Science, Technology and Engineering

Occupational Health & Safety

School of Molecular Sciences

Risk Assessments

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• Substance Assessment Form (pdf and word format)

Completed Risk Assessments

• Antibiotics
• Autoclaves
• Bench top electrical appliances (eg water baths, vortexes, orbital shakers, etc.)
• Biological Chemicals
• Centrifuge (Low, high & ultra speed)
• Computer Work
• Ethidium Bromide
• Electrophoresis equipment
• FPLC/HPLC
• Fluorescent Imager
• Freeze Drier
• Freezers
• Fume Hood
• Gas cylinders
• Gel Drier
• Glass house maintenance
• Handling of flammable gas, liquids, and solids
• Handling of Glass
• Handling of infective Agents
• Handling of sharps
• Liquid Nitrogen Use
• Microwave Oven
• Ovens, Incubators, Hotplates
• Radioactive material usage
• Rotary Evaporator
• Scheduled poisons
• Scintillation Counting
• Snap freezing of tissue samples (see Liquid Nitrogen Use)
• Sonicator
• Spectrophotometers
• Speed Vac Concentrator
• Tissue culture
• Toxic chemicals
• UV transilluminator
• Water Usage