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Health & Safety Induction
Faculty of Engineering
Dave Hooper
Materials Group Technical Manager
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Overview
• We will look at:
• Responsibilities
• General safety procedures
• Security
• Emergencies & Fire
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Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 - Sect. 2
• Provide and maintain safe plant and safe systems of work
• Make arrangements for ensuring safe means of handling, use,
storage and transport of articles and substances (COSHH & DSEAR)
• Provide information, instruction, training and supervision “competent &
safe employees and collaborators”
• Provide a safe place of work
• Provide and maintain safe access to and egress from that
Workplace
• Provide and maintain a safe working environment and adequate
welfare facilities
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Health & Safety at Work Act 1974- Sect 7
• You have a legal responsibility to:
• Take reasonable care of your own health and safety
• Take reasonable care of others’ health and safety
• Co-operate with the University and follow instructions
• Not tamper with health, safety or fire equipment
• Report failings and dangerous occurrences
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Faculty Policy & Local Rules(available on the Faculty Safety website)http://www.bris.ac.uk/engineering/health-safety/index.html
Read It!
Hazards may be familiar or unfamiliar:
• Chemicals
• Cryogens
• Electricity
• Lasers
• Nanomaterials
• Pressure and vacuum systems
• Radioactivity and X-rays
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General Laboratory Safety
• Do not eat or drink in the laboratory
• Wear appropriate clothing and footwear
• Respect lab equipment and your colleagues
• Only use equipment you are authorised to use
• Specialist training for chemicals, compressed gases,
cryogens, lasers, radioactive sources & x rays
• Use required safety equipment (Risk Assessment)
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Risk Assessments
• Required by law
• For all activities
• To identify hazards and precautions
• Must be reviewed, e.g. 12 months or if change occurs
• Generic RAs and templates on Faculty Website
• Individuals sign acceptance
• Should be available in labs at all times
• Specific RA training is available
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Display Screen Assessments
• Everyone must do one, they are for your benefit.
• There are assessors based in both schools
• If it has not been done as part of induction please
raise it with the SSA:
• Eleanor Stoddard for MVSE
• Julia Edwards for QSE
• Julie Etches for Faculty Staff
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Emergency Procedures
• Security Services Number: For Non Emergency 0117 928 7848 (internal
87848)
• University 24hrs Emergency Only Number: (0117 33) 112233
• Someone injured, contact: local first-aider -or- 112233
• All incidents must be reported even if no injury occurs
• Accident form – online form : link
• Reporting allows investigation and future prevention
• Some accidents reportable to HSE - RIDDOR
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Fire Procedure – On Finding a Fire
If you find a fire:
• Sound the fire alarm
• Fight the fire only to aid your escape
• Evacuate quickly & calmly
• Report the fire at earliest safe opportunity:
• Fire Brigade: (21) 999
• Security Office: (0117 33) 112233
• Fire Warden: Yellow hi-viz jacket
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Fire Procedure - Evacuation
If you hear the fire alarm:
• Leave building quickly and calmly
• Do not run
• Close doors & windows, if safe to do so
• Shut down hazardous equipment, if safe to do so
• Use nearest fire exits / routes
• Don’t use the lifts
• Note: QB - Routine alarm test on Tues @ 08:00(ish)
MVB – Routine alarm test on Wed @ 08:00 (ish)
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Fire Procedure - Evacuation
On exiting the building:
• Supervisors to confirm all team present
• Report missing personnel & disabled persons left at Refuge
Points to Fire Marshal
• Remain at assembly point until advised otherwise
• Do not wander off - it may be assumed that
you are trapped in the building
• Don’t re-enter the building until told to
even if the bells stop ringing
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Further Information
• Academic Supervisors
• Area Safety Advisors
• School Safety Advisors
• Technical Managers
• Dave Hooper, Room L.106, ext. 15824
• Ian Plummer, Room L.033, ext. 15814
• Faculty Safety Advisor
• Dr Julie Etches, ACCIS Office, ext 15775
• Faculty of Engineering Safety Website
• http://www.bris.ac.uk/engineering/health-safety/
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Thank You!
