West First Laboratory Induction and Familiarisation

• Document No.

• AIMS Townsville

• West First Bioindicator Laboratory Induction and Familiarisation

• West First Bioindicator Laboratory
  Address

• Conducted on

  Date

• Attendees:

• Conducted by:

• Audit date and time

  Date

• AIMS Online Annual Safety Inductions (General & Laboratory) completed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

General & First Response Evacuation Instructions (also see AIMS emergency procedures & cyclone procedures)

• Emergency Area Warden & How to contact them (Dom Wiseman)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Evacuation procedures - notification & type of emergency, equipment shutdown, evacuation routes, assembly areas

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Emergency alarm system

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Emergency shower and eyewash

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Power cut off switches

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Location of laboratory fire fighting equipment

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Location of safety station & Familiarisation with its contents

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Location of nearest 'break glass alarm'

  Yes

  No

  N/A

First Aid (also see AIMS First Aid procedures)

• Where first aid kits located

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• How to contact a first aid officer

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where first aid room is located

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Storage & Handling of Dangerous Goods

• MSDS Location (FFX, user: aims, password: chemwatch)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Chemical risk assessment for hazardous chemicals

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Safe disposal of hazardous waste (AIMS hazardous waste disposal guidelines on AIMScape)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Fume Hood

• Operation of fume hood

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Minimum PPE (unless exempted by Laboratory Manager)

• Fully enclosed footware, wearing of laboratory coats and eye protection

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Risk Assessments

• TRA for new tasks

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Laboratory provisions and equipment

• General laboratory provisions

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Laboratory Equipment

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Storage areas

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Labeling

• Minimum labeling requirements

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Samples: Name, date stored, AIMS supervisor/contact, disposal date.

• Multiple samples (eg. in tubes) can be stored in boxes or bags labeled as described

• Chemicals/reagents: Name, date, expiration date, full chemical/reagent name, hazard icons, risk phrases.

• Samples not labeled appropriately will be discarded

  Yes

  No

  N/A