SAFETY BOOKLET - School of Life Sciences - Heriot-Watt University

4(f)chair the School health and safety committee.School Safety OfficerThe School Safety Officer will:(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)advise line managers/supervisors on setting up safe operating procedures to cover allaspects of work and ensuring that these are understood and implemented by Staff andStudents;advise line managers/supervisors on providing employees with sufficient training,information and instruction to employees to enable them to carry out their employmentin a safe manner;ensure via line management that all accidents, incidents and dangerous occurrences areproperly reported and investigated.arrange through line managers that all equipment, machinery and workstations are safeand are inspected at a frequency relative to the risks involved in their use;arrange through line managers that all persons using equipment are authorised to do soand trained in its use;advise line managers/supervisors on assessing all risks involved in the work, identifyingthe potential hazards and implementing controls to ensure that the risks are reduced tothe lowest level reasonably practicable; all assessments are reviewed as necessary;periodically monitor operating systems and carry out inspections of all workplaces in theSchool.Academic StaffAcademic Staff in charge of classes are responsible for the appropriate training and safety ofmembers of their classes during these classes, as are the academic supervisors of all researchworkers during their period in the School.Academic staff will ensure that within their areas of responsibility:(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)safe operating procedures are in place and that employees and students are trained toconduct themselves in a safe manner;they carry out regular safety inspections and take action to rectify unsafe conditions;the appropriate protective equipment is provided and is correctly used;laboratories/workplaces are maintained in a safe condition;prior to issuing any work instruction sufficient assessment is made of the hazardsinvolved to enable information on the precautions necessary to be issued;investigate fully all accidents whether they involve injury or not and take action toprevent a recurrence.ensure that correct reporting of all accidents and filing of necessary records;liase with employees representatives on matters of concern, and carry out jointinspections with said representatives where necessary.All Employees and Students19/08/02