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Policy Number ESC/HS – 005G Eff. From Aug 19

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Prepared by:- Debbie Leslie Date July 19

All East Sussex College Health, Safety and Welfare Procedures are covered under the overarching Health, Safety and Welfare Policy. Therefore this document should be read in conjunction with the Policy.

Policy Statement

East Sussex College recognises the duty under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 paced on employers to carry out suitable and sufficient assessments of all the significant risks to employees and those who may be affected arising out of or in connection with any work activity, including personal risk assessments for new and expectant mothers and young people where appropriate.

The purpose of the risk assessment is to enable the College to determine what control measures should be taken to comply with the duties under the relevant statutory provisions. This covers the general duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the more specific duties contained within subordinate Regulations such as the:-

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended 2002)

Noise at Work Regulations 2005

Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999

Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002

Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (as amended)

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

This document will detail not only the College procedure but also what we expect from our managers and staff or those undertaking duties upon our behalf (referred to as employees throughout the rest of this policy), both with regards to complying with relevant legislation and our own standards.

2ESC/HSG 005 July 19

Contents Page

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1.

2. Responsibilities……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2.

3. Definitions…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3.

4. What is a risk assessment?............................................................................................... 4.

5. Who should conduct a risk assessment?.......................................................................... 5.

6. What needs to be risk assessed?...................................................................................... 6.

7. What needs to be done………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7.

8. Risk management, the right priorities…………………………………………………………………………. 8.

9. The 5 steps to successful risk assessment……………………………………………………………………. 9.

10.11.

Personal protective equipment……………………………………………………………………………………Training………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

10.11.

12.13.14. 15.16.17.18.

Specific risk assessment……………………………………………………………………………………………….Personal risk assessments……………………………………………………………………………………………Display screen equipment (DSE)…………………………………………………………………………………..New and expectant mother …………………………………………………………………………………………Working with lead………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Ionising radiation and radioactive sources……………………………………………………………………Further information……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

12.13.14. 15.16.17.18.


1. Introduction

Risks are inherent in everyday life. Successful risk management identifies them and adopts systems to minimise them, preventing accidents and injuries that can ruin lives, damage reputations and cost money.

Therefore, apart from being a legal requirement, risk assessments make good sense, focusing on prevention, rather than reacting when things go wrong. In many cases simple measures such as following best practice are all that is required and not costly. By practicing sensible risk control, we educate our students to safely engage in tasks and activities

2. Responsibilities

College Leadership Team

The College Principals and Executive Directors have a duty to ensure that adequate resources and support are made available to undertake/review risk assessments and to implement the control measures identified. This is a legal and moral responsibility which cannot be passed to another; however competent persons are required to assist with the process.

In addition, they will support the risk assessment process within their managed area.

Directors

Are required to lead on the production of suitable and sufficient risk assessments for their areas of responsibility. As part of this procedure, the hazard identification process will be followed and departmental risk registers completed and maintained.

They must also ensure risk assessments are recorded on standardised forms and appropriate control measures are implemented and maintained. The results of these assessments shall be made known to those affected together with details of any control measures required to minimise the risk.

The Head of Facilities

In addition to the duties placed upon all College managers to ensure suitable and sufficient risk assessments are undertaken for all activities/task in their control; The Head of Facilities has a duty to ensure appropriate risk assessments are available and implemented for work undertaken by contractors engaged by or on behalf of the college who are under the control of the Facilities department.


Heads of Department and Support Staff Line Managers

Have a duty to make or arrange for assessments to be made of:

a) The health, safety and welfare risks to which College staff are exposed whilst at work;

b) The risks to health, safety and welfare of students and other persons using facilities within their area of responsibility arising out of, or in connection with, the activities undertaken;

c) The health, safety and welfare of students undertaking any activity (including work placements) outside College premises, as part of their course of study with this College.

d) The specific risks to particular special groups who may be affected either directly or indirectly by the activities, e.g. inexperienced, disabled, children, young persons and new and expectant mothers.

They must also ensure:- a) Staff required to conduct risk assessment are competent to do so.b) All current risk assessments must be reviewed annually. c) Risk assessments that are no longer relevant will be archived for a given period

which will be determined by the Health and Safety Manager.

d) Ensure appropriate risk assessments are available and implemented for work undertaken by contractors engaged by or on behalf of the college within their managed areas.

