Department Health and Safety

Health and Safety Contacts

Hayley Frapwell Dept.Safety Advisor Disability Rep MVB 3.37 ext. 45135	Rachel Longstaff Deputy Safety Advisor MVB 3.37 ext. 45264	Sid Rahman First Aider MVB 3.09 ext. 45632	Clare Williams First Aider MVB 3.37 ext. 45161

If you have any queries regarding any aspect of Health & Safety in the building, please contact the Department Safety Advisor in the first instance.

All documents are held in the Department Safety File in the Department Office, Rm 3.37.

For more information regarding the University's policies  and procedures see the  Safety Office website.

Local Safety Rules

General Risk Assessment

Department Health and Safety Policy

Safety Organisation and Responsibilities

Arrangements for Safe Working

Disability or Special Needs

If you are disabled and/or experience any difficulty whilst you are with us, please contact the Department Disablity Representative in the first instance. You may also contact the Access Unit for Deaf and Disabled Students based on the 4th Floor of the Union Building Access Unit

Disposal of Equipment and Furniture

The disposal of computer equipment for recycling is arranged by the Computer Officer. If you have any other quipment that you longer use or is broken please contact the Department Safety Advisor. If a piece of equipment is in need of repair please contact the Department Office, Rm 3.37 and someone will put in a maintenance request.

Fire

Date of last fire drill: 21.01.09. All records of drills and evacuation plans are available in the Department Safety File in Rm 3.37.

The entire building is fitted with sensitive smoke detectors, except in the car parks where other facilities exist. They will be set off by cigarette smoke. Find out how you get out before you need to! Accessible emergency exits do tend to conflict with security, so they are alarmed to prevent misuse. Whenever the alarm sounds you will have to evacuate the building immediately via the closest evacuation route, closing windows and doors.

First Aid

First Aid boxes are located in the Kitchen on Level Three and in the Porters' Lodge on Level Two. Please tell staff in the dept office when anything has been used from the first aid box.

Forms Bank

Accident/Incident Form

Display Screen Equipment Form

Office/Area Inspection Form

Eye Test Form

Motion Pod

The department has a Motionbase Explorer/1 which is a programmable electrically powered simulator, located in room 2.10. Before using the simulator you should read the documents held in the Deapartment Safety File in Rm 3.37 and the Risk Assessment.
 
Risk Assessment

Display Screen Equipment

Cleaning equipment is available from the stationery cupboard in the Department Office, Rm 3.37. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please tell one of the support staff.

Security

Access to the main entrance, car park and laboratories is controlled by a cadr-swipe lock requiring a PIN to be entered. During the normal working day the labs will be unlocked, but out of hours use is by PIN.

Students

For further information about health and safety in the department, see the Department Handbook.