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The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
General safety & health induction
for students
Health, Safety & Environment Office
Introduction
• Your supervisor/lab-in-charge would
conduct the induction for you and
this power point presentation is to
supplement the induction with visual
aid materials.
• Ask question if you are in doubt!!!
Health and Safety Policy of the University
University Health and Safety Policy/
Environmental Policy
Health and Safety Policy - to ensure, as far as
reasonable practicable, the health and safety of all
•Its staff at work
•Students in the course of study
•The general public using our premises
PolyU committed to achieve high H&S standards over
and above statutory requirements.
Environmental Policy – committed to provide a good
environment for its staff and students
To ensure that its activities are conducted in an
environmentally responsible manner
Your health and safety responsibilities:
• to be actively involved in implementing the Health
and Safety Policies;
• to take reasonable care at work (or in the course
of study) for your own health and safety and all
others who may be affected by your acts or
omissions;
• not to interfere with or misuse, intentionally or
recklessly, anything provided in the interests of
health and safety; and
• to report problems relating to health and safety
matters.
Possible assistance from departmental
health and safety officer (DHSO)
Find out who is your DHSO whom is the co-ordinator
of departmental H&S matters. You may have to contact
this important person from time to time.
You may contact your DHSO for more information if you
have any health and safety problem.
DHSO:
Room:
Tel:
E-mail:
General safety rules of the University
Health and Safety Guide; Safety Handbook
Emergency Procedures Handbook
Laboratory Safety Manual
Handbook for Using Material Safety Data Sheet
Procedure Manual for Using the Licensed Dangerous
Goods Stores on Campus
Handbook for Handling Wastes
The above handbook is available at HSEO homepage
Electrical Safety
• Hazards:• Electric Shock (ventricular
fibrillation)
• Burn
• Ignition of combustible material/Fire
• Explosion
Electrical
Safety
First aid box in campus
You can ask your DHSO about the nearest first aid
box. Of course, you can tour the office, workshop or
laboratory to familiar with its location.
Break glass fire alarm
Familiar yourself with
the location of hose reel
and the break-glass
alarm.
Sound the fire alarm by
activating the breakglass fire alarm call
point switch in case of
fire.
Emergency reporting
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Fire
Any accident/injury
Leakage/spillage of chemical
Any other incidents that life or property
is endangered
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IN
CASE OF EMERGENCY ?
Report to campus security control
centre at P111 in person
Call campus security control centre
by dialling:
27667999 (emergency line), or
27667666 / 27667177 (24 hours) or
Use the emergency telephone sets
at various strategic locations
Particulars to be reported to the
campus security control centre
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Your name and department
Your contact telephone number
Nature of incident with brief description
Full detail of location of accident
Any person(s) injured in the incident
After injury/ incident, report the case to your
supervisor or lab in-charge responsible for the area so
that they could report the case to HSEO by filling a
Accident/Incident Report Form(HSO Form 2) and
send it to Health, Safety & Environment Office
through the Department Head within 72 hours
The HSO Form2 can be downloaded from Intranet electronic
form library of The PolyU homepage
Display Screen Equipment Operation
Manual Handling Operation
Manual Handling Operation
Remember :
Ext. 7999
for Emergency Reporting to
Campus Security Control Centre
After this general safety & health induction,
your supervisor/ lab in-charge should told you
the departmental safety arrangements and
specific operational health and safety issues.