Change log 2023

All policies, requirements, processes, forms, and bulletins that are updated and published on this website will also be listed below in the year and month in which they occurred.

2023 Change log

22nd December

New document
Occupational Health Monitoring Guide 

Following this, two documents have been retired;
- Health surveilance requirements matrix
- Occupational health monitoring protocol

14th December

AED Register
Updated spreadsheet

13th December

HSR list
HSR resigned
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Melbourne Dental School)

Call for nominations to be held in February 2024

12th December

HSR list
HSR stepped down
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences)

Call for nominations held December 2023 - none received

6th December 2023

HSR list
New elected HSR
Faculty of Science - Biosciences 5 (Genetics)

DWG Scope name changed from;
Represents all the BioSciences staff in Old Microbiology Building 184 to 
Represents all the BioSciences staff in Old Microbiology Building 184, Level 3.

5th December 2023

HSR list
HSR left/resignation
Faculty of Arts
- Call for nominations to be held in 2024

4th December 2023

HSR list
New elected HSR
Faculty of Science - BioSciences 1, 2 & 3

4th December 2023

Consultation for UoM COVIDSafe Plan finalised;

- UoM COVIDSafe Plan
- Feedback summary

1st December 2023

Non unitravel risk assessment form

Contents reviewed and updated;
- Formatting and proofread
- Updated links

- Footer updated; date, authorised by, version, next review

22nd November 2023

AED campus location

Updated list 
- New AED: Blg 416, Histopathology Block

16th November 2023

HSR list
New elected HSRs
Faculty of MDHS - Melbourne Medical School - Royal Children's Hospital

15th November 2023

Health and safety: ergonomic requirements

Contents reviewed and updated;
- Updated links

- Footer updated; date, authorised by, version, next review

10th November 2023

Hazardous manual handling risk assessment
Health and safety hazardous manual handling requirements
Guide to hazardous manual handling hierarchy of control 

Contents reviewed and updated;
- Updated links

- Footer updated; date, authorised by, version, next review

31st October

Plant risk assessment
Hot Tips for Hot Desking

Contents updated;
- Updated links

- Footer updated; date, authorised by, version, next review

27th October

University additional information claim form

Contents updated;
- Updated links

- Footer updated; date, version, next review

26th October

Bomb substance and phone threat checklist

Document reviewed
- Footer updated; date, authorised by, next review

25th October

HSR list
2 new HSRs
Faculty of Education

23rd October

Health & Safety: Autoclave hazard
Regulatory requirements for autoclaves

Contents updated;
- Updated broken links
- Footer updated; date, version, authorised by, next review

20th October

HSR list
New HSR
Student and Scholarly Services

20th October

HSR list
New HSR
FFAM

20th October

HSR list
New HSR 
Design and Production

19th October

HSR list
New HSR 
Faculty of Science - Creswick

12th October

HSR list
New HSR 
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences;
- Faculty Operations and Individual Centres - Faculty Services (A)
- Faculty Operations and Individual Centres - Faculty Services (B)

5th October

HSR list
New HSR 
Architecture, Building and Planning - Professional

3rd October

HSR list;
3 New HSRs 
Melbourne Law School

25th September

HSR List

HSR resigned;
- Faculty of Science - Biosciences 1, 2 &3 (Botany)

22nd September

New documents;

2022-04-HSR-Meeting-minutes
2022-04-HSR-Meeting-minutes
2022-03-HSR-Meeting-minutes
2022-03-HSR-Meeting-agenda
2022-02-HSR-Meeting-minutes
2022-02-HSR-Meeting-agenda

20th September

Consultation for UOM COVIDSafe Plan
Consolation closing date: Wednesday 4th of October

20th September

If You Are Injured at Work
Important Return to Work Information

- The contact for the Workplace Accessibility and Injury Support (WAIS) team has been updated for the documents.

15th September

ERMS

ERMS Automated template notification emails have been updated to include Specialist Support Services where needed and general tidy up of content formatting.

Templates updated:

HS Incident/Hazard
– Supervisor Notification
– Modified 
– Transfer Notification
– Supervisor Closed
– Task Allocated
– Task Closed
– Task Transferred
– Task Modified

12th September

HSR list;
New HSR
Melbourne Medical School - Parkville (C) - Royal Women's Hospital and Royal Melbourne Hospital* (*including BRF, Radiology, MBC, Medicine but excluding Doherty building)

8th September

HSR list;
New HSR
Faculty of MDHS - Centre for Youth Mental Health (CYMH)

25th August

HSR list;
Faculty of Business and Economics - Designated Work Group Scope updated

25th August

New document.
Safety Bulletin 23/02:  Swooping Bird Season Awareness

1st August

HSR List

New HSR elected;
- Fine Arts and Music - Film & Television

28th July

HSR List

Deputy HSR elected;
- Melbourne Veterinary School - Werribee Campus

26th July

Training requirements matrix update:
Computer workstation set up - Working on campus.  (replaces Office Ergonomics course)
Add column -Computer workstation set up - Working at home
Add column -Computer workstation set up - Working in temporary locations
Version 7.0, updated review date

