Health, Safety and Environment

How to get onto CamTools

I have set up a CamTools site, onto which online training courses will be put. The first is a fire training course. Everyone in the Department should do a fire course of some description every two years.

I have had reports of people having difficulty finding this; the following instructions have been kindly supplied by Richard Ordish.

First: Navigate to www.camtools.cam.ac.uk then

  1. Login with Raven (for internal users)
  2. Click on Courses & Projects (top right)
  3. Click on Joinable Courses & Projects tab
  4. Enter "Physics Safety" in the Search box
  5. Click Join link (far right)
  6. Click link (click to visit)

You should now see Physics Safety on your Startpage list
The Department Safety Officer is Jane Blunt: room 220 (opposite Rayleigh Library), telephone 37397, e-mail fjb27 'at' cam

Emergency procedures

A quick guide to handling all emergencies
First Aid arrangements; includes defibrillator instructions
Report an incident! New Content!
Fire policies and procedures, in depth
Asphyxiating atmospheres, in depth
Incidents; guidance for the aftermath
Security (in preparation)
Online fire safety training, suitable for all staff

Information of general interest

Link to the working out of hours log
How to do risk assessments
Information for New Staff
The Department Safety Flashes
Blank forms that you can use
Standard notices and pictograms that you can use
Can't find what you are looking for? Go to the A to Z index of the safety pages

Policy

Department Policy New Content!
The basic safety rules of the Department
Working after hours
Department Committee and Safety Specialists
Minutes of the Committee (phy-only)

What Heads of Group, Managers and PIs need to know

How to do risk assessments
What responsibilities Managers and PIs have (cam-only)(in preparation)
What records you should keep (in preparation)
Assessing safety competence of your team (in preparation)
Training available in-house
Database of electrical equipment: due dates for tests (phy-only)

School of the Physical Sciences Resource Pages

Link to the School Safety Resources (cam-only)

Hazard topics

Asbestos
Biological work (in preparation)
Chemical substances
Computers
Cryogens
Electricity
Gases
Ionising radiation
Lasers
Lifting and handling
Personal protective equipment
Pressure systems
Stress (in preparation)
Visitors
Waste disposal and recycling
Work at height (in preparation)
Workshop equipment
Can't find what you are looking for? Go to the A to Z index of the safety pages