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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR & SENIOR MANAGER. HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES. Why Health and Safety is Important (or why bother?). Reputation University of Nottingham aims for excellence in teaching and research - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR & SENIOR MANAGER
HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Reputation University of Nottingham aims for excellence in
teaching and research Quality in teaching and research is achieved
through quality in all aspects of operations. Bad publicity from unsafe, unhealthy or
environmentally damaging events undermines this.
Moral imperative To provide a safe and healthy working
environment Clear conscience
Why Health and Safety is Important (or why bother?)
Legal requirements Law specifies standards Penalties if not followed
Financial Reasons Staff absences, lost output/data damaged equipment, compensation payments and
insurance premiums Uninsured costs >>insured costs
£1
£8-36
Why Health and Safety is Important (or why bother?)
Legal Environment
Statutory Law Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 Duties towards employees, students and visitors
Ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, health, safety and welfare at work
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 –
Duties on manager to ensure the above Risk assessment !!!
Penalties
Prosecution – fines and imprisonment.
Prohibition Notice – stop work now
Improvement notices – put certain measure in place within a specified time
Civil Liability
• Common Law Duty of Care owed to employees, students, & visitors
• Failure can result in personal injury claims for negligence.
• Approx £30,000 per annum for UoN
Organisation – lines of responsibility
School/Section Safety Officers
Lab safety Monitors
PIs/Snr Academics
CFO
Council
Head of School/Divisio
nn
University Safety Officer
Individuals
Responsibility
Advice
Information
Safety Committee
Safety Responsibilities
Risk assessment Training Competency Supervision Monitoring
Detailed information can be found in the University’s Safety Management Standard:
‘Effective Safety Management’ http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/safety/esmcontents.htm
Risk assessment
For all hazardous activities/procedures
New procedures
New & existing equipment
Written SOPs [standard operating procedures]
Signed off by PI/Snr academic
Risk assessment continued
Procedural Substances [ e.g.chemicals, biological material]
Equipment Manual handling Cylinders Cryogenics
DSE Lone working
Training & Competence
Identify training needs – initial & ongoing Ensure training delivered by competent
person Assess competency Record training and attainment of
competency [ specific record form, PSRF or e lab book
Training delivery
University & External courses Local induction Job/task specific training [ techniques &
equipment] Refresher training
When procedure/equipment changes High risk operations Infrequent operations Following accident/incident Where competency is in question
Competency assessment
Assess practical skills & knowledge Assessment by competent person Methods of assessment
Written test [ e.g. induction questionnaire Verbal discussion/questioning Observation [ for practical tasks] Self assessment [ where appropriate]
Continual assessment – ensure standards maintained
Supervision
Levels of supervision are determined by
• the severity of the hazard and
• the complexity of the control measures required to reduce risk and
• the competence of the person.
Source HSE – HSG 65
Monitoring & enforcement of standards
Active monitoring Local housekeeping checks – recorded. Regular meetings [ present findings of above] Regular entry into the lab by PI – to check School safety inspections & audits
Accident/incident/near misses Reported Investigated
Remember
You can delegate safety management duties
You cannot delegate legal responsibility
You remain accountable in law for the safety of students/staff whom you manage/supervise