This month’s DPI tip is to eat your fruit and veggies!!
Aim for 5+ a day check out http://www.5aday.co.nz/recipes/ for some delicious recipes to inspire you.
A healthy diet can help to prevent DPI. But remember everything in moderation!
Category Archives: Health and Safety
New extn number – library warehouse 6467
Kia ora – it has been necessary for the extension number for the standard phone to be changed. It is now 6467. The landline is being kept in case of emergencies ie if there is no power and staff are working in this area. Please update your records if necessary. Joan
DPI tip of the month
Kia ora koutou
DPI tip of the month:
Take a walk and you might hear Korimako (Bellbird) singing on our campus!
Ngā mihi
Swee Hoon
H&S updates for libraries
This is the current list of Library First Aiders, wardens and Health and Safety Reps.
The file is saved here: K:\LIBR-Library\Health-Safety\FirstAid\First Aiders Building wardens update August 2017.docx
If there are any updates or corrections please let me know.
Thanks
Tim O’Sullivan
Central Library, Puaka-Puaka-James Hight
| First Aid Certificate holders – Central Library | Expiry | |
| Susan Lloyd | Level 2 Puaka-James Hight | 7th Aug 2017* |
| Beth Mannix | Level 2 Puaka-James Hight | 30th Sept 2017* |
| Rebecca Fisher | Level 2 Puaka-James Hight | 25th Nov 2017* |
| Felicity Watson | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 12th August 2018 |
| Mariko Yoshioka | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 5th May 2017* |
| Joan Simpson | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 26th June 2019 |
| Anton Angelo | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 18th April 2018 |
| Romy Forrer | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 28th Feb. 2019 |
| Nicolle Moffatt | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 26th June 2019 |
| Kiera Tauro | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 25th Nov 2017* |
| Janette Nicolle | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 7th Dec 2017* |
| Sue Thompson | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 28th Feb 2019 |
| Bronwyn Collins | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 20th July 2018 |
| Hugh Joughin | Level 2 Puaka-James Hight | 20th August 2018 |
| Margaret Patterson | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 28th Nov. 2018 |
| Peter Kennedy | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 17th Aug. 2018 |
| Sara Roberts | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 20th July 2018 |
| Elizabeth Lochhead | Level 3 PJH Academic Skills | 24th Nov 2017 |
| Judith Coullie | Level 3 PJH Academic Skills | 22nd Nov 2017 |
| Building wardens – Central Library | ||
| Donna ThompsonJacqui Cain (FS)
Allan Feng (FS) |
Library – Floor 5 | Floor Wardens |
| First person to the board | Library – Floors 6-11 | Floor Warden |
| Tim O’Sullivan | Library | Building Warden |
| Angela Berry (deputy) | Library | Building Warden (deputy) |
| Jack Arron (assistant) | Library | Building Warden (assistant) |
| Angel Nicholson Jacqui Tither | Library level 3 | Floor wardens |
| Fiona Gurnsey James Huntly | Level 1 (UCSA Office) undercrofdt East end upper level | Floor Warden |
| Nikita Taylor | Undercroft lower level | Floor Warden |
| Shilling Club staff | Undercroft West end upper level | Floor warden |
| First persons to uplift the paddles | Puaka-James Hight – Floors 2 & 4 | Floor Wardens |
| Health and Safety Representatives – Puaka-James Hight | ||
| Tim O’Sullivan | Level 2 | Library |
| First Aid Certificate holders (Education Library) | Expiry | |
| Margaret Paterson | 28th Nov. 2018 | |
| Kim Allen | 28th Nov. 2018 | |
| Jane Agnew | 14th Aug 2017* | |
| Jin Kim | 20th July 2018 | |
| Building warden Education building | ||
| Lisa Davies | Building Warden | |
| Health and Safety Representative | ||
| Jane Agnew | Library | |
| First Aid Certificate holders (EPS Library) | Expiry | |
| Dave Lane | 23rd June 2017 | |
| Margaret Paterson | 28th Nov. 2018 | |
| Brian McElwaine | 4th March 2018 | |
| Building wardens EPS building | ||
| Jenny Owens | Building Warden | |
| First to the board | Deputy Building Warden | |
| Health and Safety Representatives | ||
| Dave Lane | Library | |
| First Aid Certificate holders (Macmillan Brown Library) | Expiry | |
| Caroline Syddall | 28th Nov. 2018 | |
| Swee Hoon Goh | 28th Sept. 2018 | |
| Hannah O’Dwyer | 23rd Feb 2018 | |
| Gabrielle Faith | 17th Aug. 2018 | |
| Building wardens Macmillan Brown Library | ||
| Jamie Hape | Building Warden | |
| Erin Kimber | Floor warden | |
| Health and Safety Representatives | ||
| Swee Hoon Goh | Library | |
Reporting Health and Safety events
Kia ora koutou,
Remember the Health and Safety Toolkit on the intranet? If not, you may want to glance here and remind yourself of its full glory.
