Health and safety

It is my aim to ensure that University Health and Safety policy is implemented within the Department of Physics to at least the standards laid out in the University’s Health and Safety Manual. I also recognise that I am obliged to ensure that the activities of all members of the Department comply with statutory health and safety requirements described in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and subsequent legislation.

Head of Department

Departmental safety information

• Departmental safety policy
• Departmental safety manual
• Safety induction for new members of staff
• Children visiting the Department

• Dealing with emergencies
• List of Departmental First aiders
• List of Departmental PAT testers

Any member of the Safety Committee can be contacted with health and safety related issues. For guidance on specific procedures, from Laser Safety to Working Out of Hours, please refer to the departmental safety manual.

• Class 3B and 4 Laser Safety Physics 2012 - PPSM file

Online forms

The following forms may be found by accessing the Physics department database. Please note that you will require your University username and password . If you are using a computer within the University network, you may access the database internally here

Hazardous waste disposal form

• Display screen equipment assessment form
• Lone working risk assessment form

pdf downloads

• DisplayScreenEquipmentAssessmentForm.pdf
• GeneralResearchExperimentCOSHHAssessment.pdf
• LaserSafetyPolicyPhysicsClass3B42011.doc
• RiskAssessment-ResearchFormPhysics.pdf
• Risk assessment form (theory-based research)

Completed risk assessment and COSHH forms should be forwarded to the Safety Coordinator, Duncan McCallum.