Safety regulations

Each supervisor is responsible for informing his/her staff members about the safety guidelines valid in the department, encouraging them to participate in safety-related information sessions and ensuring that the safety guidelines are strictly followed. Each lecturer (in charge or co-lecturer) is responsible for informing his/her students of the applicable safety guidelines

Employees should alert each other to potential hazards and risks without being perceived as reprimand. This peer pressure leads to increased safety awareness and a greater sense of responsibility in this regard. In addition, when observing safety hazards, especially defective infrastructure, everyone has the task of reporting this to the safety contact point.

The safety contact points within the department are:
Steve Dereyne: buildings used by EA08, Kortrijk
Danny De Baets: buildings used by EA08, Schoonmeersen
Vincent, Gevaert: building 131, building 125, Technologiepark, Zwijnaarde
Wouter Ost: building 904, (Building 904-NL) Technologiepark, Zwijnaarde
Roger Van Hecke: building 46, Technologiepark, Zwijnaarde
Frederik Martens: buildings used by EA08, Technicum

Each researcher is responsible for preparing safety instructions for the non-generic infrastructure he/she designs and/or uses. Thus, consideration is given to the safety of the tasks to be performed and the proprietary infrastructure used for that purpose. This is done in collaboration with the supervisor/promotor who is given the authority to make decisions.

If there is a suspicious person walking around in buildings of the department, report it to the safety contact point.

Order and cleanliness are visible signs that care is being taken of the work environment and equipment. A messy environment is usually not very safe either. In the labs and workshops, the users of these areas have the duty to ensure order and cleanliness, in particular to keep their own work spaces neat and orderly as well as not to create disorder at the work spaces of other employees.