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NUS Senior
Management is
seeking your support
to make the campus a
safer place to
study, work and
live. To create a
sustainable safety
culture on campus,
new measures &
enhancements will be
progressively
introduced as
outlined below.
A.
Safety
Inspections by
Office of
Safety, Health
&
Environment
(OSHE)
OSHE will be
conducting safety
inspections of
departments,
research institutes
and centres (RICs)
and their workspaces
commencing August
2014. Advance notice
will not be provided
to the
departments/RICs,
but respective
deanery, department,
RIC Director and
office will be
informed on the day
of the inspection.
This is to promote a
culture of
practising safety
daily and not only
before an
inspection.
The inspections
will cover
laboratory and
office spaces. High
risk areas will be
subjected to a
greater frequency of
inspection. OSHE
will be required to
report the outcome
of their inspections
to NUS Senior
Management, who may
impose sanctions.
OSHE inspection
checklist can be
found here.
B.
Safety
KPIs for Deans,
Directors and
HoDs
Safety KPIs will
now be introduced
for Deans, Directors
and Heads of
Department. Deans,
Directors and HoDs
must demonstrate and
will be accountable
for ensuring safety
in their
departments/RICs.
They should ensure
that sufficient
resources are
allocated to safety,
and proactively
monitor the safety
performance of their
departments/RICs.
Please refer to the
requirements for
periodic reporting
of Safety &
Health KPIs for
Deans, Directors and
HODs to Provost and
Deputy President
(Research &
Technology) here.
Samples of KRAs
& KPIs are
available below for
consideration.
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Key
Results Area
(suggested)
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KPI
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1. Compliance
to applicable
regulations
and NUS safety
requirements
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Establish a
system to
ensure
compliance
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2. Safety
& Health
Management
System
- Ensure
that RICs /
departments in
the
faculty/school
have an
effective
Safety &
Health
Management
System (SHMS)
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A Safety
& Health
Management
System to be
established in
the
departments
and audited
once every two
years.
- Deans/Directors
to establish a
safety and
health
committee,
chaired by a
senior
academic staff
for lab based
faculties or
senior
administrator
for non-lab
based. The
staff shall
have a
seniority of a
Vice
Dean/Deputy
Director and
participate in
the
faculty’s/research
centre’s
management
meeting.
- Deans/Directors
to provide
sufficient
resources for
the safety
& health
committee and
the faculty to
achieve its
safety
objectives and
execution of
its safety
programmes.
- Deans/Directors
to demonstrate
visible safety
leadership by:
- Encouraging
safety
education and
safety
promotion in
the
departments
- Participating
in safety
inspections
and other
safety-related
programmes
- Deans/Directors
shall review
the faculty’s
safety
performance on
a regular
basis and
taking action
to address
gaps in the
safety
management
system.
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3. Promotion
of safety
culture
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Programmes
implemented to
promote
greater safety
ownership.
For more
information on
safety
ownership and
safety
culture,
please refer
to the
following
articles/documents:
- ACS
Committee on
Chemical
Safety.
(2012). Creating
Safety
Cultures in
Academic
Institutions:
A Report of
the Safety
Culture Task
Force of the
ACS Committee
on Chemical
Safety.
American
Chemical
Society.
- Committee
on
Establishing
and Promoting
a Culture of
Safety in
Academic
Laboratory
Research;
Board on
Chemical
Sciences and
Technology;
Division of
Earth and Life
Sciences;
Board on
Human-Systems
Integration;
Division of
Behaviorial
and Social
Sciences and
Education;
National
Research
Council.
(2014).
Safe Science:
Promoting a
Culture of
Safety in
Academic
Chemical
Research.
The National
Academic
Press.
- H. Holden
Thorp. (2014).
From
the provost:
Lab safety -
going beyond
compliance to
a positive
culture.
Washington
University in
St. Louise.
- Task Force
for Advancing
the Culture of
Laboratory
Safety at
Stanford
University.
(2014). Advancing
Safety Culture
in the
University
Laboratory.
Stanford
University.
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C. Audit
of Departmental
Safety
Management
System (SMS)
Departments/RICs
that are managing
high hazard
equipment, materials
and/or activities or
noted to have a
higher frequency of
incidents shall be
subjected to
departmental safety
& health
management system
audit once every
three years. The
hazard profile table
for equipment,
materials and
activities can be
found here.
The requirements of
the departmental/RIC
SMS can be found on
the following
website here.
NUS has a scheme
that rewards and
recognizes
departments/RICs for
their good safety
performance, named
the NUS Safety &
Health Awards
(NUSSHA). More
information is
available here.
Circulars on
Creating a
Sustainable Safety
Culture on Campus –
Enhancements to
Existing Measures
can be downloaded
for the following:
- Deans of
Faculties &
Schools
- Heads of
Administrative
Departments
- Directors of
Research Centres
& Institutes
- Director, NUS
Enterprise
For general
enquiries, please
contact Mr
Hairulnizam Ishak at
oshhi@nus.edu.sg,
extension 67725.
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