Lecturers/Teachers

As directed by their Curriculum Leader or Manager, Lecturers/Teachers have a duty to undertake and review risk assessments of study related tasks and work placements and ensure the control measures are operated.

In some programmes of study, there is a requirement for students to undertake and produce risk assessments, which must be reviewed before the activity begins. An overarching assessment produced by the lecturer/teacher will still be required.

All Staff

Under the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, all employees must take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others who may be affected by their acts or omissions; In addition, all employees are expected to co-operate with their employer on matters of health and safety;

Therefore all staff have a duty to co-operate with their manager in undertaking risk assessments, work with the competent risk assessor to produce a suitable and sufficient risk


assessments and in implementing necessary control measures. Staff must also liaise with their line manager on any apparent shortcomings in the risk assessments.

In addition to considering the views of the employees, the College should also consider the views of the Safety Representatives and contribution will be required from all parties to achieve this.

The College Health and Safety Team

Will:- • Offer advice, guidance and training on the risk assessment process.

• Provide advice and guidance on the purchase of appropriate personal protective equipment when identified by risk assessment

3. Definitions

A risk assessment is a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent harm.

A hazard is anything that may cause harm, such as chemicals, electricity, working from ladders, an open drawer etc.

Risk is the chance, high or low, that someone could be harmed by these and other hazards, together with an indication of how serious the harm could be.

A dynamic risk assessment is an assessment that takes into account unexpected or short temporary changes that require immediate amendments to be made to risk assessment control measures. Examples would include changes in weather conditions or breakdown of heating systems.

A suitable and sufficient risk assessment is an assessment that is proportionate to the risk and ensures that all relevant hazards are addressed, complies with statutory requirements, ensures all groups who are affected are considered and takes account of existing control measures and identifies further measures as necessary.

A generic risk assessment is an individual assessment covering the common significant hazards that staff and others who may be affected by College activities face on a day to day basis; these may include low risk activities such as general office activities or repeated activities that can be documented in another way such as safe systems of work or for example local workshop/laboratory rules.


4. What is a Risk Assessment?

The assessment is a careful examination of what could go wrong and cause harm to people and the subsequent control measures to ensure this harm isn’t realised. The assessment is necessary in order that we can properly weigh up whether we as a college have taken sufficient precautions or need to do more to prevent harm. The aim is to make sure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that no one is hurt or made ill as a result of our work activities.

BE RISK AWARE NOT RISK AVERSE

The important things which you, as a member of staff, need to decide are, whether a hazard is significant and whether it is adequately covered by satisfactory control measures to minimise the risk. As an example, electricity can kill but the risk of it doing so, if the equipment is properly installed and maintained, is remote.

Risk assessments should be formally recorded, and revised when there is reason to suspect that they may no longer be valid or there have been significant changes since the assessment was made, but in any event a revision shall be undertaken after a period of one year. The risk assessment must be signed and dated when first recorded or on any subsequent revision.

Legislation states that risk assessment needs to be practical and take account of the views of employees and their safety representatives who will have practical knowledge to contribute.

5. Who should conduct the Risk Assessments?

Risk assessments need to be undertaken by someone who has an up-to-date knowledge of the activity concerned, an understanding of the principles of risk assessment, the resources to carry out the assessment and an awareness of their own limitations. For this reason the line manager is normally the person who will decide which staff will conduct risk assessments. However, it is expected that assessments relating to the study activities of students attending courses at the college will be undertaken by the lecturer/teacher responsible for the activity concerned, who will be trained as competent.

Risk assessment training is mandatory for all staff who conduct risk assessments and must be renewed at least every 3 years.


6. What needs to be assessed?

A formal assessment is required of any task or activity which may give rise to the possibility of a significant risk of injury. As a general rule, if the event, process, material, plant or substance is in some way hazardous, then there is likely to be a significant risk to those affected. Therefore, the task or activity will require suitable and sufficient assessment in order to ensure that adequate control measures are in place to minimise the risk.

