INDEX OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR SAFE WORKING 2015-2016
Department
1) Mandatory arrangements
The Department must have written procedures for items marked in bold which are mandatory.
2) Arrangements necessary to ensure safe working in the Department
In the column headed ‘Potential for harm’ you should consider the potential for harm that the activity or hazard creates
for people BEFORE any specific risk control measures have been applied. To do this, you should ask: “What harm
might result to staff members or students from the hazard/activity who have not received specific information, instruction
or training related to the process concerned?” This judgement establishes the level of intrinsic risk and assists the
setting of priorities for action including the review of existing arrangements.
TOPIC
Accidents and incidents
Y/N or N/A
mandatory
Allergens
Biological agents
Building maintenance
Carcinogens
Chemicals
Compressed gases
Consultation
Contractors
Control of access
Co-operation between organisations
Cryogenic substances
Dangerous goods transportation
Disabilities
Display screen equipment
mandatory
Electricity
mandatory
Emergencies
mandatory
Events
Exhibitions
Fieldwork
Fire
mandatory
First aid
mandatory
Gas Monitors and Detectors
Genetically modified organisms
Integrating incoming groups
Inspections
Inspection, testing and maintenance of
engineered safety equipment
Ionising radiations
Laboratory work
mandatory
Document
Reference
Date last
reviewed
Potential
for harm
H/M/L
Lasers
Lone working
mandatory
Manual handling
Noise
Non-ionising radiations, e.g. UV and microwave
emitters
Novel materials
Office work
Out of hours working
Permits to work
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Placements
Pregnant workers
Purchasing arrangements
Record keeping
Review of safety management arrangements
mandatory
Risk assessment
mandatory
Safety Committee
Safety Policy distribution & display
Sensitisers
Signage
Slips, trips and falls
Soldering and welding
Spill procedures
Storage
Substances
Supervision
Safety training
mandatory
Unattended or overnight processes
Vacating UCL premises
Vehicles
Violence
Visitors and members of the public
Waste management
Working at Heights
Working in the open air
Workshops
Young persons
mandatory
3) Include any additional arrangements for safe working not in Table 2
TOPIC
Document
Reference
Date last
reviewed
Potential
for harm
H/M/L
SAFETY PLAN FOR 2015-16
The information you have provided in the previous pages will help you decide which activities you need to prioritise to
ensure safe working in the Department in the coming year. This may include and be achieved by revising and updating
existing documents, procedures and guidance, or in preparing new documents. Alternatively you may wish to set as a
priority other actions to promote safety that are not already covered in these lists such as preparing for a change in the
type of work undertaken by the department and developing procedures such as new inspection routines.
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