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Chapter 4: Chemical safety

Find forms and procedures relating to chemical safety

The forms and procedures contained in the chapter below correspond with a chapter of a laboratory or work groups' OHS Documentation Folder.

  • University of Melbourne Chemical Safety Management webpage
  • University of Melbourne Chemical Management Guidelines (Guidance notes for all chemical related safety topics) (pdf)
  • 40-001 Gas cylinder transport SOP (pdf)
  • 40-002 Transporting gas cylinders or dewars in Bld 154 lift SOP (pdf)
  • 40-003 Shipping chemicals and laboratory samples process flowchart (pdf)
  • 40-004 Hazardous Waste Disposal Guidance Sheet (pdf)
  • 40-005 Transporting gas cylinders or dewars in Bld 165 and 167 lifts SOP (pdf)
  • 40-008 Fluid & gas transfer pipe/hose labelling (pdf)
  • 40-009 Changing a regulator on a gas cylinder (pdf)
  • 40-014 Gas alarm investigation process (CfNE Lab) (pdf)
  • 42-001 Accessing/storing MSDS’s and Chemical Manifest information (pdf)
  • 43-001 Chemical Engineering Experiment risk assessment template (doc)
  • 43-002 Chemical Risk Assessment template (doc)
  • Dangerous Goods Class Symbols (for use with Waste Chemical labels) (doc)
  • Dangerous Goods storage segregation chart (pdf)
  • University of Melbourne Chemical Risk Assessment Form (doc)
  • University of Melbourne Chemical Inventory Form (xls)

Contact

Stephen Beard
Infrastructure & OHS Manager

Suggestions for new procedures/improvements

Email any suggestions for new procedures or improvements to those listed here to mse-ohs@unimelb.edu.au.