Whilst it may be possible to conduct an assessment from one’s knowledge and experience, it is nevertheless advisable to check perceptions, by talking to those involved and by observing the activities. This is especially true of non-routine activities such as maintenance work or visits to the workplace by others. Please remember that for the assessment to be valid, it should take into account all possible events including the effects of others entering the area as part of their working routine, e.g. technicians, maintenance staff, contractors etc.

7. What needs to be done?

The following risk assessment procedure should allow those responsible to undertake a suitable and sufficient assessment which will clearly indicate whether the identified hazards are adequately controlled and if not, what action is necessary in order to adequately control the risk of harm from the hazards present.Once completed and agreed, the information must be shared with those affected and the control measures adopted.

For record and audit purposes a copy of the assessment must be retained in the departmental Health and Safety Red File.

The Health and Safety team will review the results of these assessments during the periodic Red File audit if not before.


Least effective

Hierarchy of Risk Management ControlsMost

effective

Achieved by removing the initial element or cause, machine or the process all together

Replace with an alternative non-hazardous or less hazardous material, machine or process

If the first two steps cannot be achieved then engineering controls, such as machine guards, LEV’s etc should be used.

These include controls, such as warnings, labelling, signs, alarms, training, isolation, exposure control and monitoring etc.

Personal protective equipment (PPE) – Known as the last form of defence because it is the least effective method of control. It should only be used while other more effective controls are being developed or installed. The Health and Safety team Must be informed if the use of PPE has been identified before any purchase request is submitted.

PPE is not fool-proof, not comfortable, not popular and can actually create hazards

8. Risk management, the right priorities

By using a step by step process known as the hierarchy of hazard control it is possible to eliminate, minimise or reduce exposure to identified hazards. Often displayed as an inverted triangle, it shows the priority of actions and decreasing effectiveness. Consider each level in the order shown, do not simply jump to the easiest control measure to implement.

These are general principals rather than individual prescriptive requirements. They must, however, be applied wherever it is reasonable to do so. Experience suggests that, in the majority of cases, adopting good practice will be enough to ensure risks are reduced sufficiently. Authoritative sources of good practice are prescriptive legislation, Approved Codes of Practice, standards and guidance produced by recognised trade bodies, Government, the HSE and the College Health and Safety Team.


Elimination

Substitution

Engineering Controls

Administrative Controls

PPE

9. The 5 steps to successful risk assessment.

In most departments the hazards are easy to recognise. Checking them is common sense, but necessary. You may have already assessed some of them, for example, the use of toxic or dangerous chemicals should already have an assessment under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH). If so, you can consider them ‘checked’ as there is no difference in a risk assessment completed under COSHH than other general risk assessments apart from COSHH assessments are looking at controlling the specific risks from work activities with hazardous substances such as chemicals and biological material. For other hazards, you probably already know whether you have machinery that could cause harm, or if there is an awkward entrance or stair where someone could be hurt. If so check that you have taken such reasonable precautions that injury can be avoided.


STEP 1 IDENTIFY THE HAZARDS

- these should be the significant hazards

STEP 2 IDENTIFY WHO MIGHT BE HARMED- not neccessarily a

named person. It could be groups eg. staff, students, visitors

STEP 3 EVALUATE THE RISK AND DECIDE IF

EXISTING PRECAUTIONS ARE ADEQUATE OR

MORE SHOULD BE DONE

STEP 4 RECORD YOUR FINDINGS

- this should be done on the college risk

assessment paperwork

STEP 5 REVIEW YOUR ASSESSMENT AND REVISE IT IF

NECESSARY - this should be done if new hazards present, if there are

changes to the process, there is an accident or a year has past since the original assessment

Step 1 – Look for the hazard

Walk around your area of responsibility, consider your activities or tasks and look afresh at what could reasonably be expected to cause harm. Ignore the trivial and concentrate only on significant hazards that could result in serious harm or affect several people. Remember to consider the hazards from a student’s prospective. Ask those you work with and any Trade Union Safety Representative what they think. They may have noticed things that are not immediately obvious. Manufacturers’ instructions or data sheets can also help spot hazards and put risks in their true perspective. So can accidents and ill health records.

