Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW)
The University's Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) Team provides support to the University community on all safety, injury management and wellbeing activities.
The University has prepared a Coronavirus FAQ for staff and students. This page will be updated as the situation changes.
ReturnToWorkSA Evaluation 2020
The University of Adelaide will be undergoing a major evaluation by Return to Work SA (RTWSA) in August and September 2020.
Check back here for more information soon.
HSW intranet
Login to the HSW intranet to access content restricted to University of Adelaide staff including information on Chemwatch, Injury management, HSR, FTCO and the Community of Practice portals.
Report a safety issue
Report a safety issue with the University of Adelaide's online reporting system, UniSafe.
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- Campus travel
- Cancer Council
- Chemical safety management
- Chemical safety management FAQs
- Chemical waste
- Chemwatch
- Children in the workplace
- Children in the workplace FAQs
- Codes of Practice
- Community of practice (CoP) meetings
- Community of practice (CoP) membership list
- Confined spaces
- Confined spaces FAQs
- Contractor safety management
- Corrective actions
- Cryogenic substances
- Cyanide use
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- Electrical safety management
- Electrical safety management FAQs
- Electrical testing
- Emergency management
- Emergency safety shower and eyewash testing
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Employee assistance program FAQs
- Ergonomics guideline and assessment
- Event safety management FAQs
- Events safety management
- External HSW resources
- External training courses
- Eye protection FAQs
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- Hand protection
- Hazard management FAQs
- Hazardous manual tasks FAQs
- Head and face protection
- Health alerts
- Health and safety representative (HSR) portal
- Health and safety representatives (HSRs)
- Healthy bodies
- Healthy culture
- Healthy minds
- Healthy places
- Hearing protection
- Hot work FAQs
- HSW action planning
- HSW advice
- HSW advice
- HSW collaboration with other organisations (including co-location)
- HSW committees
- HSW committees
- HSW community of practice (CoP)
- HSW consultation
- HSW Contact Change Form
- HSW contacts
- HSW FAQs
- HSW framework
- HSW frequently asked questions (FAQs)
- HSW information, instruction and training FAQs
- HSW legislation
- HSW operations manual
- HSW planning
- HSW policy
- HSW staff intranet
- HSW systems management
- HSW training plan
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- Radiation and chemical contacts
- Radiation EPA South Australia
- Radiation safety management FAQs
- Radiation worker registration form
- Rehabilitation for non-work related injuries and illness
- Report a safety issue in UniSafe
- Reproductive toxicity FAQs
- Research using laboratory animals FAQs
- Respiratory protection
- Return to Work (WorkCover SA) - Information for Staff and Supervisors
- Risk Assessment
- RTWSA self insurance documentation and information
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- Safe operating procedures
- Schedule of programmable events
- Schedule of programmable events (SPE)
- Self insurance documentation and information
- Smoke-free University
- Smoke-free University FAQs
- Student placements
- Student placements FAQs
- Supervisor toolkit
- Support for staff in dealing with inappropriate student behaviour
- Support for students (bullying and harassment)
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- Wellbeing framework
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- Work related injuries or illnesses
- Working from home - ergonomics
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- Working from home - workstation set up
- Working from home - workstation set up
- Working with animals FAQs
- Working with human research subjects and patients FAQs
- Workplace monitoring
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Fair treatment contact officers (FTCOs)
FTCOs are a confidential contact point for advice about bullying, sexual harassment or discrimination.
HSW news
13 Mar
Draft - University HSW Action Plan (2020)
The University aims to improve our HSW system on an ongoing basis. 12 Mar
Corporate health cover with BUPA
6 weeks free when you join BUPA on eligible products. * 06 Feb
HSW Handbook update: Event Safety Management FAQs
The information on Event Safety Management has been revised. 03 Feb
TEMPORARY BAN ON TRAVEL TO CHINA (INCLUDING HONG KONG)
At this time to ensure the ongoing safety of staff and students, the University has invoked a temporary ban on travel to or transit via China (including Hong Kong). 28 Jan
DFAT travel to China advice change
Please be aware that the Australian government updated the travel advise on 27 January 2020 through the Smartraveller website advised Australians to “Do not travel” to all of Hubei Province in China. 28 Jan
HSW Handbook approval - Smoke-free University
The revised Smoke-free University HSW Handbook chapter is now available on the HSW Website.