26th July

New document
Safety Bulletin: First Aid and Emergency Response

19th July

HSR List

HSR re-elected;
- Faculty of Science: Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

18th July

AED campus location

Updated list 
- New AEDs:  Blg 147, BioSciences 4

10th July

HSR List

New HSRs elected;
- Faculty of Science: Science Administration
- Melbourne Veterinary School - Werribee Campus

10th July

Procurement and Maintenance of Dangerous Goods Storage Cabinets

Version 1.4

Content updated;
- Fixed typo
(Page 2; changed AS/NZS 2242.2 to AS/NZS 2243.2)

30th June

Health & safety risk assessment methodology

Version 2.3

Content updated;
- Broken links and typos fixed
- Footer updated

30th June

Health & Safety: Risk management requirements

- Fixed typos and updated footer

29th June

Steel storage racking guidance

Version 1.2

Content updated;
- Minor formatting, typo and title change.

27th June

HSR List

New HSRs elected;
- SASS Scholarly Services 1
- SASS Scholarly Services 2
- SASS Scholarly Services 3
- SASS Student Administration
- SASS Student Success 1
- SASS Student Success 2
- SASS Student Success 3
- SASS University Colleges and Residential Life

New Deputy HSR elected;
- SASS Scholarly Services 1
- SASS Scholarly Services 3

26th June

2023-1-OHSC-Minutes

OHSC Meeting 1
- Finalised meeting minutes

23rd June

AED campus location

Updated list 
- New AED:  Blg 411, Veterinary Hospital
- New AED: Blg 281,  204 Lygon St

21st June

New HSRs elected;
Business Services – Information Technology
Business Services - Client Services
Business Services - Field Services
Business Services - Campus Management

15th June

Field work plan

Version 2.2

Content updated;
- Content review, formatting and title change

15th June

HSR List

2023-1-OHSC-Draft-Minutes

15th June

2022-4-OHSC-Minutes

New document

15th June

2022-3-OHSC-Minutes

New document.

15th June

2022-3-OHSC-Minutes

New document.

14th June

On Campus workstation assessment checklist

Version 1.1

Content updated;
- Content review, formatting and title change

14th June

Planned working from home workstation assessment checklist

Version 1.1

Content updated;
- Content review, formatting and title change.

13th June

OHSC committee membership

13th June

HSR List

Call for nominations held June 2023 for Science (Physics)
- None received

7th June

AED campus location

Updated list after St. John's audit from
April - May 2023

Updated list after St. John's audit from
April - May 2023

6th June

HSR List

HSR resignation;
Faculty of Fine Arts and Music - Film & Television

1st June

HSR List

New HSRs elected;
- Chancellery AFSE
- COO-P (Chief Financial Officer Group)
- COO-P (Operational Performance Group)
- Business Services - BioResources
- Business Services (Health and Safety, Finance Operations, Human Resources Services)

31st May

Health & Safety: Noticeboards guidelines

Content updated;
- Added the option for digital notice board.

30th May

HSR List

Content updated;
- Updated Faculty of Science Administration DWG
- Added the four new designated workgroups to the Faculty of Science
- Removed section for the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences (FVAS)

30th May

Health & Safety: Incident injury hazard reporting and investigation requirements

Version 1.4

Content updated;
- Fixed broken links
- Footer updated; date, version, authorised by, next review

25th May

Workplace inspection checklist

Version 1.2

- Chemical and Substances section has been updated
- Updated footer

21st May

Vaccination program

Version 1.1

Updated closing time May 19

17th May

Warden handbook

Version 1.3

Withdrawn from website

8th May

Labelling contents of pipes, conduits and ducts

Version 1.3,

Content updated;
- H&S and footer updated

5th May

Procurement and maintenance of dangerous goods storage cabinets

Version 1.3

Content updated;
- Changed AS2243.10 to AS2243.2
- Footer updated; date, version, authorised by, next review

5th May

Standard Operating Procedure - Zoll plus automated external defibrillator

Version 1.3

Content updated;
- Maintenance and inspection checklist
- How to replace batteries
- How to replace pads
- Updated broken links
- Footer updated; date, version, authorised by, next review

4th May

Task risk analysis form

Version 2.2

Content updated;
- Updated broken links
- Footer updated; date, version, authorised by, next review

4th May

Standard operating procedure form

Version 1.4

No changes to the contents.
- Only the title, version, date, and next review date have been updated.

3rd May

Chemical risk assessment

2.2

Content updated;
- Updated broken links
- Footer updated; date, version, authorised by, next review

27th April

Standard operating procedure form

1.5

Document updated;
- Version section has been added to the header of the template

26th April

HSR List

2 New HSRs elected:
Faculty of Arts

26th April

AED campus location

Document updated
- Building 143 added - new AED unit added

21st April

Vaccination program

Version 1.1

Updated closing time May 19

17th April

Warden handbook

Version 1.3

Document withdrawn

14th May

Traffic management risk assessment form

Version 1.1

Content updated;
- Updated broken links
- Footer updated; version, authorised by

13th April

General Risk Assessment form - DRAFT 17 FEB 2023

Consultation closed on Mar 3rd
- Removed from the consultation list

13th April

OHS Noticeboard Guidelines - DRAFT 17 FEB 2023

Consultation closed on Mar 3rd.
- Removed from the consultation list

5th April

OHSC Membership

Membership list has been updated.

