Please note that the information may be incomplete. Efforts to finalise the procedures are ongoing.

There is a legal obligation to report accidents and incidents (situations that could have led to an accident). Contact your head of unit as well as your health and safety representative for assistance in this matter. Download forms from the LU staff pages.

General safety procedures for the department

General safety routines (updated 2016-11-15; pdf; 830 kB)

Some research group/houses have special safety routines for their laboratories. See the specific unit page.

Student safety

General information about student safety (pdf; 695 kB).

Risk analysis before field work

Checklist before excursions and field work (pdf; 574 kB)

Environmental officers

The links below go to our external website

Contact person for ionising radiation and Gisela

Erling Jirle

Contact person for lasers

Erling Jirle

Fire coordinators

Lars Fredriksson (Biology building) and Carl Sjökvist (Ecology building).

Responsible for pressurized devices (autoclaves)

Erling Jirle

Director of flammable goods

Biology building A and greenhouse G

Mats Hansson

Olle Anderbrant, acting deputy

Biology building B

Dan Nilsson

Olle Anderbrant, acting deputy

Biology building C and D

Olle Anderbrant

Mats Hansson, acting deputy

Ecology building, GU premises and Biology building, zoologi store room

Jep Agrell

Carin Jarl Sunesson, acting deputy

Ecology building, Aquatic Ecology

Christer Brönmark

Ola Olsson, acting deputy

Ecology building, Biodiversity

Ola Olsson

Christer Brönmark, acting deputy

Ecology building, Evolutionary Ecology

Jan-Åke Nilsson

Staffan Bensch, acting deputy

Ecology building, Functional Zoologi

Olle Anderbrant

Mats Hansson, acting deputy

Ecology building, MEMEG

Staffan Bensch

Jan-Åke Nilsson, acting deputy

Biological Museum, Ecology building

Ulf Arup

Ellen Sandström, acting deputy

Biological Museum, Arkivcentrum Syd

Ulf Arup

Maria Mostadius, acting deputy