HEALTH

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HEALTH SAFETY FIRE SAFETYSATUTORY
RESPONSIBILTIESFOR MANAGERS
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HEALTH SAFETY ADVISER

• John Friary
• City extn 1109
• North extn 2383
• e-mail j.friary_at_londonmet.ac.uk
• http//www.londonmet.ac.uk/safety

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FIRE SAFETY ADVISER

• Ian Jerome
• City extn 3475
• e-mail i.jerome_at_londonmet.ac.uk
• 133 Whitechapel High Street.

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AIMS OBJECTIVES (1)

• Update staff managers on statutory duties
• With respect to Fire Safety
• With respect to Health Safety

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AIMS OBJECTIVES (2)

• Explain the implications of new fire safety
  regulations
• Explain how managers should fulfil their
  statutory duties

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HEALTH SAFETY LEGAL FRAMEWORK

• 2 basis of Health Safety Law
• 1. Criminal Law HASAWA 1974 and MOHAS
• ( Acts of Parliament and Regulations made under
  the Acts)
• 2. Common Law Negligence
• ( Based on Case Law)

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HEALTH SAFETY POLICY

• Statement of Intent
• Organisations
• Arrangements
• University HS Policy
• Department HS Policy

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HEALTH SAFETY CONSULTATION

• Health Safety Forum (Sub Committee of BoG meets
  in Nov, Feb and May )
• Estates Health Safety Group Meetings (meet
  monthly)
• Building User Groups ( meet bimonthly?)
• Health Safety Website www.londonmet.ac.uk/safety
  
• Message of the Day/Metropolitan

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ACCIDENT REPORTING , INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS

• Reporting RIDDOR and University
  Forms(Accidents/Incidents/Aggression)
• Investigation Part 2 of Form, carried out by
  Supervisor
• Causes - Slipping, tripping and falling, manual
  handling (most common early in Academic Year)
• Analysis staff 10.2 per 1000 at risk (50.5 in
  UK HE Sector), students 1.1 per 1000 at risk (1.9
  in UK HE Sector)

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WORKPLACE INSPECTIONS

• Regime of Annual/Biannual Inspection of
  University Buildings
• Thermal Comfort
• Furniture and Equipment
• PAT Testing
• Risk Assessments
• DSE Assessments

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HEALTH SAFETY MANAGEMENT

• HSG65
• Policy
• Organising
• Planning and Implementing
• Measuring Performance
• Reviewing Performance
• Auditing

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HEALTH SAFETY MANAGEMENT

• PLAN, DO, CHECK, ACT
• Plan establish standards based on legal
  requirements and risk assessments
• Do implement plans to achieve objectives and
  standards
• Check Measure progress with plans and
  compliance with standards
• Act Review against objectives and standards and
  take appropriate action

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RISK ASSESSMENTS

• DSE
• Manual Handling
• Fire
• First Aid
• All aspects of work on site and off-site
• Underpins all of health and safety policies

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RISK ASSESSMENTS 5 STEPS

• Look for the hazards
• Decide who might be harmed and how
• Evaluate the risks and decide whether the
  existing precautions are adequate or whether more
  should be done
• Record your findings
• Review your assessment and revise it if necessary

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BACKGROUNDFIRE SAFETY LEGISLATION (1)

• Fire Precautions Act 1971
• Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997
• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

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BACKGROUNDFIRE SAFETY LEGISLATION (2)

• Fire Precautions Act 1971
• Fire certificates issued by the Fire Authority.
• Only applies to designated types of building use.
• Not educational establishments.

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BACKGROUNDFIRE SAFETY LEGISLATION (3)

• Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997
• Applies to all workplaces (including LMU).
• Requires fire risk assessment to be done
  and recorded.

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BACKGROUNDFIRE SAFETYLEGISLATION (4)

• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Replaces FP Act 1971 and Workplace Regs.
• FP Act 1971 and Workplace Regs to be revoked.

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BACKGROUNDFIRE SAFETYLEGISLATION (5)

• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Applies to virtually all buildings except private
  dwellings
• Comes into force 31 October 2006

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Key
Points (1)

• Organisations have to appoint a Responsible
  Person
• The Responsible Person can delegate various
  tasks to Competent Persons.

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Key
Points (2)

• Fire risk assessments must be carried out.
• These must be recorded

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Key
Points (3)

• A written Fire Safety Policy must be in place.
• Contents of the Policy are prescribed in the
  Order
• Records must be kept

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Fire
Safety ArrangementsArticle 11. (1)

• The responsible person must make and give effect
  to such arrangements as are appropriate, having
  regard to the size of his undertaking and the
  nature of its activities, for the effective
  planning, organisation, control, monitoring and
  review of the preventive and protective measures.

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

• Responsible Person
• In relation to a workplace, the employer, if the
  workplace is to any extent under his control

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

• Responsible Person
• The person who has control of the premises (as
  occupier or otherwise) in connection with the
  carrying on by him of a trade, business or other
  undertaking (for profit or not)

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

• Responsible Person
• The owner, where the person in control of the
  premises does not have control in connection with
  the carrying on by that person of a trade,
  business or other undertaking.

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

• Competent Person
• A person is to be regarded as competent for the
  purposes of paragraph . where he has sufficient
  training and experience or knowledge and other
  qualities to enable him properly to implement the
  measures referred to in that paragraph.

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 How
does his affect you?

• Training
• At the time when first employed
• Repeated periodically where appropriate

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 How
does his affect you?

• Fire risk assessment
• Record keeping

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WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO

• Induction training
• Keep Records
• Fire risk assessment
• Keep records
• Health Safety Departmental Policy