ELEC4840 Final Year Project Safety Lecture

1. ELEC4840 Final Year ProjectSafety Lecture Peter Turner Lab Manager Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment School of Electrical Engineering and Computing 14th March, 2018

2. FYP Safety • FYP Safety requirements • Lab Induction • Access Quizzes • Risk Assessment ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

3. FYP SafetyOH&S OHS is very important within The University of Newcastle’s structure and also in Industry, so it’s very important that you know about OHS and are exposed to this before you enter Industry. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

4. FYP SafetyFYP Safety requirements …. • Lab Induction Why: as a minimum you’ll need access to the labs for Open Day. • General Access Quiz Why: gives us confidence that you can work safely, wherever that maybe. • Risk Assessment Why: makes you and your supervisor consider any safety issues before you start. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

5. FYP SafetyLab Induction • Available in Blackboard, as per last year. • Before attempting this please read EE Safety Manual at: http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/eecs/ect/oh&s/index.html • Pass mark 100% Why: answer you get wrong may be the one you need in an emergency. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

6. FYP SafetyAccess Quiz • Available in Blackboard • Can be done at anytime, unsupervised • Questions are randomly selected from pools • Before attempting you might like to consult Access Quiz Tutorial at: http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/eecs/ect/oh&s/Lab%20Access/AccessQuizTut.html • Pass mark 75% • 3 attempts – then you must see a technical staff member to reset 3rd attempt (1 week delay) ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

7. FYP SafetyAccess Quiz What types of questions are asked: • How to connect a power supply to a circuit, both single and dual output power supplies. • Difference between “floating” and Earth-referenced power supplies. • How to connect an Oscilloscope to a circuit. • How to correctly use the Earth Isolated GPO’s in our laboratories. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

8. FYP SafetyAccess Quiz Example #1 – taken from Safety Manual incorrect correct ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

9. FYP SafetyAccess Quiz Example #2 – taken from Safety Manual Two problems here: • Case of Oscilloscope at 200V DC • Parallel ground path. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

10. FYP SafetyRisk Assessment The University has a good web-based reference: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/current-staff/working-here/work-health-and-safety • What is a Hazard: “anything that has the potential to harm the health or safety of a person or plant” • What is a Risk Analysis: “A systematic process whereby supervisors, managers and staff identify, assess and control hazards that may affect people at the place of work” • Why do we do it: “All members of an organisation have a role and responsibilities in the implementation of workplace safety.” ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

11. FYP SafetyRisk Assessment • Standard Discipline form, originally used in 2004, modified 2015 • Takes into account all locations where you will be working including labs, home and Industry Sponsors premises. • No longer to be completed in conjunction with WorkCover’s Hazpak. • Document available from Blackboard Safety subject, SEEC LAB INDUCTIONS & ACCESS QUIZZES (Callaghan 2018) ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

12. FYP SafetyRisk Assessment • This Risk Assessment form is a generic form and may not cover all the Risk’s associated with your project. • 5 Classifications of Hazards: • Physical – heat, light, noise, electrical, etc. • Chemical – acids, metals, gases, etc. • Biological – susceptibility to diseases • Mechanical – manual handling, machinery, etc. • Psychosocial – violence, harassment, stress, etc. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

13. FYP SafetyRisk Assessment • These four ways are based on the hierarchy of controls provided for by the OHS Regulations. • In general there are four ways of dealing with hazards: • Elimination, • Change equipment or materials, • Change work methods, and • Use personnel protective equipment (PPE). • The controls adopted should always be the highest level that can be reasonably attained. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

14. FYP SafetyWorking on Live Potentials (NEW) "Generally: working live cannot be justified as being as safe as working de-energised", Code of Practise for Low Voltage Electrical Work, 2002, p14. See our Working on Live Electrical Systems page: http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/eecs/ect/oh&s/Hazards/WorkingLive.html Before commencing work on live equipment: • the Authorisation to work on Live Potentials document must be completed, • complete the necessary OH&S requirements to work in the Disciplines labs, i.e. Lab Induction, General Access Quiz and if necessary Machines Lab Access Quiz, • obtain permission for your supervising academic to work live with Hazardous potentials, • enlist a 'buddy' that will be present with you whilst working with live Hazardous potentials, • inform a suitably trained (CPR) person each time you are working with live hazardous potentials. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

15. FYP SafetyRisk Analysis • There are 5 steps to performing a successful Risk Assessment: • Identifying the Hazards, • Assess the Risk, • Documenting, • Controlling, and • Ongoing monitoring. • There are many ‘tools’ available to help with this process, the one most generally used is WorkCover’s Hazpak – the UoN have developed their own and this is what we use now. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

16. FYP SafetyUoN’s Risk Assessment Tool • Risk Assessment is a very judgmental procedure. • What you consider ‘safe’ may be considered ‘unsafe’ by others. • General rules of OH&S: • don’t assume anything. • There is no such thing as common sense. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

17. FYP SafetyRisk Assessment submission Please: • complete Risk Assessment form. • if you will be working at an Industrial Sponsors premises you MUST also supply a Risk Assessment of the work space you will be working in. • if you have ANY about your Industrial Sponsors safety then please contact Yuen Yong immediately. • arrange for a meeting with your project supervisor(s) to discuss results. • if you are both happy with documents submit in Assignment Box –EE Building outside EEG06 Unsupervised Access, Equipment & Benches will not be issued/allocated until Risk Assessment documentation has been submitted. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

18. FYP SafetyRisk Assessment submission Remember: • Your academic supervisor is the person who the Uni deems to be responsible for your safety whilst doing your Final Year Project. • If you are unhappy with any of the conditions or equipment you are working with: • if this is an issue with University conditions/equipment please see me or your academic supervisor, • if this is an issue with conditions/equipment provided by an Industry Sponsor please see Yuen Yong. • If you think something or a situation is too dangerous you don’t have to do it – you can say NO .... ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

19. FYP SafetySummary – FYP Requirements • Lab Induction Why: as a minimum you’ll need access to the labs for Open Day. • General Access Quiz Why: gives us confidence that you can work safely, wherever that maybe. • Risk Assessment Why: makes you and your supervisor consider any safety issues before you start. Failure to comply with these 3 OH&S requirements will result in you not being allowed to progress from PartA to PartB OR present your FYP work on demonstration day. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

20. FYP SafetyConclusion • THINK!!! - before you act. • if you have any safety questions ASK, technical staff are happy to help you (provided you respect our consultation times). • if you have problems with safety at your Industry sponsors premises please see Yuen. ELEC4840 Safety Lecture | www.newcastle.edu.au

21. QUESTIONS ELEC4840 FYP Safety Lecture 3rd March, 2016 CRICOS Provider 00109J | www.newcastle.edu.au