Workplace safety
Understand how to stay safe and healthy when working at the University
Under the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act, the University must ensure the health and safety of all our staff, students, visitors, members of the public, children and contractors who we engage with during the course of our business. This includes casual workers, volunteers, part-timers, trainees and sub-contractors and our neighbours in the City of Cambridge who could possibly be affected by our activities.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, which were introduced under the Health and Safety at Work Act, require that; "Every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of his employees to which they are exposed whilst at work; and the risks to health and safety of persons not in his employment arising out of or in connection with the conduct by him of his undertaking" (see the University Guidance Risk Assessment Handbook).
Around the university
Keeping safe during building works
Patrolling scientific departments
Audits and inspections
Office safety inspection checklist
Contractors and visitors
Visitor and contractor security
Electricity
Working safely with electricity
Food and drink
Eating and drinking in the workplace, laboratories, and workshops
How you work and doing it safely
Eye protection for handling chemicals
Physical Safety Advice for Stores Areas
Provision of the Use of Workplace Equipment Regulations (PUWER)
Preventing communicable disease transmission and creating a healthy workplace
Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) - including face fit testing
Organising events
Events, festivals, outreach programmes and other public engagements
Permits to work
Work permits for special and hazardous activities
Physical health
Detecting work-related ill health
Immunisation and infection screening
Increasing flexibility and decreasing physical stress
Relevant Activities involving People who have Offended
Travel and work away
Driving at work (administrators and managers)
Managing risks from travel, fieldwork, and work away