H&S/01 Health and Safety - Corby Business Academy

Appendix 6Equipment or activities restricted to those users who have received or are receiving special trainingThis employer permits the following activities to be carried out only by persons who have received appropriate(in-house) training:1. Use of certain centrifuges.2. Chemical reactions with particular hazards: i.e., using alkali metals, phosphorus, the thermit reaction,the reduction of copper oxide with hydrogen or magnesium.3. Demonstrations involving an air rifle or pistol.4. Equipment supplying or using high voltages: e.g., all mains-powered equipment, HT power supplies,high-voltage electrophoresis apparatus, the power line demonstration.5. Equipment with hot or moving parts: e.g., hotplates or fractional horse-power motors.6. Glass working with oxygen or high-pressure air.7. High pressures: e.g., pressure cookers, autoclaves, steam engines and compressed-air systems.8. Human physiology equipment: e.g., sphygmomanometers and spirometers.9. Low pressures: e.g., vacuum systems.10. Manual handling: e.g., carrying boxes of books, or heavy trays of equipment.11. Power tool use.12. Technician tasks, e.g., diluting strong acids, handling strong alkalis, clearing up spills, disposal of residues,glass handling, fitting mains plugs and regular inspections of electrical equipment, microbiology:preparation tasks and disposal procedures.13. Use of micro-organisms at levels 2 and 3.Appendix 7Local instructions from the employerLocal instructions are incorporated into the LEA Code of Practice for Science, 1999. These remain in force untilfurther notice.This employer does not permit the following activities:Blood sampling.This employer has recently rescinded (lifted) the bans on the following activities:Cheek-cell sampling.Page 44 of 86Doc ID: AP/H&S/01 Originator: ANCA Approved: Gov.Body Issue: 2 Date: 22/09/2010