OHS026
Safe Work Procedure
Faculty/Division
Medicine
Document number
School/ Divisional Unit
Lowy
Initial Issue date
28/4/2010
Current version 1.0
Current Version
Next review date
Issue date: 28/4/2010 28/4/2013
The Writing Safe Work Procedures Guideline (OHS027) should be consulted to assist in the completion of this
form.
Safe Work Procedure Title and basic description
Title:
Movement of goods within Lowy Cancer Research Building
Description: The movement of laboratory goods and equipment (expect Liquid Nitrogen) from the store and ground
floor reception into the laboratories.
Associated risk assessment title and location: Movement of goods within Lowy Research Building (RA) located on
Medicine OHS web site
Describe the activity or process
Picking up goods from either the Bio-Medical store or the ground floor reception of Lowy Cancer Research Building
and transporting them to the laboratories.
Most goods should arrive in the stores or reception correctly packaged, if not the laboratory must provide doubled
containment.
All dangerous good must be doubled contained for transport. (Please note: foam esky cannot be used as primary or
secondary containment.)
All Radioactive material to be appropriately shielded according to AS/NZS 2243.4, prior to movement within Lowy
Cancer Research Building
All personnel transporting hazardous goods must be trained on appropriate clean up procedures.
All heavy and bulky goods must be moved on trolleys
List all resources required including plant,
chemicals, personal protective clothing and
equipment, etc
Trolley
MSDS of the goods
Training in manual handling and spill cleanup procedure
Secondary containment if not already provided
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Date Effective: 01/01/2007
Current Version: 1.2, 15/08/2007
List potential hazards and risk controls including
specific precautions required
Staff training in manual handling and spill cleanup procedure
Exposure to toxic, corrosive, flammable, infectious and radioactive material
List emergency shutdown instructions
List clean up and waste disposal requirements
Appropriate Spill kit.
List legislation, standards and codes of practice used
in the development of the SWP
Section 5 Laboratory spill AS|NZS 2243.3:2002
NSW OHS Act 2000
Australia Dangerous Goods Code
NSW OHS Regulation 2001
Chemical spill guideline UNSW document OHS421
AS/NZS 2243.3:2002/Amdt 1:2003 - Safety in laboratories - Microbiological aspects and containment facilities
AS 2243.4-1998 - Safety in laboratories - Ionizing radiations
Supervisory approval, training, and review
Supervisor:
Signature:
Plant custodian:
Signature
List competency required – qualifications, certificates, licensing, training – eg. course or instruction:
SWP review date: 28/4/2013
Responsibility for SWP review: Ken Wyse
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Safe Work Procedure
Uncontrolled document when printed
Date Effective: 01/01/2007
Current Version: 1.2, 15/08/2007