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Peter Turner Lab Manager Faculty of Engineering and B ilt E i F lt f E i i d Built Environment t Discipline of Electrical and Computer Engineering 10th March, 2010

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5 FYP Safety requirements Lab Induction Access Quizzes Risk Assessment WorkCover s Hazpak WorkCovers Hazpak.

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OH&S
Will this be the most boring lecture you attend at Uni? Unfortunately, YES . BUT: OHS is very important within Unis structure and also in Uni s Industry, so its very important that you know about OHS and are exposed to this before you enter Industry.

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OH&S Reason #1

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OH&S Reason #2

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OH&S Reason #3

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OH&S Reason #4

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OH&S Reason #5

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FYP Safety requirements .
1. Lab Induction Why: as a minimum youll need access to the labs for Open Day. 2. General Access Quiz Why: gives us confidence that you can work safely, wherever that maybe. 3. Risk Assessment Why: makes you and your supervisor consider any safety issues before you start. t t

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Lab Induction
Available in Blackboard, as per last year. Before attempting this p p g please read EE Safety Manual at: y http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/eecs/ect/oh&s/index.html Pass mark 100% Why: answer you get wrong may be the one you need in an emergency.

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Access Quiz
Available in Blackboard Can be done at anytime, unsupervised y , p Questions are randomly selected from pools Before attempting you might like to consult Access Quiz Tutorial at: http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/eecs/ect/oh&s/AccessQuizTut.html Pass mark 75%
d 3 attempts then you must see a technical staff member to reset 3rd h h i l ff b attempt (1 week delay)

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Access Quiz
What types of questions are asked: 1. How t connect a power supply to a circuit, both single and d l 1 H to t l t i it b th i l d dual output power supplies. 2. Difference between floating and Earth-referenced power supplies. li 3. How to connect an Oscilloscope to a circuit. 4. How to correctly use the Earth Isolated GPOs in our y laboratories.

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Access Quiz
Example #1 taken from Safety Manual

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Access Quiz
Example #2 taken from Safety Manual

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Two problems here: 1. Case of Oscilloscope at 200V DC 2. 2 Parallel ground path path.
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Risk Assessment
The University has a good web-based reference: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/health-safety/workplacesafety/managing health safety risk/risk assessment training tool.html safety/managing-health-safety-risk/risk-assessment-training-tool.html What is a Hazard: anything that has the potential to harm the health or safety of a person or plant l t What is a Risk Analysis: A systematic process whereby supervisors, managers and staff A identify, assess and control hazards that may affect people at the place of work Why do we do it: All members of an organisation have a role and responsibilities in the implementation of workplace safety.

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Risk Assessment
Standard Discipline form, originally used in 2004 Takes into account all locations where you will be working including labs, home and Industry Sponsors premises. To be completed in conjunction with WorkCovers Hazpak WorkCover s Hazpak. Both documents available from Blackboard Safety subject, EE Lab Induction & Access Quizzes (Callaghan 2010)

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Risk Assessment
This Risk Assessment form is a generic form and may not cover all the Risks associated with your project. 5 Classifications of Hazards: 1. Physical heat, light, noise, electrical, etc. 2. 2 Chemical acids metals gases etc acids, metals, gases, etc. 3. Biological susceptibility to diseases 4. Mechanical manual handling, machinery, etc. 5. 5 Psychosocial violence harassment stress etc violence, harassment, stress, etc.

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Risk Assessment
In general there are four ways of dealing with hazards: 1. Elimination, 2. 2 Change equipment or materials materials, 3. Change work methods, and 4. Use personnel protective equipment (PPE). These four ways are based on the hierarchy of controls provided for by the OHS Regulations. The controls adopted should always be the highest level that can be reasonably attained.

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Working on Live Potentials (NEW)
"Generally: working live cannot be justified as being as safe as working de-energised", Low Voltage Electrical Work, Code of Practise 2007, p20. g , ,p See our Working on Live Electrical Systems page: http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/eecs/ect/oh&s/Hazards/WorkingLive.html
Before commencing work on live equipment: The Testing Enegrised Circuits Authorisation must be completed, complete the necessary OH&S requirements to work in the Disciplines labs, i.e. Lab Induction, General Access Quiz and if necessary Machines Lab Access Quiz, obtain permission for your supervising academic to work live with Hazardous potentials, enlist a 'buddy' that will be present with you whilst working with live Hazardous potentials potentials, inform a suitably trained (CPR) technical staff member each time you are working with live hazardous potentials.

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Risk Analysis
There are 5 steps to performing a successful Risk Assessment: 1. Identifying the Hazards, 2. Assess the Ri k 2 A th Risk, 3. Documenting, 4. Controlling, and 5. Ongoing monitoring. There are many tools available to help with this process the one most tools process, generally used is WorkCovers Hazpak.

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WorkCovers Hazpak
Risk Assessment is a very judgmental procedure. What you consider safe may be considered unsafe by others General rules of OH&S: 1. dont assume anything. y g 2. There is no such thing as common sense.

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WorkCovers Hazpak

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Risk Assessment submission
Please: 1. complete Risk Assessment form & Hazpak, p p , 2. if you will be working at an Industrial Sponsors premises you MUST also supply a Risk Assessment of the work space you will be working in 3. 3 if you have ANY about your Industrial Sponsors safety then please contact Tharaka Dissanayake immediately. 4. arrange for a meeting with your project supervisor(s) to discuss results 5. if you are both happy with documents submit in Assignment Box foyer of EA Building Unsupervised Access, Equipment & Benches will not be issued/allocated until Risk Assessment documentation has been submitted.
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Risk Assessment submission
Remember: Your academic supervisor is the person who the Uni deems to be responsible for your safety whilst doing your Final Year Project. If you are unhappy with any of the conditions or equipment you are working with: if this is an issue with University conditions/equipment please see me or your academic supervisor, y p , if this is an issue with conditions/equipment provided by an Industry Sponsor please see Zhiyong Chen. If you think something or a situation is too dangerous you dont have to do it you can say NO ....

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Summary FYP Requirements
1. Lab Induction Why: as a minimum youll need access to the labs for Open Day. 2. General Access Quiz Why: gives us confidence that you can work safely, wherever that maybe. 3. Risk Assessment Why: makes you and your supervisor consider any safety issues before you start start. Failure to comply with these 3 OH&S requirements will result in you not being allowed to progress from PartA to PartB OR present your FYP work on demonstration day.
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Conclusion
THINK!!! - before you act. if you have any safety questions ASK, technical staff are happy to help you (provided you respect our consultation times). if you have problems with safety at your Industry sponsors premises p please see Tharaka.

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