Organisation for safety

The University Health and Safety Policy

The University recognises that safety is an essential component of all its activities. Although research inevitably involves unknown risks, no undertaking is so important that it should be pursued in an unsafe manner. The University´s policy is to safeguard, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of all its staff and students.
More specifically, within the general policy stated above, it is the University´s intent:

1. to ensure compliance with relevant statutory requirements and to apply the appropriate codes of practice;
   
   
2. to provide and maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable, a safe working environment, without risk to health and adequate in facilities and arrangements for the welfare of all lawfully occupied within University controlled areas;
   
   
3. to eliminate, so far as is reasonably practicable, all hazards encountered in University activities, and to devise procedures to reduce to a minimum any risks to health and safety that may remain;
   
   
4. to provide such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of employees and students;
   
   
5. to conduct undertakings in such a way as to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that members of the public who may be affected thereby are not exposed to risks to their health and safety;
   
   
6. to encourage members of staff to set a high standard of safety by personal example so that students leaving the University take with them an attitude of mind that accepts good safety practice as normal.

The individual´s role

By law everyone has a safety responsibility. It is important that everyone appreciates the extent of that responsibility.
When any employee or student has control over an activity in an area, they must comply with the University´s health and safety policy. In particular it is the duty of every person while at work:

1. to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and of all other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work;
   
   
2. to co-operate with the Heads of Department and any other persons having specific safety duties, so that they can comply, so far as is necessary, with relevant health and safety legislation, codes, etc., and with the University’s health and safety policy; and
   
   
3. not to interfere with or misuse, intentionally or recklessly, anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare.