Health and safety news and bulletins

Policy

• New Online Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Self-Assessment (.pdf) (30 October 2024) 
• Head of Department Monitoring Report 2024 (.pdf) (06 August 2024) 
• Head of Department Monitoring Interim Report 2023-24 (.pdf) (27 February 2024) 

Committee

• Health and Safety Plan 2019-25 & KPI for 23-24 (.pdf) (18 October 2023)

Good Practice

• Accommodation Checklist (.pdf) (05 October 2023)

Policy

• New Policy: Display Screen Equipment (DSE) 2023-26 (.pdf) (18 September 2023)
• Head of Department Monitoring Annual Report 2022-23 (.pdf) (25 July 2023) 
• Policy Update: Hazardous Substances Safety (.pdf) (25 July 2023) 
• Head of Department Monitoring Interim Report 2022 (.pdf) (20 February 2023) 

Policy

• Updated Health and Safety Templates (.pdf) (05 September 2022)
• COVID-19 Risk Assessment for Overseas Travel (.pdf) (30 August 2022)
• Head of Department Monitoring Annual Report 2021-22 (.pdf) (21 July 2022)
• Head of Department Monitoring Interim Report 2021 (.pdf) (10 February 2022)

Safety alert

• Fire Safety and COSHH (.pdf) (14 October 2022)
• Fire Safety Practice Dry Weather (.pdf) (08 August 2022)
• Hot Weather and High Temperatures (.pdf) (15 July 2022)
• Fire Doors Safety (.pdf) (16 June 2022)
• HSE Safety Alert on Ear-loop Masks (.pdf) (13 May 2022)

Policy

• COVID-19 Risk Assessment Approval Process- Update (.pdf) (14 September 2021)
• Individual Staff Self-Assessment Process and Isolation Guidance for vaccinated staff members (.pdf) (17 August 2021)
• COVID-19 Risk Assessment Approval Process (.pdf) (22 June 2021)
• Workplace Inspection Planning 2021-2022 (.pdf) (18 June 2021)
• Head of Department Health and Safety Monitoring Annual Report 2020-21 (.pdf) (17 June 2021)
• Head of Department Health and Safety Monitoring Interim Report 2020 (.pdf) (8 February 2021)
• Display Screen Equipment - annual reminder (.pdf) (24 February 2021)

Policy

• Biological Safety Policy (.pdf) (19 February 2020)

Training and events

• Training opportunities September 2019-July 2020 (.pdf) (7 October 2019)

• Health and safety training bulletin (.pdf) (7 October 2019)

Good practice

• Update: Health and Safety team and website (.pdf) (28 March 2019)

Policy

• Head of Department Health and Safety Monitoring Interim Report 2019(.pdf) (10 December 2019)
• Head of Department Health and Safety Monitoring Annual Report 2018-19 (.pdf) (19 June 2019)

Legal

• Welding: Changes in HSE enforcement expectations (.pdf) (16 April 2019)

Safety alert

• Office shelving: safety checks (.pdf) (14 October 2019)

Committee

• Health and Safety Plan and KPI (.pdf) (3 September 2018)

Good practice

• High temperatures during summer (.pdf) (2 August 2018)

Policy

• Health and Safety Monitoring Interim Report 2018 (.pdf) (11 December 2018)
• Safe use of lasers (.pdf) (2 July 2018)
• Health and Safety Monitoring Annual Report 2017-18(.pdf) (18 June 2018)
• Risk assessment review (.pdf) (6 June 2018)
• Legionella Policy and Management Plan (.pdf) (8 March 2018)
• Asbestos Policy and Management Plan (.pdf) (6 March 2018)
• Research risk assessments (.pdf) (10 January 2018)
• Health and Safety document update (.pdf) (19 January 2018)

Training and events

• Principle Investigator training (.pdf) (4 December 2018)
• Fire Safety Essentials training now online (.pdf) (9 May 2018)

Good practice

• Electrical Safety (.pdf) (06 February 2017)
• PAT Testing update 2017 (.pdf) (22 September 2017)
• Fire Risk Assessment (.pdf) (25 January 2017)

Policy

• Flying Unmanned Aircraft Systems (.pdf) (19 December 2017)
• Electromagnetic Fields Standard (.pdf) (16 January 2017)
• Legionella Management Policy and Plan consultation (.pdf) (03 January 2017)

Safety alerts

• Hotpoint fridge freezer product notice (.pdf) (27 June 2017)
• Travel planning and terrorism (.pdf) (08 June 2017)
• Caffeine experiment prosecution (.pdf) (13 February 2017)

Committee

• Key performance indicators (.pdf) (06 December 2017)

Consultation

• Health and Safety Policy consultation (.pdf) (24 August 2017)

Training and events

• Health and Safety training courses 2017-18 (.pdf) (07 August 2017)

Committee updates

• Performance indicators (.pdf) (12 August 2016)

Policy

• Revised Health and Safety Policy 2016 (.pdf) (12 January 2016)

Safety alerts

• Toshiba laptop battery recall(.pdf) (27 April 2016)

Training and events

• Webinar launch (.pdf) (22 August 2016)

• Health and Safety courses 2016-17 (.pdf) (28 July 2016)