A complete set of University Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policies is found on the Web site of University's OHS Unit.

• The School of Physical Science’s Workplace Health and Safety Officer Chris Shannon (53272) c.shannon@sps.uq.edu.au 
• The Mathematics Department’s Workplace Health and Safety Representative Graeme Chandler (53264);
• The Fire Warden, Darryn Bryant (Room 67-540) extension 51342 or email on db@maths.uq.edu.au;
• The First Aid Officer Dr Joe Grotowski(Room 67-346) extension 53260 or email on grotow@maths.uq.edu.au.

 There is an Emergency Procedures Slide to show classes during their first lecture.

Employees should consult the OH&S Unit for The list of University OHS Policies and Guidelines. 

Please visit the following links for topics that have been identified as issues for people in the Mathematics department: 

• The Rehabilitation Policy and Guidelines;
• The Smoking Policy and Grievance Procedures; 
• Fire and Emergency Procedures Evacuation Guidelines;
• Mathematics Department’s emergency arrangements;
•  Ergonomics;
• Policy and Guidelines for Screen Based Equipment;
• purchase and installation of screen based equipment;
• Vision testing and Visual fatigue for users of screen based equipment;
• Everyone should attend the course OHS in the office;
• Electrical Equipment (Please consult the mathematics department's systems programmer Paul Shackle ( extension 53254, shackle@maths.uq.edu.au) before connecting new equipment);
• safe use of electricity;
• Office Copying Machines.

People joining the department should note:

• There is a first aid kit in the photo copying room (67-643).  Everyone has a key to this room;
• In the Priestley building there are fire extinguishers near the eastern fire escape stairs and near the lifts.  Everyone must have seen a demonstration of the use of fire extinguishers;
• There are emergency phones near the lifts.  There are `break glass'  fire alarms just inside the adjoining General Purpose building;
• In an emergency people should assemble on the lawn just in font of the Maths building.