The National University of Singapore (NUS) is committed to ensuring a high standard of safety and health (S&H) for its staff, students, contractors and visitors to the campus in association with its research, teaching and service activities. This commitment is demonstrated through implementation of the following policy statements.

Policy Statements

NUS is committed to comply with all applicable safety and health legislation, guidelines and standards that it subscribes to; and other corporate policies that it adopts which are related to its S&H hazards.

NUS shall proactively identify, assess and control the S&H hazards associated with its activities to prevent injuries and ill health to NUS staff, students and visitors. This shall be achieved through the implementation of an S&H management system and various S&H programmes, standards and directives at the University, faculties and departments. The specific requirements for managing S&H risks are detailed in the various NUS S&H manuals.

NUS is committed to building a positive S&H culture and learning experience for all NUS staff and students through the adoption of S&H best practices and systems.

Employees' Responsibilities

Academic and administrative personnel with supervisory and/or teaching roles must ensure that safety system & procedures are developed and implemented to prevent injury & ill-health, protect University’s properties and the environment.

Every employee shall be responsible for:

Keeping themselves informed of conditions affecting their safety and health;

Participating in training programmes provided by their supervisors, instructors and ORMC (if applicable);

Adhering to safety and health practices in their workplace, classroom & laboratory;and

Reporting to their supervisors or instructors of serious hazards in the workplace, classroom or laboratory

Office of Risk Management and Compliance (ORMC)

The Safety & Health Unit, Office of Risk Management and Compliance (ORMC) is the corporate office with oversight of safety & health matters and environmental compliance in NUS.

ORMC supports the NUS mission by ensuring university activities, in particular, high-risk activities such as construction, laboratory and workshop-based activities, and university and student events are conducted safely so as to prevent harm, injury or ill health from befalling the people undertaking such activities. ORMC equips staff and students with the knowledge and skills to manage safety and health matters in their own respective areas.

ORMC provides a range of services to meet the needs of our stakeholders. These include policy formulation, programme development, advisory services, training, safety promotion, safety audits and inspections and incident management. ORMC is looking forward to working with you in building a positive safety and health culture at NUS.

Below are 10 basic things you need to know about Safety & Health in NUS:

Familiarise with NUS Safety & Health Policies & Manuals
https://staffportal.nus.edu.sg/staffportal/portal/safety-security-and-sustainability.html

Conduct risk assessment for all work-related activities. Submit project risk assessment for research grants-based projects through Integrated Research Information Management Suite (iRIMS) system for iRIMS-IBC (Hazard Safety)
https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/osh/portal/eServices/pra.html

Familiarise with the safety and health regulations applicable to research & teaching activities
https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/osh/portal/general_safety/legalreq.html

Enrol in safety training provided by ORMC
https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/osh/portal/training/ssts.html

Participate in NUS Occupational Health (OH) Programmes where applicable
https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/osh/portal/NUS-Community/oh/intro.html

Ensure first aid kit is available & take note of Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) locations on campus
https://nusu.sharepoint.com/sites/corporate/procedures/emergency_mgt/Crisis-Management/AED-deployment-directory.pdf

Participate in fire evacuation drill as scheduled
https://nusu.sharepoint.com/sites/corporate/procedures/emergency_mgt/Fire-Safety/fire-safety-manual.pdf

Report all accidents and incidents to ORMC via Accident & Incident Management System (AIMS) within 24 hrs
https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/osh/portal/eServices/ehs360_aims.html

Contact your unit’s Safety & Health Coordinators/Business Partners or ORMC Safety and Health Officers for more information
https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/osh/portal/SHC%20Contact%20List.xlsx

Remember the Emergency Numbers to call
Kent Ridge Campus Security: 68741616
Bukit Timah Campus (BTC) Security: 65163636
Outram Campus (Duke-NUS) Security: 65165568
Singapore Civil Defence Force (Fire / Ambulance): 995