GRADUATE CATALOG - The Petroleum Institute

Graduate Catalog | Academic Year 2013 – 2014Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)VisionThe Petroleum Institute (PI) shall strive to achieve a safe campus that is in full compliance with all relevant Health,Safety and Environment (HSE) regulations and best practices. The PI will achieve an exemplary HSE performanceand will be viewed as a model academic institution that is friendly to the environment and is a safe place to work,learn and conduct research.PolicyThe PI believes in protecting the health and safety of its students, employees and other stakeholders, and inenhancing the environment. It will achieve these objectives by:providing a safe and healthy workplaceminimizing both environmental pollution and the wastage of natural resourcesmanaging Health, Safety, and the Environment as a line responsibility with priority equal to that of any otherinstitutional objectivecomplying with the laws and statutes of the United Arab Emirates and ADNOC HSE policies, if necessaryapplying more stringent proceduresensuring all students and employees are aware of and abide by the PI HSE Policy and requiring that HSE isgiven a central role in all teaching, meetings, decisions, and other PI-related activitiesCommitmentsThe PI shall:ensure no harm occurs to its students, staff, faculty, contractors and visitorsminimize its environmental footprintuse energy and resources efficiently in carrying out its activitiesmanage HSE with the same importance as any other critical institutional activityensure its students and employees obtain a high level of HSE awarenessfoster a sense of personal responsibility and commitment to HSE issuesbe transparent and open in the public reporting of the PI's HSE performanceencourage free reporting of HSE concernsappropriately acknowledge those that make significant contributions to improving workplace safetyHSE ExpectationsCooperate during emergency fire drills. When you hear the fire alarm, it is mandatory to exit immediately andfollow directions to the assembly point area and remain there until you have been given the clearance toreturn. The PI HSE Department conducts fire drills once each semester in all on-campus buildings. For moredetails on the fire evacuation procedure and fire marshal duties, please refer tohttp://www.pi.ac.ae/PI_INS/hse.Know where the fire alarm activation points are.Know at least 2 paths of exit to the assembly point.Observe safety rules in laboratories and workshops. Any accidents/near miss/first aid cases must be reportedimmediately to the instructor or lab technician and to HSE Department at http://www.pi.ac.ae/PI_INS/hse.Each laboratory and workshop has its own appropriate safety protocols that must be followed at all times.Get your parking permits and drive and park legally on campus. Campus speed limit is 20 km/h. Aggressivedriving, speeding and illegal parking may result in your parking permit being revoked. Entry to and parkingon campus requires parking permit decals. Any violation to the PI campus parking rules will result in therevoking of campus parking privileges.Smoke only in designated areas. Note that the Arzanah Building (both indoors and outdoors) is smoke-free.Page 18