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Part 2

Part 2 Corporate Policies, Arrangements and Guidance

  • 1. Organisation

1.1 Organisation chart
1.2 Under review
1.3 Terms of reference for the H & S Management Committee

  • 2. Guidance for staff
  • 3. Arrangements

3.1 Accident and incident reporting
3.2 Inspections
3.3 Performance reviews
3.4 Risk assessment and specification of risk control measure
3.5 Risk classification
3.6 Fire and other emergencies

  • 4. Risk control policies, arrangements, and guidance

4.1 Asbestos
4.2 Computers and display screen equipment
4.2.1 Guidance for computer users
4.3 Prevention and Control of Legionellosis
4.4 Control of noise at work
4.5 Fire precautions
4.6 Hazardous chemicals
4.6.1 Guidance on local arrangements for hazardous chemicals
4.7 Lone working
4.8 Manual handling
4.9 Moving and handling people
4.10 Occupational health
4.11 Personal safety, violence and aggression
4.11.1 Guidance for developing the risk assessment
4.12 Personal safety guidelines for researchers
4.13 Stress
4.13.1 Stress at work guidance
4.13.2 Employee's guide to managing work related stress
4.13.3 Guidance for managers – checklist
4.14 Travel and off-site activities
4.15 Working from home
4.16 Young children on university premises

  • 5. Draft policies, arrangements and guidance

5.1 Storage of chemicals and hazardous substances
5.2 Control of lead at work
5.3 Disposal of chemicals
5.4 General circulation areas
5.5 Work at height
5.6 Lifts and lifting equipment
5.7 Induction training
5.8 Student flats and head tenancy houses
5.9 Halls of residence, safety code of practice
5.10 Workshop safety
5.11 Safety in screen printing
5.12 Safety in pottery areas
5.13 Exhibitions and displays
5.14 Evacuation procedures
5.15 Safety of staff and students with disabilities
5.16 Electrical safety
5.17 Boilers, pressure vessels and plant rooms
5.18 Gas fittings and appliances
5.19 Electrical safety in Departments of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
5.20 Musculoskeletal disorders and manual handling
5.21 Pregnant women
5.22 Safety representatives
5.23 Sport
5.24 Catering
5.25 Traffic routes and workplace transport
5.26 Construction and major maintenance projects
5.27 Permit to work
5.28 Managing contractors on university premises
5.29 Safety and environment code of practice for contractors
5.30 Personal protective equipment
5.31 Local exhaust ventilation
5.32 Safe disposal of clinical waste
5.33 Laser safety
5.34 Laboratory safety
5.35 Carcinogenic substances
5.36 Biological agents
5.37 Radiation protection rules
5.38 Laboratory autoclaves
5.39 Laboratory allergy
5.40 Genetic manipulation experiments
5.41 The handling of blood and tissue specimens

  • 6. Forms

6.1 Accident and incident report form
6.2 Display screen equipment assessment form
6.3 Fire inspection checklist
6.4 Inspection checklist
6.5 Manual handling risk assessments- generic and specific
6.6 Risk assessment form
6.7 Violence and aggression risk assessment form
6.8 First aid supplies request form

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