1.2 Responsibility for Health, Safety and Welfare in Facility and Human
Resources Departments
In
2005, the Vice Chancellors Management Group made a decision to divide responsibility
for the multiple facets of health, safety and welfare between the Facilities
and Human Resource departments as follows:
Human Resources
- a. Office
safety
- b. New and
expectant mothers
- c. First aid
- d. Infectious
diseases
- e. Passive
smoking
- f. Stress
- g. Occupational
health
Facilities
- a. Health
and safety risk assessments
- b. Manual
handling
- c. Control
of substances hazardous to health (COSHH)
- d. Provision
and use of work equipment regulations (PUWER) and ladders
- e. Accident
and incident reporting
- f. Catering
and banqueting
- g. Fire
safety and appliance testing
- h. Employing/managing
contractors
- i. Construction,
design and management regulations (CDM)
- j. Management
of asbestos
- k. Violence
and aggression at work
- l. Noise at
work
- m. Working at
height
- n. Personal
protective equipment
- o. Emergency
procedures
- p. Lone
working
- q. Visits by
enforcement officers
- r. Young
persons
- s. Monitoring
and review
- t. Legionella
and water testing
- u. Electrical
safety (portable appliance testing, PAT)
- v. Gas
safety
- w. Lifts and
escalators
- x. Evacuation
procedures
- y. Environmental protection