Look only for hazards that could reasonably expect to result in significant harm under the conditions in your workplace. Use the following examples as a guide:

• Slipping/tripping hazards (e.g. poorly maintained floors or stairs).

• Fire (e.g. from flammable materials).

• Chemicals (laboratories etc) and how they are used and in what quantities.

• Moving parts of machinery (Faculty workshops).

• Work at height (scaffolding around experiments etc.).

• Ejection of material (workshops, experiments etc.).

• Pressure systems (laboratories etc.).

• Vehicles (e.g. fork lift trucks, minibuses).

• Electricity (e.g. poor wiring, portable appliances, electrical experiments).

Dust (e.g. metal grinding, cement etc.).

• Fume (e.g. welding, chemicals etc.).

• Manual handling.

• Noise (noisy machinery or process).

• Poor lighting, low temperature etc.

• Biological hazards (lab work, gardening, contact with body fluids etc.).

Step 2 – Decide who might be harmed, and how

In addition to staff, think about people who may not be in the workplace all the time e.g. cleaners, visitors, contractors, maintenance personnel, etc. Include students, members of the public, or people that share your workplace, if there is a chance they could be hurt by your activities.

There is no need to list individuals by name – just think about groups of people doing similar work or who may be affected, e.g.:

• Office/support staff • Students • Facilities staff• Cleaners • Contractors • Visitors


Pay particular attention to the following as they may be more vulnerable:

Staff and students with disabilities • Inexperienced staff • Lone workers

Young people on work experience • Pregnant students/staff • Visitors

Staff have a responsibility to report to their line manager any personal circumstances that would change the risk assessment for example any temporary or permanent disability or health condition that would mean that they are at greater risk.

Step 3 – Evaluate the risks arising from the hazards and decide whether existing precautions are adequate or more should be done.

Even after all precautions have been taken, usually some risk remains. Decide for each significant hazard is whether this residual risk is high, medium or low. First, ask whether you have done all the things that the law says you have got to do. For example, there are legal requirements relating to fire safety, statutory inspection of plant and equipment, water systems to prevent legionella risks etc. Then, consider whether generally accepted industry standards are in place. But don’t stop there –the law states that employers must do what is reasonably practicable to keep the workplace safe. The real aim is to make all risks small by adding to precautionary control measures as necessary.

Introducing a hazard may affect other control measures that are in place for a work activity or in the building for example the fire safety precautions. Ensure that timely information is provided to the Health and Safety Team where the findings of any risk assessment requires that the Fire Risk Assessment will need to be updated whether temporarily or on a permanent basis. Triggers for this will include a work activity being introduced into a building which is a fire risk and is not normally carried out in that building. For example if experiments with flammable substances are required to be made in areas where such work is not normally carried out such as offices. In such circumstances the occupier must ensure that the building fire risk assessment is reviewed. This would not apply if additional flammable work was being carried out in a laboratory based building where such work is already being undertaken elsewhere. Another trigger would be if the fire precautions had to be temporarily disabled to allow the work activity to proceed.

If you find that something needs to be done, ask yourself:

• Can I get rid of the hazard altogether? • If not, how can I control the risks to ensure that harm is unlikely?

Only use personal protective equipment (PPE) when there is nothing else that can be reasonably done.

If the work tends to vary a lot, or if staff move from one location to another, select those hazards which can be reasonably foreseen and assess the risks from them. After that, if you


spot any unusual hazards when you get to a place get information from others on site and take what action seems necessary.

If you share a workplace, ensure that the risks your work could cause and what precautions you are taking is communicated to others including those working nearby who could be affected. It is important that managers consider the risks to their staff from those who share the workplace.

Are existing precautions adequate against the risks from the hazards listed? For example, have you provided?

• Adequate information, instruction or training? • Adequate systems or procedures?

Do the precautions:

• Meet the standards set by a legal requirement?

• Comply with the recognised industry standard?

• Represent good practice?

• Change existing precautions in place?

Reduce risks as far as is reasonably practicable (a balance between the risk and the cost of preventative measures in time, money and effort i.e. it would not be reasonably practicable to invest substantial amounts of money and time where the risk and injury level are very low but it would be reasonably practicable to introduce all measures possible where the risk is high and the possible results are death or major injury). Improving health and safety need not cost a lot. For instance, putting some non-slip material on slippery steps is an inexpensive precaution considering the risks.

