Health, Safety and Wellbeing
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.
Flu vaccination program 2021
The 2021 flu vaccination program for continuing, fixed-term and casual staff is now open.
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
Reporting in UniSafe is fast and easy!
For instructions on how to download and use the app, visit the UniSafe webpage.
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A - Z list of HSW documents, handbook chapters and more
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- Chemical and radiation permits and exemptions
- Chemical safety management
- Chemical safety management FAQs
- Chemical waste
- Chemwatch
- Children in the workplace
- Children in the workplace FAQs
- 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 FAQs
- Ergonomics
- Ergonomics guideline and assessment
- Event safety management FAQs
- Events safety management
- External HSW resources
- External training courses
- Eye protection FAQs
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- Fair treatment contact officer (FTCO) FAQs
- Field work (off campus activity) FAQs
- Field work (see off campus activity)
- Financial wellbeing
- Firearms safety management
- First aid FAQs
- First aiders and wardens
- Flu vaccinations 2020
- FTCO contacts
- FTCO portal
- FTCO statistical record form
- Fume cupboard FAQs
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- Hand protection
- Hazard management FAQs
- Hazardous manual tasks FAQs
- Head and face protection
- Health and safety representative (HSR) portal
- Health and safety representatives (HSRs)
- Health and wellbeing during COVID-19
- Healthy bodies
- Healthy bodies during COVID-19
- Healthy culture
- Healthy environments
- Healthy families during COVID-19
- Healthy finances during COVID-19
- Healthy minds
- Healthy minds during COVID-19
- Healthy places
- Hearing protection
- Hot work FAQs
- HSW action planning
- HSW advice
- HSW collaboration with other organisations (including co-location)
- 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 staff intranet
- HSW systems management
- HSW training plan
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- Radiation and chemical contacts
- Radiation safety management FAQs
- Radiation worker registration form
- Rehabilitation for non-work related injuries and illness
- Reproductive toxicity FAQs
- Research using laboratory animals FAQs
- Respiratory protection
- Return to Work (WorkCover SA) - Information for Staff and Supervisors
- Risk Assessment
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- Safe operating procedures
- Safety when working from home FAQs
- Schedule of programmable events (SPE)
- Schedule of programmable events FAQs
- 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 events
- Wellbeing framework
- Wellbeing resources
- Work environment (managing HSW in the)
- Work related injuries or illnesses
- Working from home (safety) FAQs
- Working from home - ergonomics
- Working from home - FAQs
- 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.
Health and wellbeing during COVID-19
Our COVID-19 website provides you with a toolkit of tips, activities and opportunities relating to healthy minds, healthy bodies, healthy families and healthy finances.
HSW news
13 Apr
HSW Stakeholder consultation – Internal Audit management (V4.0)
Human Resources have been working on the revised HSW Handbook chapter “Internal Audit”. 13 Apr
Updated HSW Handbook Chapter: Plant/Equipment Management
The updated Plant/Equipment Management Chapter of the University of Adelaide’s Health, Safety and Wellbeing Handbook sets out specific requirements for plant/equipment hazard management and registration and licensing requirements. 13 Apr
New HSW Handbook Chapter - Electrical safety management
A new Electrical safety management handbook chapter has been posted on the HSW website. 06 Apr
Safework SA - Conviction for failure to maintain equipment
SafeWork SA has successfully prosecuted Woolworths Group Limited following a bakery trolley falling onto a worker causing serious injuries. 25 Mar
Elevating Work Platforms (EWPs) Inspection and Testing
In January 2021 Safe Work Australia released new guidance material for inspecting and maintaining elevated work platforms (EWPs). 25 Mar The University of Adelaide Flu Vaccination Program 2021 is available at no cost to continuing, fixed-term and casual staff.