Any Questions?
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FURTHER H&S INFORMATION
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• Water Paper, wood, etc.
Not electrical, liquids or gases
• CO2 Electrical, safe on most small fires
There is a Fire Safety induction on the University Safety & Health Services
website, http://www.bristol.ac.uk/safety/training/#e-learning , along with
other online information including manual handling, dse, slips and trips, etc.
Fire Extinguisher Types
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Fire Procedure - Evacuation
Electrically locked security doors
• Some Laboratories and Exit Doors.
• Most doors auto release (BUT not all)
• Push door first, if not unlocked then break glass
release button
• If you break glass notify Porters or
Facilities Manager for replacement
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Fire Procedure - Evacuation
People with disabilities
• Require Personal Emergency Egress Plan (PEEP)
• May need assistance of volunteers or nominated personnel
• Refuge points on stairwell landings have communications
with the porters
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Working at Height
• Working above the floor, from stepladders, ladders,
unprotected edges, etc
• Only permitted if trained by competent person on approved
equipment
• Ask assistance / seek appropriate training
• Do not use chairs, desks or other
improvised items
• 207 major injuries at work in UK in 2008 from
falling off furniture and office equipment!
Ref: Health and Safety Executive “Statistics of Workplace Fatalities and Injuries”
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Manual Handling
Includes lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling
• Health problems
• Sprains, strains, cuts, crushes
• Trapped nerves, hernias, back disorders
• Ask Technical Staff or Laboratory Manager for lifting
equipment or assistance
• Online training at
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/safety/training/#e-learning
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Area Information System- (Laboratories &
Plant Rooms)MVF Model Validation FacilityB.F.014 Plant
High Risk Area
• Access restricted
• All visitors must be accompanied
Access: RestrictionsEmergency access:
• Call: 0117 331 1223 (internal 112233)Contacts: Dario Di Maio 07985666478David Hooper Ian Milnes
Room MapEmergency power stop
button
Fire Bell
Steps
Rotating Test Housing
Fire Exit
LaserClass 3RClass IIIb
Lab Furniture
Sink
Fire Extinguisher
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Personal Protective Equipment
Ensure it is appropriate
• In some laboratories eye protection is MANDATORY obey the area
safety signs
• Use Nitrile gloves (unless other types specified in RA)
Latex gloves very strongly discouraged
• Other specialist PPE, as per the RA
Use Engineering Controls whenever possible
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Chemical Safety
• In Composite Materials Labs the wearing of Lab coats, safety glasses
and closed shoes are mandatory
• Be aware of chemicals even if you don’t work with them
• Hazardous chemicals are marked with orange symbols & require a
COSHH assessment
• Don’t handle or mix chemicals you know nothing about, they may
seriously injure or kill you
• Clean up after yourself
• Take care with unknown spillages
• Ensure correct storage and disposal
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Sharps
• Disposable gloves offer no protection against sharps
• If contaminated sharp injury, encourage bleeding (within
reason!) and seek immediate first aid
• NHS needlestick hotline: 0117 342 3400
• Always dispose of sharps in authorised sharps bins
• Two separate bins: glass and metal
• Do not mix or overfill, problems with disposal
• Laboratory Technician for disposal and new bins
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Lone Working(Lone working is not permitted in Faculty Laboratories)
If you are working out-of-hours then you
• Must gain authorisation from your supervisor, (register kept in
Laboratory)
• Risk assessment must include out of hours work
• Must not involve ‘hazardous’ activities
• Ensure telephone or mobile phone coverage
• Must have procedures in place, (Buddy System)
e.g. work in pairs, prearranged check in times
• Out of Hours Evacuation go to the main entrance and report in.