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OH&S Monthly Report
Current Monthly Report for December End of Year 2011
For more information on Monthly Reporting click here
New OH&S Committees
The inaugural meetings of the Robertson, Tranthim and Fryer OHS Committees (named after Swinburne’s first Director appointed in 1908) have all recently been held.
There was much to discuss at these first meetings with manager representatives and health & safety representatives being informed of the responsibilities of each their roles.
The first request asked of OHS committee members was for feedback on:
- Swinburne’s revised OHS Policy
- New Swinburne OHS Commitment Statement
- Revised Issue Resolution Procedure
- OHS Committees – Terms of Reference document
All Swinburne staff are also being asked to read these documents and if they have any feedback communicate this to the OHS Consultants by Friday 8th April.
Expressions of interest were requested for members to participate in a stakeholder group to discuss the OHS aspects of overseas travel with a view to developing an organisational approach to managing this area of risk.
All members received a show bag which included drink bottle, committee folder, lollies and resuscitation shield.
Minutes of each of the meetings are now available on the OHS Consultation web page.
Fryer OHS Committee
TAFE Creative & Service Industries / Office of DVC TAFE
Faculty of Higher Ed Lilydale
Faculty of Design
TAFE School of Health & Community
Facilities & Services Group / Swinburne Press
Robertson OHS Committee
International & Development
Swinburne College
Swinburne Research
Swinburne Professional learning / Higher Education Office
TAFE School of Business
Chancellery/ VC & Pro VC (T&L) offices/ Finance/ Strategic Quality & Planning
Human Resources / SCS Executive office / Student Services
Information Resources
Student Operations
Tranthim OHS Committee
Faculty of Information & Communication Technologies
Faculty of Engineering & Industrial Sciences
Faculty of Business & Enterprise
Faculty of Life & Social Sciences
TAFE School of Sustainable Futures
TAFE School of Engineering Technology & Trades
Energy Safe
Using Mobile phones and visual display units
Vic Roads have introduced changes to road rules relating to the use of mobile phones and visual display units – effective 9 November 2009. For more information view the fact sheet below.
Slips Trips & Falls
There have been a spate of slips, trips and falls across the university over the past couple of weeks. An updated guide to Slips Trips & Falls can now be found from our Safework Practices page.
Links
Other health & safety related web site links
- Australian Safety and Compensation Council
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety
- Beyond Blue
- Comcare Australia
- Health & Safety legislation and Regulations
- International Labor Organisation
- National Health Medical Research Council
- Victorian Workcover Authority
- Department of Human Services - current health alerts