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Risk assessments

Useful information

Legal requirements

Basic hazards in offices (and other non-lab areas) and ways of minimising their risk

Basic "wet" laboratory hazards and ways of minimising their risk

Additional information,
People at special risk,
Fires and burns,
Electrical apparatus,
Non-ionising radiation,
Workshop machinery,
Loud noise,
Trips, slips, falls and manual handling accidents,
Repetitive movements or poor posture,
First aid,
Emergency help,
Incident reporting mechanisms

People at special risk,
General risk control measures,
Service shut-downs in emergencies,
Fires and burns,
Sharps,
Electrical apparatus,
Non-ionising radiation,
Ionising radiation,
Chemicals,
Biological agents,
Asphyxiant gases,
High pressures and vacuums,
Machinery (domestic and workshop),
Loud noise,
Trips, slips, falls and manual handling accidents,
Repetitive movements or poor posture,
Spillages,
First aid,
Emergency help,
Incident reporting

	A-Z in this column
	Asphyxiant gases (generic assessment), (detailed information)
Risk	assessments
Generic risk assessment for	biological agents
Guidance on the use of	biological safety cabinets
	Biological spillages
Potential risks of using domestic	blenders
What have we got and where are the	carbon filtered cabinets
Using	carbon filters
Guidance on the use of	carbon-filtered cabinets
The safe use of	carcinogens, mutagens and teratogens
Using	Cardice (solid CO₂) - asphyxiant hazard, cold hazard, detailed information.
Departmental information sheet	CHE3.1 (guide to determining risk ratings of using hazardous chemicals)
Where you can find	chemical hazard data
Dealing with	chemical spillages with some practical examples
Guide procedure for determining the risk rating of using hazardous	chemicals
Using	chemicals
Possible build-up of phosgene in	chloroform
Safety implications of using	computers
Using	corrosive chemicals
The risks posed by using	cryogenic materials
	Departmental Safety Policies
Departmental	DSE3,2 (DSE workstation checklist - Word document)
	Display screen equipment
Powdered latex	disposable gloves
	Disposal of some lab chemicals
Potential risks of using	domestic equipment
The risks posed by using	DSE (Display screen equipment)
Departmental	DSE3.1 (DSE 'user' questionnaire - Word document)
Summoning	emergency help
Generic assessments for	field trips
	Fires (in labs)
	First aid
What you should be aware of if you use	formamide
Departmental information document	FUM3.2 (guidance for using fume cupboards and safety cabinets)
Guidance on the use of	fume cupboards
What have we got and where are the	fume cupboards
Departmental generic risk assessment	GEN1 (general departmental procedures)
Departmental generic risk assessment	GEN2.1 (display screen equipment)
Departmental generic risk assessment	GEN2.2 (manual handling operations)
	Generic risk assessments
The regulation and use of	genetically modified organisms (Bath eyes only)
	Glove/chemical compatibility
	Gloves for lab work
	GMOs (genetically modified organisms) (Bath eyes only)
Where you can find	hazard data
	Hazard pictograms
Guide procedure for determining the risk rating of using	hazardous chemicals
	HEPA filters
	High pressures
	High vacuums
Departmental generic risk assessment for	Hypodermic needles
	Incident reporting
Detailed information on why	incident reporting is important
	Incompatible chemicals
Reporting of	injuries, incidents and diseases
	Internet sources of information
Departmental generic risk assessment for	ionising radiation
Departmental generic risk assessment	LAB1 (general 'wet' lab procedures)
Departmental generic risk assessment	LAB2.1 (using toxic or corrosive chemicals)
Departmental generic risk assessment	LAB2.2 (using biological agents)
Departmental generic risk assessment	LAB2.3 (using ionising and non-ionising radiation)
Departmental generic risk assessment	LAB2.4 (lab use of hypodermic needles)
Departmental information document	LAB3.3 (useful lab safety information)
Useful	laboratory safety information
Guidance on the use of	laminar flow work stations
Departmental generic risk assessment for	lasers
Powdered	latex disposable gloves
Health and safety	laws and regulations
Potential risks of using	liquid nitrogen - asphyxiant hazard, cold hazard, detailed information.
	List of completed special risk assessments
How we	manage health and safety
	Manual handling
Where you can find	material safety data sheets (MSDS)
	Maximum exposure limits
Guidance on the use of	microbiological safety cabinets
Departmental generic risk assessment for	micro-organisms
Potential risks of using	microwave ovens
Where you can find	MSDS
The safe use of carcinogens,	mutagens and teratogens
Departmental generic risk assessment for	non-ionising radiation
Possible health effects of	office technology
First aid for	phenol burns
Possible build-up of	phosgene in chloroform
Safety and hazard	pictograms
Departmental safety	policies (staff and postgraduate students, undergraduate students)
	Pressure
	R phrases (Risk phrases)
Departmental generic risk assessment for	radioactive isotopes
The need for the	reporting of injuries, incidents and diseases
	Reproductive hazards. Information for workers planning families.
Generic	risk assessments
Guide procedure for determining the	risk rating of using hazardous chemicals
	S phrases (Safety phrases)
What have we got and where are the	safety cabinets
Where you can find	safety information
	Safety pictograms
University	safety policy (in .pdf format)
What are	Scafftags
Departmental generic risk assessment for using	sharps
Guidance on when a	special risk assessment should be compiled
List of completed	special risk assessments (Bath eyes only)
Blank proforma for printing	special risk assessments (in Word 97 format)
Dealing with	spillages (biological)
Dealing with	spillages (chemical) with some practical examples
The safe use of carcinogens, mutagens and	teratogens
What have we got and where are the	tissue culture cabinets
Using	tissue culture cabinets
Departmental generic risk assessment for	toxic chemicals
Departmental generic risk assessment for	ultrasonic sound
	University Safety Policy (in .pdf format)
Departmental generic risk assessment for	UV light
	Vacuum
	Waste disposal of some lab chemicals
The University system for dealing with hazardous	waste
Departmental generic risk assessment for work in the	workshop
	WWW lab safety pages

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Safety A - Z index of web pages

Basic hazards in offices (and other non-lab areas) and ways of minimising their risk

Basic "wet" laboratory hazards and ways of minimising their risk