Work Environment and Safety
The purpose of the work environment committee is to ensure that Department of Chemistry is a safe and healthy place to work and study.
This is achieved by actively preventing accidents and long-term injuries, identifying risks before they become dangerous situations and by ensuring that employees and students know their duties and responsibilities and have the required education to minimize the consequences in case of an accident.
Before completing your Bachelor's degree (or before conducting experimental work on your own without direct supervision by a student teacher or a laboratory technician) you must complete the course: "Occupational safety training and fire fighting”.
Sign up to Occupational Safety Training Courseson Brightspace:
- Go to Brightspace and log in: COURSES (from top menu)
- Discover
- search for “safety”
- select ”Occupational safety training” and enroll
Find out when the next Occupational Safety Training Course will be held on Brightspace
If you have any questions feel free to contact your work environment group
Building irregularities
Guard staff: In case of irregularities in buildings or inventory that need urgent attention:
- Within normal working time (8-16)
- Facility management - iNANO Bulding, Thomas Pedersen: 9352 2434
- Facility management - Chemistry Building, Allan Madsen: 2899 2015
- Building inspector, Ove Fjordside: 2899 2013
- Outside normal working hours and only in emergency situations
- Building inspector, Ove Fjordside: 2899 2013
- Skadeservice Danmark (damage service): 2338 6146
- Construction damage service, Safety Partner: 70 112 112
In case of irregularities without the need of urgent attention please contact the building service on email: NT-BygVest.Bygningsservice@au.dk
You must report any accidents to the Safety Supervisor, the Work Environment Committee, and to the management team.
The Work Environment Committee also strongly encourages you to report any near accidents to the Safety Supervisor or a member of the Work Environment Committee.
- Accidents, which are sudden incidents in connection with work, that lead to someone being physically or mentally injured.
- Near accidents, which are incidents where no one was injured but which could have led to injury.
Offensive behavior
Offensive behavior
Bullying, harassment, threats and violence
We do not accept offensive behaviour at AU. In other words, we do not accept any form of bullying, sexual harassment, violence or discrimination (see WEA guideline 4.3-1 from February 2019). Everyone at the university is responsible for ensuring that offensive behaviour does not occur.
We all have a duty to:
- Object and say no to offensive behaviour – both if you experience offensive behaviour against yourself, and if you witness it
- Help a student or an employee who experiences offensive behaviour.
Who to contact at the department in case you experience offensive behavior
- Department Management
- Members of the Occupationel Health and Safety Committee
- Your Union Representative
- Whistleblower scheme
Students can go to
- You can contact your student counsellor and together, you can agree on what actions should be taken.
- You can also get help from the head of your department/school, the director of studies for your degree programme, and from other employees at your department/school.
- No matter who you turn to for help, you can be sure that it will be handled confidentially. See more