PPD Safety Update

For the eddification of senior staffRob Harper, 2012-05-03

What’s up, docs?

• Incident reporting and near misses• Safety codes audit• PPD safety tour• Power at risk

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PPD Reported SHE Incidents 2012Near Miss Actual accident/incident

The chart of doom...

So we’re all safe, rig

ht...?

PPD Safety Codes Audit

• Audit of all safety codes took place in March• 15 PPD staff interviewed• Report not yet finalised, but a few points...– PPD acknowledged to be a “low hazard”

department– Risk assessments OK, but some are too generic– Mandatory safety training not fully complied with– Expecting full report soonish...

PPD Safety Tour

• Tour of offices & labs 23rd March • Actions going in to SHE Enterprise about now

(sorry for delay – my fault!)• Generally pretty good, but poor housekeeping

is a common theme

Power at Risk

• 6 month maintenance work on electrical grid substation

• Risk of site electricity outage which could be for weeks (though seems very unlikely)

• An extended power outage would result in site closure due to unsafe working conditions (plus no computers, phones, etc.)

• TPTB are working on how to handle this. Info expected some time, but in the meantime, just be aware of the possibility.

That’s all folks!