These newsletters are sent to staff and students regarding work environment, safety and health issues. The newsletter is published approximately 4 times a year, usually after meetings in the local work environment committee (LAMU). Information from LAMU and the department rules and regulations can always be found at the website for Work environment. (Requires AU-network, use the VPN client from external locations)

Agendas and minutes from LAMU meetings are located on the O-drive, along with other legal information (e.g. workplace assessment action plans):

O:\Nat-Tech_Geo-Faelles\Udvalg GEO\LAMU

Help us prevent accidents and injuries

An accident occurs when a physical or mental injury occurs as a result of a sudden event. It is not only serious occupational accidents and injuries that we are obliged to handle. Situations or incidents which could have resulted in occupational accidents, but where for one reason or another (often by chance) no personal injury occurred, are called near-accidents.

A typical example is fall accidents which can be caused by a number of factors:

• You trip and fall over an object
• You fall because the floor or tiles are wet or irregular
• You fall because you carry something heavy and lose balance
• You fall due to poor or lack of lighting
• You trip and fall because you are tired or unfocused
• Other factor

Near-accidents must be registered locally so that we can learn from the incident: We do not want it to happen with a more serious outcome next time. The occupational health and safety organization must take appropriate measures to thereby reduce the risk of repeating the incidents.

Contact the relevant work environment group at Geoscience or Charlotte.

Read more and registrer at AU's website.

Dansk Erhvervspsykologi provides professional psychological counselling service for staff at Aarhus University. Counselling is available in Danish or English.

A counselling process can be on referral through your manager (5 sessions) or anonymously (3 sessions).

Contact by phone on 70 22 76 12 (kl. 8-17 week days) or 70 22 76 10 (acute), alternatively on e-mail:

krisekorps@danskerhvervspsykologi.dk

Read more on the background and content at the department website. 

Please remember that you can talk with your union representative, a work environment representative, or the department daily work environment leader (Charlotte).

Geoscience work environment portal (including newsletters)

Geoscience work environment organisation (contact information)

Work environment at Geoscience (flyer for new staff)

Emergencies and evacuation at Aarhus University

AU HR work environment

YouTube (department safety instruction videos)