Anyway, part of that kete is the method for reporting events. Overall, for the Library we are very good at reporting, but we should be doing better at using the online form (RMSS) rather than the Word document. If we use the RMSS, we get enhanced reporting, ability to analyse and reflect on our incidents, etc. From now on, your H&S team would like to see all events logged using RMSS rather than the form. If this causes issues, please discuss that with a member of the Library H&S team.
DPI Tip July 2017
Micropauses
Our concentration levels drop every now and again, so why not take a short break for 2-3 minutes, then get back to the task at hand with renewed energy and focus.
Get up and walk around, say hi to a colleague, grab a drink of water, stand up and do some stretches, relax those arms and shoulders.
If only we could relax as easily and effortlessly as cats!
Afternoon stretches in Room 522 (Central Library) starting Wednesday
Hi All,
Following LAC’s lead we are now going to start afternoon stretches in Room 522 (eLearning / Subject Librarians) in addition to those in the morning in LAC.
Our plan is to start these each day from Wednesday 14th June.
Time – 3pm each day. We’ll ring a bell when it’s time.
If you are in Central, please consider joining us.
Also if you are doing stretches in another library can you please post the time and location below!
Theresa and Anton.
Health and Safety update
The UC Learning Resources health and Safety committee, which includes the library, met last week. There are a few things that will be of interest.
The emergency flip chart outlining what to do in various situations is being updated and any suggestions can be sent through to jacqui.lyttle@canterbury.ac.nz
Security are keen to keep people aware that if there is a medical emergency then they should be called first on ext. 6111. They will respond immediately with first aid equipment and a defibrillator. If necessary the Health Centre will be called and Security will also call an ambulance. Security will coordinate the arrival of the ambulance on to campus as quickly as possible. This is the most effective way of getting the ambulance as there have been cases in the past where the ambulance crew have spent fifteen minutes driving around campus looking for the emergency.
In the unlikely event of a power cut the university has generators which will keep essential services such as locked doors and crucial fridges running but the emergency generator system can not run the whole university. The library has emergency closure guidelines here: K:\LIBR-Library\Health-Safety\Emergency-closure-guidelines
Tim O’Sullivan
DPI tip for May – Don’t bottle it up…
…drink it!
Now the cosy heating’s on but we’re slowly dehydrating
Finding a solution needn’t be frustrating
Just keep a bottle on your desk of good old H2O
Remembering to drink it – it’s the smartest way to go.
Cheers!
Felicity
Fire Extinguisher and Evacuation training
If you have not yet attended the Evacuation training, or its been over two years since your last training, we have a new, combined, Evacuation and Fire Extinguisher training session coming up next Monday 10 April. The morning session (9am-11.30am) only has a couple of spaces left, but the afternoon session (12.30pm -3.00pm) still has spaces.
The training is facilitated by Sean Yeates, from Fire Fighting Pacific. He spent many years in the UK Fire Service and more recently was stationed down in Dunedin. He has plenty of first-hand knowledge to share and the hands-on experience actually using Fire Extinguishers is always a very worthwhile experience (and quite fun). I found this training increased my confidence in managing evacuations, and more importantly gave me confidence to pick up an extinguisher and use it if necessary.
The enrolment form is at the top of the H&S training page https://intranet.canterbury.ac.nz/hs/info-training/index.shtml if you would like to join Sean on Monday . Training is in the Erskine building and the Fire Extinguisher hands-on exercise is outside (rain or shine).
Places are limited so please get your enrolment form to us as soon as possible. The final training session for 2017 follows the September trial evacuations, and is in October.
Tim O’Sullivan (passing on news from Angie Willington H&S Central)