OHS WALK THROUGH AUDIT OF AN SNET LABORATORY AND DETERMINATION OF CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS ASSIGNMENT – AUDIT REPORT RESOURCES REQUIRED:  SNET website or CD  Sections 2-7 of AS2892.1. Laboratory Construction and Design Any in text reference to WHS /OHS legislation must include the State i.e. OHS Act 2004 (Vic) or WHS Act (SA) 2012 If you are not based in Australia, any reference to the WHS legislation will be the" Model WHS legislation" ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION This task involves you performing a complete walk through audits of one of the following SNET laboratories 1) Polymer lab 2) Organic Chemical lab 3) Lab 120 4) Plant pathology lab 5) Laser lab 6) Food Science Pilot Plant or other laboratory that you have access to, please email me prior to using this option. Please email me with the choice of your lab prior to starting the assignment. In your walk through audit you will need to include the following: 1) A map/floor plan of the laboratory indicating the presence of all different parts of the lab including benches, fume cupboards, chemical storage, gas cylinders, doors etc. You need to indicate where as complete a layout as possible of all part of the lab. (Hint: look at the floor plan provided in SNET in the first instance and does not have to be to scale just in proportion). 2) Document as many of the hazards and controls that you can find in the laboratory, not just those presented in SNET but all those that you can find in the laboratory. For each hazard that you find you need to assess the risks that you find in terms of both likelihood and consequence, determine control measures that need to be put in place. 3) Compare the requirements for laboratory construction in AS2982.1 with the physical layout as viewed in SNET You should pay particular attention to the detailed requirements in sections 2-7 of AS2892.1. 4) For the whole laboratory you need to determine the corrective actions that need to be put in place so that the laboratory conforms to the AS2243 Laboratory Safety requirements. For this you will need to access a synopsis of the laboratory safety standard, available in the course material together with the actual standards which are available through the library. 5) Draw up an action plan for corrective actions for the problems that you find in the laboratory. 6) Overall summation/conclusions that you reach about the laboratory Marking criteria your assignment will be marked on the basis of the: a) Detailed map of laboratory indicating all the requirements b) Summary tables of the hazards and controls that you find in the laboratory c) Summary table of deficiencies in laboratory construction requirements. d) Detailed corrective actions that you determine are required for the laboratory that you are auditing e) The summations/conclusions that you reach about this laboratory f) Grammar/spelling/format Risk Assessment The following is an example of a risk assessment: HAZARD PROBLEM CONSEQUENCES LIKELIHOOD RISK CONTROL Water spilt on floor Slipping hazard 3 (Moderate irreversible disability) B (Likely) High Elimination (mop up the spill) Food found on bench left by student Potential poisoning if consumed 4 (Single fatality and/or severe irreversible disability C (Possible) High Elimination (dispose of food in bin) Unlabelled chemical bottle (500ml) found on bench Cannot recognise what is in container, therefore cannot be used in experiment 3 (Moderate irreversible disability) if used in chemical expt Possibly 4 D (Unlikely) Medium Elimination/ Substitution (take back to store and replace with chemical in labelled bottle CRITERIA FOR MARKING LABORATORY SAFETY AUDIT WRITE UPS GRADE CRITERIA HD (>80%) Has report fully written out including all parts (method, aims, results etc) that are legible and make sense. The risk table to identify 95% OF hazards discovered in the audit and reasonably calculated the level of risk involved. References possibly made to Australian standards. Audit attached in appendix. DI (70-79%) One of the following: Possibly references missing possibly no audit form attached and possibly not all hazards identified in the audit or risk levels obviously in inappropriately assigned on more than one occasion OR some other critical error that removes from the overall efficacy of the report. CR (60-69%) as DI above but more missing two or possibly three components. PA (50-59%) Basic report with only brief Method, , results (maybe not in a table) etc., poor conclusions made but obvious that the student understands what is being taught to them. NN (<49%) Not presented in report format, maybe only audit form given or result write up form given, possibly no title, method, aims, results conclusion missing etc.