If so then the risks are adequately controlled. But it is necessary to indicate the precautions in place. Refer to procedures, manuals, local departmental rules etc. giving this information.

Step 4 – Record your findings

This means (1) writing down the more significant hazards and (2) recording most important conclusions – for example, “Portable electrical equipment inspected and tested and found sound” or “Fume from welding: local exhaust ventilation provided and regularly checked”. Staff must be informed about the risk assessment findings. It is good practice to get staff to sign that they have read and understood the findings of relevant risk assessments.

There is no need to show how the assessment was carried out provided that:

• a proper check was made;

• the assessment details who might be affected;

• all the obvious significant hazards are considered, taking into account the number of people who could be involved; and


• the precautions are reasonable and the remaining risk is low.

Assessments need to be suitable and sufficient, not perfect. The real points are:

• are the precautions reasonable?; and • is there something to show that a proper check was made?

Once completed a copy must be filed in the Health and Safety Red File for your department and recorded on your departmental risk assessment register.

Step 5 – Review your assessment and revise it if necessary

The College requires risk assessments to be reviewed at least annually. Don’t amend the assessment for every trivial change, or for each new job, but if a new job introduces significant new hazards of its own, you will want to consider them in their own right and do whatever you need to keep the risks as low as reasonably practicable.

Sooner or later new machines, substances and procedures that could lead to new hazards will be introduced to the department. If there is any significant change, produce an additional assessment to take account of the new hazard.

Staff are responsible for advising their line manager of any changes in activity which may affect the findings of the risk assessment. For example any activity that would require the fire risk assessment to be reviewed and updated.

Don’t forget to initial and date the assessment when you it is reviewed and ensure that it is brought to the attention of all relevant members of staff and others who may be affected.

If a risk assessment is no longer required or has been amended, you must ensure a copy of the original is saved in your departments ‘archive’ folder. It may be required at a later date.

10. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

If your assessment has identified that the risk cannot be adequately controlled with the use of PPE you must seek the advice of the Health and Safety Team to ensure that the equipment purchased is suitable for the activity/task.

11. Training

Those tasked with carrying out risk assessment are required to be competent and training is mandatory. The Health and Safety Department regularly run risk assessment courses across all main campuses for all staff that are open to all members of staff. Details of course dates and times are available through the Professional Development Team.


12. Specific risk assessments

The purpose of the risk assessment is to enable the College to determine what control measures should be taken to comply with the duties under the relevant statutory provisions. This covers the general duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the more specific duties contained within subordinate Regulations such as the:-

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended 2002)

Noise at Work Regulations 2005

Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999

Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002

Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (as amended)

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

In addition to the specific risk assessments required by regulation, the college requires specific risk assessments for the following:-

Students who require individual risk assessments for medical, behavioural and disabilities.

Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans for those who require assistance to evacuate buildings safely.

Expectant and new mother assessments Employer assessments for work experience placements, apprenticeships and work

based learning. Events organised by college staff

a) General activity risk assessments

The risk assessment template should be used for all activity based tasks in the college e.g. the main activities from all teaching and service operations. Generic risk assessments are available on East Sussex Intranet to cover activities which are undertaken across all departments; e.g. office duties; general manual handling, etc.


The risk assessment should be reviewed before the activity takes place to ensure that all control measures are in place. The risk assessment should also be reviewed if an accident/incident takes place with regards to that actual activity. The risk assessment is a working document and should be used by staff and students to aid safe working practices. Risk assessments are also available in hard copy in the department Red File.

Blank copies of the risk assessment form can be found on East Sussex Intranet and in the appendix section of this guidance. In addition to the activity based risk assessment we also have risk assessments that are specific to specialised activities. These are as follows:-

b) Trips, visits and events risk assessments

A risk assessment should be completed for all trips out with the college or any events that are taking place within the college.

Detailed guidance on running a trip or visit can be found in the trips and visits guidance which can be found on East Sussex Intranet. All staff taking trips out above a category A must complete the trips and visits training.

