Safety

You should ensure you have added the following addresses to your email contacts; important safety messages are sent out from these addresses which could be filtered to junk mail if not added to your contact list

Information regarding safety can be found at

COSHH assessments are completed online. Information on how to use the COSHH programme can be found at:

The web-based COSHH can be found online at:

This programme can only be accessed from the Department or via VPN. You need to be registered to use the programme.

You can find out if you are already registered by entering your email address and selecting “New Password”.

If you are not registered, please contact:

Deputy Departmental Safety OfficerDepartmental Safety Officer

Miss Elaine FraryMr Richard Wilkinson

Chemistry Room C50Chemistry Room C32

Tel: 29487Tel: 29434

Email: ail:

or

A COSHH training session will take place on Thursday5thOctober 2017 at 12:00 – 13:00 in Dainton Building Lecture Theatre 1.

Students who start their studies after this date should contact

  • Before you use any instrument for the first time, you must obtain the permission of the member of staff or technician responsible and ensure that you have been trained by an appropriate person.
  • There is a legal requirement that you must receive fire training every year and out of hours training every three years. Courses are provided on-line by University Health & Safety.
  • There is also a legal requirement that a person with incident knowledge must be present whenever the building is occupied. Our way to enforce this regulation is to require all people who are going to be in the building outside normal hours to have out of hours training which includes these skills.

Outside normal hours, the main entrance door is controlled by UCard electronic entry, and you will need to have successfully completed the Out of Hours training course and the annual fire training course before your UCard will be validated. Contact Mr Richard Wilkinson, Room C32 or for access.

  • Whenever you are in the building outside normal hours, you must sign in at the Porters’ Lodge, and sign out when leaving. It is important that in the event of an emergency it is known who is in the building. Bank Holidays and some other national days are also classed as ‘out of hours’ as the majority of full time staff do not work on these days. In addition, the University is officially closed during certain periods. A circular is sent via email shortly before each closure to warn you. When the University is officially closed, you need a letter from the Head of the Department for permission to enter the building.

Normal hours are 8 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday, excluding times when the building is closed for holidays.

The emergency procedure for this building involves the following:

CONTINUOUS ALARM. Evacuate the building immediately by the nearest available exit. Go to the meeting point under the road bridge.

You will be informed when it is safe to return to the building.