Health and Safety 2018 Update

 

Update on SEPS Safety audit in September 2016

We have now addressed ALL 10 points on the recommendations from the SEPS safety audit of the Institute of Cancer sciences.

This will be reported at the next University Health Safety and Wellbeing Committee meeting in March by David McLean (Head of SEPS).                  

Now is a good time to review your Risk Assessments

Risk assessments need to be reviewed at least every 2 years, if nothing has changed then it just needed signed off and dated by the reviewer and Principal Investigator and the New RA saved in the files locally and centrally. (replacing the old one). Any changes updated.

POINTS FOR THOUGHT

Health and Safety Law is the only Law where you are presumed guilty until you can prove that you are innocent!

  • Proof in the form of relevant training of staff and students.
  • Standard operating Procedures (SOPS) in place with documents.
  • Signed Risk assessments in place and that staff and students are following them. i.e. controls are being used such as MSc cabinets / fume hoods and that PPE is worn.

If you are working without a risk assessment in place then you are working illegally!

 

Stacey Hoare, Chief Technician/Laboratory Manager (WWCRC)

 

First published: 12 February 2018

<< February 2018