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Materials Engineering Safety Procedures

Safety in Materials Engineering is of the utmost importance and a legislative requirement as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004. Before any research or experimental procedures are undertaken, Project Summary's, Risk Assessments (RA's), Safe Work Instructions (SWI's) and full training must be completed to ensure a safe work environment is provided for all students, researchers and staff.

Before You Begin | During Use | End of Project

Before You Begin:

  • STOP!!!!

  • THINK!!!!

  • ACT!!!!

Introductory note

Monash Employee Safety Induction Program

(this induction is completed on line - and if you do not have an Authcate password yet, use the phone number on this link to obtain a temporary password (for this Induction only). 		Safety Induction Program

You must complete all 3 online quizzes for the Equal Opportunity induction

 Equal Opportunity
OHSE Course Notes (pps 50Mb)
OHSE Risk Management (ppt 3.4Mb)

Materials Engineering Safety Manual

The Materials Engineering safety induction checklist must be filled out and delivered to the Department reception

    • No keys will be issued until this induction is complete and signed off
 (pdf 632kb)
Chemical Handling Induction notes (pps 14Mb)
OHSE roles and responsibilities of all personnel
Please ensure that you are familiar with the details of your OHSE roles and responsibilities		 (.doc 48kb)
Project Summary (experiment/procedure)
A brief outline of the work to be undertaken		 (doc 27kb)
MSDS's( Material Safety Data Sheets)
Note: MSDS's should
  • be less than 5 years old
  • be from the supplier
  • have Australian emergency contact details, (if these details are not supplied a generic MSDS with Aust contact details can be produced and attached to the manufacturers MSDS.)
 (Chemwatch).
Risk Assessment
Describes the risks involved in each stage of the Project Summary above.		 ( doc 1.6Mb)
Safe Work Instructions (SWI's)
Describes how the work is to be carried out safely.		 ( .doc 300kb)
Use,design and modification of machinery/equipment at Monash University (pdf)
Faculty of Engineering - Machinery/Equipment Safety Checklist (pdf 66kb)
Laboratory Supervisors/Persons responsible
Who authorise new users of the laboratory
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During Use:

Apparatus in use form
Let others know what you are doing		 (.doc)
Guidelines for Work and Study Afterhours
Use this if you work or study outside 8:30am - 5:30pm Mon - Fri.		 (.doc)

Requisition for Solution preparation

To get a chemical solution prepared

 (.doc 53kb)
INCIDENT REPORT FORMS
Report hazards and incidents here		 (.doc 53kb)

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