March 4th

Health & Safety action plan

Version 1.2

31st March

General risk assessment

Version 2.2

Content updated;
- Updated broken links
- Footer updated; date, version, authorised by, next review

31st March

AED campus location

Document updated
- Creswick and Burnley cases placed
- Bio 21 cases placed
- 204 Lygon St case placed

31st March

University of Melbourne health and safety risk register

Version 2.3

No changes to the contents.
- Only the title, date, and next review date have been updated.

31st March

Health & Safety: Workplace monitoring and inspection requirements

Version 1.2

Content updated;
- Updated broken links
- Footer updated; date, version, authorised by, next review

31st March

Training requirements matrix

6.0

Content updated;
- Removed COVIDSafe content
- Footer updated; version, authorised by

31st March

Health and Safety Representatives

List updated.
- DWGs for Chancellery and COO-P

30th March

Health & Safety: Issue resolution requirements

Version 1.4

Document updated.
- Updated broken links across the documents

20th March

Standard operating procedure - automated external defibrillator

Version 1.2

Document updated.
- Removed the box on the top right corner (details have turned redundant as it is the same as the footer)
- Updated the footer (title, version, and dates)

20th March

Completing a health and safety risk register

1.3

Document updated.
- Fixed a broken link (Health & Safety: Risk Management Requirements document)

16th March

AED campus location

Document updated
- Building 260 added - AED unit added
- Building 207 added - AED unit added
- Building 348  added - AED  unit +  Epipens  added

16th March

Generate a QR code  for an up to date SDS

Version 1.0

Document uploaded under 'Guidance'
-  Generate a QR code

16th March

AED campus location

Document updated.
-  Made building 130 red and left comment (Building Closed AED moved to 128 )
- Added Old physics to register building 128, specialised kit has also been placed.
- Building 385 - Specialised kit has been placed
- Building 168 - Specialised kit has been placed
- Building 498 - Specialised kit has been placed
- Building 171 - Location information update and specialised kit has been placed
- Building 222 - Location information update and specialised kit has been placed
- Building 112 - Location information update and specialised kit has been placed
- Building 400 - Specialised kit has been placed
- Building 201 (200) - Moved out of UOM Residential Colleges

16th March

University of Melbourne Health and Safety Context

Version 1.0

New document

9th March

AED campus location

Document updated.
- The location of the AED has been amended, added the room number detail.

8th March

Health and Safety Representatives

Content updated. Removed any duplicated and expired contents.

The texts below have been removed from the website;
-  "New HSRs are placed on our mailing list to receive notification regarding proposed changes to health and safety policy and procedure available for consultation, and other health and safety matters of interest."
- "Contact the Health & Safety Services team for enrollment assistance."
- Under how to enroll, "For a list of WorkSafe-approved training providers and training dates, please visit the WorkSafe website.
- Once the invoice is received, please send it to ohs-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au. The Health & Safety Services team will process the payment."

The previous agendas and minutes from the HSR forums (2019-2022) have been removed as well.

7th March

University of Melbourne health and safety risk register

Version 2.3

Document updated.
- Reviewed and updated as per the consultations conducted in August 2021.

2nd March

AED campus location

Document updated.
- Building 290: An existing AED detail has been added located on the ground floor, Melbourne Connect.
- Building 298: The location of the AED has been amended

2nd March

AED campus location

Document updated.
- New column added (Specialist first aid kit)

27th February

HSR List

HSR removal;
Faculty of Science - Administration
- Represents all the Science staff in Old Geology (North) Building 155

24th February

Safety Bulletin: Ammonium Nitrate restrictions

1.0

New document uploaded

22nd Februrary

Health & Safety chemical requirement

Version 1.5

The changes were:
- Insertion of high consequence dangerous goods – ammonium nitrate

22nd Februrary

Chemical  management guidelines

Version 2.11

The changes were:
- Insert high consequence dangerous goods – ammonium nitrate
- Update Emergency Response Coordinator to local area management or nominated delegate[s]
- Fix broken links

22nd Februray

Ammonium nitrate management plan

Version 1.0

New document uploaded

17th February

DRAFT General Risk Assessment

Version 1.0

Consultation closes at 4 pm, March 3rd.

17th February

DRAFT OHS Noticeboard Guidelines

Version 2.0

Consultation closes at 4 pm, March 3rd.

14th February

GoldFFX FAQ

GoldFFX FAQ document has been uploaded.

8th February

Health and Safety Community

Faculty of Engineering:
New Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor has been appointed.

19th January

HSR List

New HSR elected:
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences - Melbourne Dental Clinic.

18th January

Incident report

Document updated;
No changes to the contents. The footer has been updated

18th January

Hazard report

Document updated;
No changes to the contents. The footer has been updated.