Office of Safety, Health & Environment
Research Safety Compliance
Form Submission
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Introduction
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The Workplace Safety and
Health Act (Risk
Management) Regulations,
enforced by the Ministry
of Manpower require, all
principal investigators
(PIs) and academic
laboratory supervisors
to develop and implement
a safety management
system for their
lab-based or/and field
research activities.
PIs (not certified under
the Laboratory OHS
certification scheme)
who are starting new
research grants are
required to conduct risk
assessment to identify
the safety and health
risks associated with
the project and then
update/forward to OSHE
for review and final
approval by
Institutional Laboratory
Safety Committee (ILSC)
or Institutional
Biosafety Committee
(IBC). IBC approves life
science related research
projects and ILSC
approves non-life
science related
projects.
PIs awarded
certification to the
Laboratory OHS
certification scheme
need not submit
individual project risk
assessments for new
grant-based projects.
However, PIs must notify
OSHE of new projects and
submit the Lab
certification form to
apply for the release of
funds for the new
projects. If their
project involves animal
work and/or the use of
regulated agents, they
would also need to
submit additional forms.
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Submission of new
applications and
subsequent amendments
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With effect from 20
November 2012, all new
forms related to
research grant safety
approval and subsequent
amendments must be done
online through the
Integrated Online
Research Compliance
(iORC) system. Hard copy
submissions with
signatures of PI and
HODs will no longer be
required. Details on how
to use iORC system can
be found
here
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Integrated Online
Research Compliance
(iORC) system
iORC system is also
accessible via the
Staff
&
Student
Portal
To access iORC from
outside NUS, you need to
login using NUS WEB VPN
(
http://webvpn.nus.edu.sg/staffportal/
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iORC application
submission and
approval process
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Selection of forms
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iORC can be used for the
following:
For new
submissions to be
done using iORC
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For Making an
amendment
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Roadshow slides and
FAQ on
iORC
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Enquiries
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For enquiries,
please send emails
to OSHE Risk
Assessment mailbox:
oshbox4@nus.edu.sg
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