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Health and Safety Manual
This manual provides an overview of health and safety and general buildings information for all University operations on the Little France site.
There are specific local safety rules for laboratories on each floor of both buildings that must be used in conjunction with this Manual.
- Cover Sheet
- Detailed table of contents
- i. Preface
- ii. Key Emergency Actions
- iii. Who has responsibilities, and to whom do I report a problem?
- iv. Amendment Record
- v. Significant changes since last amendment
- vi. Document control
- 1. University Safety Policy Statement
- 2. Little France Buildings Safety Policy Statement
- 3. Smoking Policy
- 4. Safety Audits, Enforcement, and Inspections by Regulatory Agencies
- 5. Fire Procedures
- 6. Disability Policy and Buildings Emergencies
- 7. Roles & Responsibilities
- 8. Risk Assessment and Supervision
- 9. Out-of-Hours Working
- 10. Lone Working
- 11. Accidents and Near-Miss Reporting
- 12. General Safety Regulations
- 13. General Laboratory Safety Precautions
- 14. Special Safety Precautions
- 15. Cleaning of Laboratories
- 16. Manual Handling
- 17. Display Screen Equipment
- 18. Waste Management
- 19. Disposal of Radioactive Waste
- 20. Security
- 21. Security Cards and Keys
- 22. University Access and Permits to Work
- 23. University Deliveries
- 24. Building Systems
- 25. Building Fabric and Infrastructure
- 26. Building Facilities
- 27. General Safety for Contractors, Sub-Contractors and Outside Workers
- 28. Auditoria
- 29. Medical Libraries
- 30. Offices and Communal Areas
- 31. Conferences and Large-Scale Events
- 32. Health and Safety Training
- 33. Insurance
- 34. Business Continuity Planning
- 35. Occupational Road Risk
- 36. Clinical Research Imaging Centre
- Appendix 1: Fire Co-ordinators, Evacuation Assembly Point Controllers, Fire Stewards, Fire Stewards weekly checks, and Recovery Teams
- Appendix 2: Members of Little France Buildings Health & Safety Committee and Floor-level Health & Safety Committees
- Appendix 3: List of hazards which need to be considered when carrying out risk assessments
- Appendix 4: Schedule 1 poisons and Schedule 5 substances
- Appendix 5: Incompatible chemicals
- Appendix 6: First Aiders
- Appendix 7: Health & Safety induction and continuation training records
- Appendix 8: Health & Safety signage
- Appendix 9: Health & Safety-Related Acts and Regulations
- Appendix 10: Regulation of drug precursors
- Appendix 11: Little France Building 's Health and Safety Committees
- Appendix 12: Little France Building 's Health and Safety Management Structure
- Appendix 13: Supplementary local Health & Safety policies and guidance notes
- Appendix 14: Immunisation
- Appendix 15: Recommended disinfectants for laboratory use
- Appendix 16: Substances that must not be disposed of to drain
This article was published on Jul 14, 2011