Events assessments should be planned in advance and shared with other departments who may be required to co-operate with the event, such as Estates for the room layout and network services for IT equipment. The risk assessment for these must come to the H&S department for checking at least 3 weeks before the event. Please read this in conjunction with the Trips and Visits Procedure and Guidance Document

c) Manual handling risk assessments

A manual handling assessment must be completed for any significant manual handling activities. These risk assessments use a different college form which can be found on East Sussex Intranet and in the appendix section of this guidance. Please read this in conjunction with the Manual Handling Code of Practice and the Health Surveillance procedure and Guidance Document.

d) Control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH)

A COSHH assessment is used to identify the hazards involved with using substances e.g. chemicals. The COSHH assessment details how to use the product and how to store and dispose of the product. COSHH assessments should also be used for substances which may be created as a by-product of the activity; e.g. wood dust.

The information required for the majority of COSHH assessments can be found on the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) which is supplied, free of charge, by the manufacturer or supplier of the substance.


An activity based risk assessment should also be completed for the actual task which involves using the substance. The activity based risk assessment should refer to the COSHH assessment in the relevant section of the form.

Blank COSHH risk assessment form can be found on East Sussex Intranet and in the appendix section of this guidance.

Please read this in conjunction with the Codes of Practice and Guidance for the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, Provision and Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Guidance and Health Surveillance Procedure and Guidance document.

13. Personal Risk Assessments

Personal risk assessment may be required for individuals with health issues or a disability. SDC acknowledges its role and responsibilities in making reasonable adjustments and removing barriers for learners and staff with disabilities.

The process applies to both staff and students and therefore involves identifying the tasks being undertaken or course being enrolled for. Reasonable adjustments should be made to ensure risk to the individual is reduced to an acceptable level.

The LSM’s and teaching departments are responsible for carrying out personal risk assessments with any individual on a course or applying for a course.

A separate personal risk assessment procedure exists for assisting individuals and Departments with this process. Please see the appendix section of this guidance for the procedure.

HR will arrange for any risk assessments to be completed for staff, Templates are available for these assessments.

14.Display Screen Equipment (DSE)

A DSE risk assessment should be carried out when requested by the safety team.More information on this can be found in the Display Screen Equipment Procedure document located on the East Sussex Intranet.

15.New and Expectant Mothers

The New and Expectant Mothers risk assessment is used to identify any hazards that may put a new or expectant mother at risk.

The Health and Safety Department can offer assistance to Departments who have identified students in this category. Student records will be completed and held by the Teaching Department.


The findings of this risk assessment are communicated to the employees Line Manager and Human Resources. New and Expectant Mothers risk assessments for employees will be held by the HR Department and the Health and Safety Department.

There is a suggested hazard list available on East Sussex Intranet and in the appendix section of this guidance.

16.Working with Lead The Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002 (CLAW) are relevant to all activities carried out by East Sussex College where lead or lead compounds might be used.

Lead presents a significant health risk to individuals and is a cumulative toxin. Individuals can be exposed if they breathe in lead dust, fume or vapour, if they swallow any lead, or, in some instances, through skin absorption. The Regulations place a duty on employers to prevent, or where this is not reasonably practicable, to control employee exposure to lead.

Responsibilities

Heads of Departments are responsible for contacting the Health and Safety Team for advice and guidance on undertaking the risk assessment and applying suitable controls, before any activities are undertaken which include lead or lead compounds.

College Science Departments must follow CLEAPSS guidance when using lead based chemicals.

17. Ionising Radiation and Radioactive Sources

The use of ionising radiation and radioactive sources will be strictly controlled and the guidance issued by CLEAPSS in document L93 will be followed by all staff when using these sources. East Sussex College has officially registered the sources used and has appointed a Radiation Protection Supervisor and a Radiation Protection Advisor.

18. Further Information

Five Steps to Risk Assessment – HSE Books INDG163Health & Safety Executive web site - www.hse.gov.ukA Guide to Risk Assessment Requirements – INDG218

H & S intranet pages contain blank risk assessment forms and generic risk assessments for common activities. The latter can be a useful starting point but must be checked against the specific activity and amended as appropriate.


http://www.hse.gov.uk/

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