed off by your supervisor prior to performing procedures on your own.
Before starting any recombinant DNA work or attempting to grow any pathogenic organism you MUST establish from
your supervisor whether the proposed work has been approved by the SGDB Biological Safety representative. Your
supervisor should provide you with a copy of the project description for any restricted project and your name should
appear on it.
If ever in doubt about safety - ASK! The SGDB Safety staff are there to help; they are listed in the Safety
Document.
Note that you may be required to complete other Safety induction material before starting work eg specific training for
containment level 3 work.
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SAFETY INSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE
To be filled in by the SUPERVISOR
Please provide your new starter with access to the Safety Codes and COSHH assessments, and draw their attention
specifically to the following points (where applicable):
Topic
Initial
Personal responsibility for safe working practices
II&I website: safety page
SEPS E-information: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/health/e-inductionoverview/
Other sources of Safety advice and information, ie SEPS, HSE
Emergency procedures
Fire hazards. Also complete training at
http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/seps/a-z%20index/firesafety/
Evacuation procedure
Personal protective Equipment (PPE)
Storage of flammables
Good Microbiological Practice
Prior clearance for recombinant DNA work
Handling of pathogens and potentially infective tissues
COSHH. Biological & chemical risk assessments
Disposal procedures for hazardous waste
First aiders
Electric shock hazards in the laboratory
Building Security
Reporting of accidents/dangerous occurrences
Expectant and New Mothers
Health surveillance for allergens
Read 3Is safety policy document (available on 3Is website)
I CERTIFY THAT THE ATTENTION OF THE NEW WORKER NAMED HERE HAS BEEN DRAWN TO THE INSTITUTE OF
INFECTION, IMMUNITY AND INFLAMMATION’S SAFETY CODE AND TO THE POINTS LISTED ABOVE.
Name of worker
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Worker’s Signature
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Supervisor’s Name
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Supervisor's signature
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Date
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