Health and Safety in the School of Chemistry
Health and Safety Coordinator: Dr Philip Wormald
| Health and Safety Coordinator | Dr Philip Wormald | Room Purdie 242 | Tel:01334 463382 | pw22@st-and.ac.uk |
| Deputy Health and Safety Coordinator | Dr Nick Westwood | Room 3.19 BMS | Tel:01334 463816 | njw3@st-and.ac.uk |
Safety Information
- FIRE: sound fire alarm, evacuate, call 9-999 from internal phone, 999 from mobile
- SERIOUS INJURY: call 9-999 from internal phone, 999 from mobile
- MINOR INJURY: call first aider from internal phone (see p3 of Safety Handbook 2010)
- FLOODS MUST BE STOPPED PROMPTLY AS THEY CAN CAUSE RISK OF ELECTROCUTION, POWER CUTS, EXPENSIVE DAMAGE TO SAFETY SYSTEMS AND LAB EQUIPMENT, AND IRREPLACEABLE DAMAGE TO EXPERIMENTAL WORK!
- FLOOD - NORMAL HOURS: call janitors on 3777 (internal) or 01334463777 from mobile OR John Smith on extension 3696. If it is safe to do so then you should investigate the cause of the flood and if possible isolate the source of the problem.
- FLOOD - OUTWITH NORMAL HOURS: call out-of-hours janitors on 3985 (internal) or 01334463985 from mobile. If it is safe to do so then you should investigate the cause of the flood and if possible isolate the source of the problem.
- Safety Handbook 2010 (PDF, 641KB)
- CHARM: St Andrews Online COSHH Risk Assessment website(U)
- Workplace exposure limits (WEL) from document EH40 updated annually by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE):
- Archived safety messages from the School Safety Officer (closed end of 2007)
- University Health and Safety Services
- Safety committee meetings
