Health and safety information
Health and Safety Coordinator:
Dr Philip Wormald
Purdie Room 242
Tel: 01334 463382
Email: pw22@st-and.ac.uk
Deputy Health and Safety Coordinator:
Dr Nick Westwood
BMS Building Room 3.19
Tel: 01334 463816
Email: njw3@st-and.ac.uk
Fire
- Sound fire alarm
- Evacuate
- Call 9-999 from internal phone or 999 from mobile
Serious injury
Call 9-999 from internal phone or 999 from mobile
Minor injury
Call first aider from internal phone (see page 3 of Safety Handbook 2012 (PDF, 517 KB) )
Floods
Floods must be stopped promptly as they can cause a 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 01334 463777 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 01334 463985 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.
Further information
- Safety Handbook 2012 (PDF, 517 KB)
- Health and Safety Forms
- CHARM St Andrews Online COSHH Risk Assessment website
- Workplace exposure limits (WEL) from document EH40 updated annually by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- University Health and Safety Services
- Minutes of the School of Chemistry Safety Committee (secured access)