Health and Safety Induction Legal Requirements

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Health and Safety Induction Legal Requirements

• Welcome to LeedsMet.
• The University takes its health and safety
  responsibilities very seriously.
• The HS at Work Act 1974 - Places a duty on
  Employers i.e. LeedsMet to ensure the Health
  Safety of employees and that of others who maybe
  affected by its activities.
• The HSAWA 1974 also places a duty on employees to
  ensure their own HS that of others who may be
  affected by their acts and or omissions

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Legal Requirements

• Management of Health and Safety at Work
  Regulations 1999 require Risk Assessments to be
  made of work activities in order that they can be
  carried out safely.
• Other Legislation is specific to specialised
  areas of work e.g. COSHH for the use of chemicals
  in Laboratories Workshops etc

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LeedsMet Safety Policy

• GENERAL POLICY STATEMENT - how LeedsMet will
  carry out its Health and Safety responsibilities
  and duties - Section 1 of the Policy, can be seen
  on display on the HS notice-boards
• FACULTY AND SERVICE AREAs have specific policy
  documents which state how they will carry out
  their specific Health Safety responsibilities
  duties

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LeedsMet - Health and Safety Policy Section 5
Health and Safety Responsibilities of Individuals

• 5.1 Legislation requires that each person accepts
  responsibility for her/his own safety and that of
  others who may be affected by her/his work
  activities.
• 5.2 The University requires individual employees,
  students, visitors and contractors to co-operate
  fully in ensuring that the Health and Safety
  Policy other University health and safety
  regulations, procedures, codes of practice and
  any local (ie work area) health and safety
  policies and procedures are complied with

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Section 5 Health and Safety Responsibilities of
Individuals

• ii to carry out all operations duties in the
  prescribed manner, using the equipment correctly,
  including safety equipment or clothing provided,
  so that personal safety or the safety of others
  is not put at risk
• iii to report immediately any defects in plant or
  equipment and report immediately any accidents or
  incidents which have led, or may lead, to damage
  to plant or equipment
• iv to co-operate with the investigation of
  accidents and to suggest ways of eliminating
  hazards
• v to avoid changing established work practices
  without a risk assessment having been made and
  formally evaluated by a competent person

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Section 5 Health and Safety Responsibilities of
Individuals

• vi to maintain intact and not interfere with or
  misuse intentionally or recklessly anything
  provided in the interests of health, safety or
  welfare
• vii to set a positive personal example at all
  times with respect to health and safety.
• 5.3 Failure on the part of an employee or student
  to comply with these requirements of the Health
  and Safety Policy may be subject to the relevant
  disciplinary procedures.
• 5.4 Failure on the part of a contractor or
  visitor to comply with these requirements of the
  Health and Safety Policy will be subject to such
  action as is necessary/appropriate to the
  circumstances.

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UNIVERSITY CODES OF PRACTICE AND REGULATIONS

• ELECTRICITY AT WORK (PAT testing)
• FIRST AID
• SMOKING
• RISK ASSESSMENT
• General
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
• Display Screen Equipment
• Manual Handling
• Work Equipment

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ILLNESS, ACCIDENT REPORTING FIRST AID

• All ILLNESS/ACCIDENTS must be reported to
  recorded by LeedsMet staff
• HS1 Report Forms to be used
• FIRST AID NOTICES provide information where First
  Aid assistance is available
• ACCIDENT/HAZARD REPORTING helps in the prevention
  of accidents

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FIRE SAFETY

• FIRE ACTION NOTICES
• Provide Information on What to Do-
• On discovering a fire
• On hearing the alarm
• The purpose is to ensure your safety safe
  evacuation in the event of a fire
• See Point No5 for Assembly Areas
• Report any problems to Security Staff

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SUMMARY

• There are certain points that apply to all
  emergency situations-
• You should commit to memory the Fire Action
  Notice information. You wont have time to read
  it in an emergency.
• Remember you are expected to act in the spirit of
  the instructions.There is no substitute for
  common sense.
• The most important consideration at all times is
  your safety.

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SUMMARY Continued

• Remember if you become a casualty someone must
  rescue you, possibly at personal risk to
  themselves
• You should act quietly and methodically.
• You should not rush or attempt to pass others
  when leaving the scene of an emergency
• The senior employee present should assume control
  of the emergency situation

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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

• The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
  Regulations 2002 (as amended) control the safe
  use of hazardous substances.
• May be used safely, by following good practice or
  dealt with in a controlled manner in a variety of
  laboratory or workshop practical activities.
• Examples-
• BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
• CHEMICALS
• DUSTS
• GASES