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1.2 Responsibilities

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
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