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Contacting Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational Health and Safety now operates a helpdesk for occupational health and safety issues and can be contacted on any of the following:

  • Email: ohsehelpline@adm.monash.edu.au
  • Phone: 51013 (9905 1013)
  • Location: Room S703, Level 7, Menzies Buildnig, Clayton Campus
  • Postal address: Occupational Health and Safety, Bldg. 11, Monash University, Vic., 3800

Occupational Health and Safety is part of Student & Community Services Division and is managed by the Director of OHS, Cliff Verhagen and has the following teams:

Occupational Health and Safety Director

Mr. Cliff Verhagen is the newly appointed Director of Occupational Health and Safety.  The department's aim is to ensure the effective management of occupational health and safety issues across all campuses of the University.  This is achieved by:

  • promoting and developing strategies and programs to minimise risks of injury and damage;
  • ensuring that Monash University meets, so far as practicable, health, safety and environment statutory requirements;
  • providing occupational health and safety consultancy services to the members of the University community.
  • Cliff can be contacted on extension 55171 or via e-mail

OHS&E Consultancy Team

Occupational Health and Safety have structured its operations to provide direct contact points for staff and students via the "Occupational Health and Safety Consultant Team". The consultant team provide support and advice on all occupational health and safety queries or issues.

Name of Faculty OHS&E ConsultantPhoneAreas Covered
John Whale
Faculty of Engineering
9905 1021

Faculty of Engineering

  • Faculty of Engineering
    - Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering
    - Civil Engineering
    - Materials Engineering
    - Mechanical Engineering
    - Bio Engineering
    - Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy
  • Peninsula Campus
  • Gippsland Campus
Bernadette Hayman
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences
9905 5739
  • Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences
  • Physiology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Anatomy, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Centre for Medical & Health Science Education, Centre for Development Disability Health, Department of General Practice
  • Community Medicine
  • Monash Immunology & Stem Cell Laboratories
  • Central & Eastern Clinical School Alfred Hospital (includes Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Surgery, Pathology & Immunology, Medicine, Palliative Care, Van Cleef Centre for Nervous Diseases, Forensic Medicine, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases
  • MMC Block B Southern Clinical School Monash Medical Centre, Clayton (Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ritchie Centre)
  • MMC Block E Southern Clinical School Monash Medical Centre, Clayton (Medicine, Surgery, Anaesthesia, Psychological Medicine, Clinical School, Monash Institute of Health Services Research)
  • Monash Institute for Medical Research, MMC Clayton
  • Box Hill Hospital (Medicine, Surgery)
  • Rural Health, Bendigo, Mildura, Warragul, Moe, Taralgon, Sale and Bairnsdale
Peter Fell
9905 3873
  • Faculty of Education
  • Krongold Centre
  • Faculty of Law (includes- 472 Bourke Street, Monash Oakleigh Legal Service, and Springvale Legal Service)  
  • Monash House
  • VTAC
  • Faculty of Information Technology
  • Animal Services (All Campuses)
  • Caulfield Campus (includes - 871 Dandenong Road, 24 Derby Road, 30 Collins Street and Monyx)
John Tsiros
9905 5696
  • Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Business & Economics  
  • Japanese Studies Centre
  • Department of Management
  • Religious Centre
  • Campus Centre
  • Hargrave Cafeteria
  • Arts & Crafts Centre
  • Robert Blackwood Hall
  • Alexander Theatre (Rotunda)
  • Performing Arts Complex
  • Teaching Facilities Support Unit
  • University Offices
  • 700 & 710 Blackburn Road (Staff Develop, HR, Corp Finance, Audit & Risk, Financial Resources)
  • Libraries (All Campuses)
  • ITS - (All Campuses)
  • Parkville Campus  
  • Monash University Club
Chris Van den Bergen
9905 1101
  • Australian Studies, CeLTS, Equity & Diversity, Monash Uni Museum of Art, Ctr. of Aust Indigenous Studies
  • Monash Residential (including Berwick, Caulfield, Peninsula)
  • Accident Research Centre, UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education, School of Business Systems
  • Monash College Group
  • Monash Sport
  • Berwick Campus  

In addition, there are a number OHS Personnel based solely in some Faculties and/or Divisions.

Their role is to provide a dedicated OHS resource and first point of contact for staff and students within their areas.

Name of Faculty based OHS&E AdvisorPhoneFaculty/Division

William Potenza

9905 2764

  • Facilities & Services (all campuses) including Security & Traffic

Mary Lewis

9905 1627

  • Faculty of Science

Priscilla Chow

9903 2339

  • Caulfield Campus


Occupational Health and Safety Strategic Support Team

The Strategic Support Team's role is to:

  • Provide specialist occupational health and safety support as required
  • Develop tools and resources that support the activities of the Occupational Health and Safety Consultant Team
  • Develop projects that enable Occupational Health and Safety to fulfill its strategic plan
  • Develop and manage occupational health and safety policy development and implementation
  • Develop and compile statistical data on hazards, incidents, training etc.
NamePhoneResponsibilities
Sharon Lockhart
Manager, OHS Operations
9905 1011

Managing and co-ordinating the University's accredited Safety Management System including occupational health and safety policy development and implementation and OHS audit program.

Margaret Rendell
Acting Manager - Scientific Hazards & Regulatory Compliance
9905 1060 Managing and co-ordinating compliance services and scientific hazards programs ie chemicals, radiation protection etc.
Richard Connolly
Occupational Hygienist
9905 1034 Implementation and management of occupational hygience programs, in particular, fume cupboard testing, confined spaces and asbestos

Yoga Adipraja
Data Information & Support Officer

9905 8769 Maintaining Occupational Health and Safety Administrative statistics and data control.
Ann Tapley
Occupational Health Nurse Consultant
9905 1014 Provision of occupational health advice which includes immunization information, health monitoring and other health related matters
Angela Wall
Occupational Health Nurse Consultant
9905 1014 Provision of occupational health advice which includes immunization information, health monitoring and other health related matters
Dr Vicki Ashton
Occupational Health Consultant Physician
9905 1166
(Wed, Thurs)
Policy development in conjunction with Occupational Health and Safety Manager and Occupational Health Advisers and provides occupational health advice to staff
Bryley Sadler
Wellbeing at Monash Co-ordinator
9902 0856 Co-ordinator of all Monash wellbeing programs across all campuses.

Administrative Support Team

The Administration Team's role is to:

  • Manage and co-ordinate the occupational health and safety training program
  • Provide high level administrative support
NamePhoneResponsibilites
Lynne Peterson
Senior Administrative Officer (Resources)
9905 4019 Personal Assistant to the Director of Occupational Health & Safety and co-ordinator of the Admin team.  Also responsible for information management, maintenance of the OHS webpage, general office administration and administrative support to audit function.
Jaswin Bal
Training Co-ordinator
9905 1016 Management and co-ordination of all OH&S training programs and general administration.