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How to complete the Risk Assessment Forms

1. Project Risk Assessment
This form should be completed by the Principal Investigator initiating the project. The assessment is normally valid for the length of the project but must be reviewed annually and supplemented whenever there is a significant change in the nature of the work to be performed.

2. Experiment Risk Assessment

This form must be completed jointly by any undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral worker or visitor and the Principal Investigator for any procedure/system of work carried out before an attempt is made at the procedure/system of work. The form should be kept by the research worker. For any one project, a number of such Experiment Risk Assessments should be prepared or referenced from earlier prepared files and combined into a Risk Assessment Dossier for a particular Project. The Risk Assessment Dossier will contain the Project Risk Assessment and the associated Experiment Risk Assessments and can be referred to by a new student/research worker working on the project. If the project involves any CMAC facilities, risk assessment for analysis of the compounds under the project should be done and a copy given to CMAC facility for approval. Use of CMAC facilities for analysis of samples for or on behalf of non-approved projects is strictly prohibited.

3. Teaching Lab - Experiment Risk Assessment

This form is the same as the Experiment Risk Assessment but for teaching labs. The form should be filled in by the lab technologists of that lab together with the lecture-in-charge of the module. The forms should be kept in a hardcopy in the lab and should be made available to any student of the module upon request.

4. Teaching Lab Staff Risk Assessment

This form should be completed jointly by any member of the Teaching Laboratory Staff and the Lecturer-in-Charge. The Assessment Record is valid for a maximum of one year but must also be reviewed and supplemented whenever there is a significant change in the nature of the work performed. There are a number of prepared risk assessments for normal laboratory activities that the lab staff should view and be informed. Viewing of the safety CDROMs on the different safety aspects constitute a form of training.

5. Service Lab Staff Risk Assessment
This form is should be completed jointly by any Laboratory Staff Member and the appropriate Lab Manager. The Assessment Record is valid for a maximum of one year but must also be reviewed and supplemented whenever there is a significant change in the nature of the work performed. A brief description of the work involved and the associated hazards should be given. Prepared risk assessments and safety CDROMs relevant to the field of work should be viewed.

6. Undergraduate Risk Assessment

The undergraduate risk assessment form should be completed by undergraduate working in Research Labs. The student should view the prepared risk assessments and verify that he/she has done so. Undergraduate working in the teaching lab should view the Safety Information sheet and the Undergraduate Safety note, signed and return the acknowledgement receipt to the teaching lab where he/she is doing the experiment.

7. Risk Assessment Non-ChemDept Analysis

This form should be completed by anyone requiring the services of CMAC. Analysis can only be done after approval by lab manager.

Risk Assessment Forms

1. Project Risk Assessment Form
2. Experiment Risk Assessment Form
3. Service Lab Staff Risk Assessment Form
4. Teaching Lab Staff Risk Assessment Form
5. Teaching Lab Experiment Risk Assessment Form
6. Risk Assessment by Graduates and Research Workers Form
7. Undergraduate Risk Assessment Form for Undergraduates working in Research Labs
8. Risk Assessment Form for Non-ChemDept Analysis
9. Risk Assessment Form for samples from HEDM Lab

Completed Risk Assessment forms for common activities

Equipment and Procedures

• Use of Fume Hoods
• Use of Glassware
• Use of Standard Electrical Equipment
• Transport and Use of Compressed Gas Cylinders
• Use of Reduced Pressure or Vacuum
• Use of Laboratory Heating Equipment
• Use and Disposal of "Sharps"
• Use of Ultra-Violet Light Sources
• Laser Work in a Laboratory
• Use of high power Microwave and Radio frequency power supplies
• General Office Work
• Visual Display Equipment
• Use of Laboratory Centrifuges
• Use of a Potentiostat
• Manual Handling

Chemicals and Materials

• Handling, Transportation and Storage of Liquid Nitrogen and other Cryogenic Material
• Transport, Storage and Use of Solvents and other Flammable Liquids
• Disposal of Waste solvents
• Use of the Sodium Press to make Sodium Wire for solvent drying
• Use of Pyrophoric Materials
• Use of Flammable, Explosive and Toxic Gases
• Use of Carcinogens, Mutagens and Substances Toxic to Reproduction
• Use Of Acutely Very Toxic Substances
• Use, Handling and Clean-Up Procedures for Mercury
• Use of Hydrofluoric Acid
• Use of Cyanide Salts
• Use of Diborane Gas

Adapted with permission from School of Chemistry, University of Bristol

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