| Standard |
Roles |
| C1
- Governance |
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Ensure effective management of risk
assessment |
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Directors
Deans
Heads of service groups
Heads of school / service |
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Allocate resources in terms of time
and money for the heads of schools, managers and health
and safety personnel to carry out their tasks. |
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| C2
- Health and safety management |
| Faculty, schools and services
are responsible for the following; |
Directors
Deans
Heads of service groups
Heads of school / service
Managers |
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Describing the arrangements within
the faculty or service for carrying out risk assessment
in the faculty/school service policy statement |
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Ensuring that there is clarity in the
way in which responsibility is delegated to school
and services. |
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Ensure allocation of resources to enable
appropriate standards |
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Consult; involve staff and safety representatives
during assessment process |
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Monitor compliance to the standards
in their areas of responsibility |
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Ensure information, instruction and
training will be provided to all persons involved
in the risk assessment process including any specific
information instruction and training needs identified.
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who can carry out a risk assessment in the guidance
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Ensure all staff and students understand
their responsibilities |
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Ensuring a programme of risk assessments
is planned and implemented which includes the nomination
of training of employees to carry out the assessments
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Ensure that findings of risk assessments
are communicated to all employees and others as appropriate
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Ensure records are kept for their areas
of responsibility |
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| C3
- Employees, research staff and students |
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Assist managers with the risk assessment
process |
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Heads
of school / service
Staff
Students
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Work in accordance with safety procedures,
standards instructions and training and findings of
risk assessment |
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Inform line managers of any difficulties
or concerns with work practices, working environment
or findings of the risk assessment |
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Advise line managers of any change
in circumstances why may affect their ability to work
safely or which may affect the findings of the risk
assessment |
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Be fully aware of their responsibilities |
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| C4
- Procedures, information and training |
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Ensure that managers and nominated staff
have completed risk assessment training. |
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Deans
Heads of
school / service
Staff
Students |
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Risk assessment should be carried out
by competent people with practical knowledge of the
work activities. |
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All staff and students must undergo
local induction training and any further training
described in the assessment. |
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All staff and students should be encouraged
to tell lead assessors what they think they need and
for the practicality of particular risk controls. |
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All risk assessment forms including
safe operating procedures must be held locally. |
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| C5
- Risk assessment |
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Employers have a general duty to ensure,
so far as is reasonably practicable, the health safety
and welfare at work of employees and non employees. |
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Deans
Heads of school / service
Managers
Students |
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Employers must carry out a suitable
and sufficient assessment of risk to health and safety
of employees and non-employees. |
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Risk assessments must be carried out
for all work activities |
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Risk assessments must be reviewed regularly |
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Preventative measures identified must
be actioned |
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Information on risks and preventive
and protective measures identified by risk assessments
will be communicated to employees and other as appropriate |
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| C6 - Exposure
and health surveillance |
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All work should be risk assessed and
health hazard identified |
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Deans
Heads of school / service
Managers
Occupational health |
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The risk assessment needs to consider
information on the known health hazards associated
with the work being undertaken, appropriate exposure
levels and comparisons with occupational exposure
limits. Wherever possible the risk to the health and
safety of staff must be minimized, so if safer substances/equipment
or techniques can be used they should be. If exposure
to known hazards is not expected to produce any adverse
health effects health surveillance will not be necessary |
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| C7
- Health and safety assistance, competent people and supervision |
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Faculty Managers, HOS in entrusting
tasks to their employees take into account their capabilities
and employees are provided with adequate health and
safety training. |
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Managers
Health and safety services
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Professional advice is available for
complex/technical areas of risk assessments. |
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| C8
- Design, commissioning and installation |
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Refurbishment of buildings must be
authorised by Estate Services, who will consult with
University health and safety managers |
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Estates
services
HOS
Managers
Insurance |
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Faculty/school and services must liaise
with Estate Services and the University health and
safety managers in relation to the assessment of risk
commencing at planning stages. |
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| C9
- Statutory inspection and examination |
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Faculties, schools and services must
ensure that plant and equipment are safe and comply
with statutory inspection requirements, make clear
who has responsibility for maintenance, testing, monitoring
and keeping records. |
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Estates services
HOS
Managers
Insurance |
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| C10
- Provision of equipment and maintenance |
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Identify in the risk assessment process
requirements for preventative maintenance |
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Estates services
HOS
Managers |
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| C11
- Personal protective equipment |
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PPE must be a last consideration
in the hierarchy of control; and must be fit for purpose
and suited to individuals |
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Managers |
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Risk assessment to take into account: |
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Effects of unprotected exposure, |
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Fitting and testing of protection,
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Areas in which protection is required,
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Limitations of protection, |
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Fault recognition and reporting, |
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Routine maintenance and replacement.
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| C12
- Cooperation between employers |
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Where another employer or self employed
person is involved eg. in shared premises or in the
use of contractors, appropriate measures need to be
taken to ensure full cooperation and coordination
so responsibilities are defined and all risks properly
addressed |
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Managers
Contractors
Other employers |
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In situations involving the University
of Leeds and other employers working together the
responsibilities of each party for managing and monitoring
health and safety must be agreed and documented prior
to commencement of work activities. Employers are
ultimately responsible for their staff even if they
work in a non University of Leeds building or are
managed by a non University of Leeds manager |
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Managers from other
parties |
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| C13
- Emergency planning, contingency plans and emergency actions |
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Managers are responsible for ensuring
that supplementary documentation is completed in accordance
with activities being assessed; |
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Managers
HOS
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Faculty licences/permits to work |
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Work area information/communication
notices |
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Critical incident disaster planning
arrangements |
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| C14
- Environmental management and waste disposal |
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Risk assessment must be completed for
all types of waste |
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Managers
HOS
School waste co-ordinators |
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Before activity commences determine
how all waste materials including those generated
in the work activity) |
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Identify disposal routes |
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Ensure adequate consideration of environmental
impact of activities |
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Retain any relevant consignment notes |
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| C15
- Security and safekeeping |
| Risk asessement must identify
compliance with |
Managers
Purchasing
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The management of CWC, drug precursors
(purchase and use requirements) and desensitised explosives |
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Restricted and secure areas |
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Data protection requirements |
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| C16
- Dangerous substances and COSHH |
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Ensure any hazardous substances that
are to be used in an activity are included in the
risk assessment |
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Managers |
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Ensure risks are assessed for the transportation
of hazardous substances |
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| C17
- Reporting mechanism |
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All accidents and incidents and near
misses must be reported via the Unversity accident
reporting system - Sentinel |
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Managers
Trained Sentinel system person(s)
Staff
Students
Visitors
Contractors |
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Risk assessments must be revised to
determine shortfall in contol measures |
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