|
HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT
It is the policy of the University to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all staff, students and visitors in accordance with the relevant statutory requirements, the Codes of Practice published by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), Universities Safety and Health Association (USHA) and such other Codes of Practice approved by the Health and Safety Commission, University Health and Safety Committee and Planning Units.
It is the University policy, within the context, to :
Improve health and safety and welfare at work considerations to the benefit of the University and all who use its premises.
Provide and maintain plant and systems of work that are safe and without risks to health.
Make arrangements for ensuring safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances.
Provide such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure the health and safety of all staff, students and visitors.
Maintain any place of work under its control in a condition that is safe and without risks to health, and to provide and maintain means of access to and egress from it that are safe and without risk.
Provide and maintain a working environment for all staff, students and visitors that is safe and without risks to health, and to provide and maintain adequate facilities and arrangements for their welfare.
Co-operate in safety matters with other employers located on University premises.
Require the use of such protective clothing and equipment as is necessary to ensure the health and safety of its staff and students.
Encourage staff to develop and maintain high standards of safety within teaching and research, adding to the student experience and allowing students to leave the University with an attitude of mind, which accepts good safety practice as normal.
I believe that an excellent organisation is by definition a safe organisation. As the University is committed to excellence in teaching and learning, research and innovation and all related activities it follows that the minimisation of health and safety risks to those who study, work and visit here is inseparable from all other University aims and objectives. It is therefore everyone's responsibility to promote and maintain a safe and healthy working environment.
Professor Chris Taylor
Vice-Chancellor
November 2003
|
