Health and safety manual

This manual provides an overview of health and safety and general buildings information for all University operations on the Little France site.

There are specific local safety rules for laboratories on each floor of both buildings that must be used in conjunction with this Manual.

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Cover Sheet (455.48 KB / PDF)
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Detailed table of contents (359.13 KB / PDF)
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Preface (144.59 KB / PDF)
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Key Emergency Actions (352.11 KB / PDF)
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Record of Amendments (106.95 KB / PDF)
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Significant Changes v1.4 (137.85 KB / 4)
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Document Control (147.73 KB / PDF)
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1. University of Edinburgh Safety Policy Statement (114.15 KB / UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT)
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2. Edinburgh BioQuarter Campus Safety Policy Statement (144.15 KB / EDINBURGH BIOQUARTER CAMPUS SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT)
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3. Smoking Policy (135.09 KB / SMOKING POLICY)
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4. Safety Audits & Inspections, Enforcement & Inspections by Regulatory Authorities (175.82 KB / SAFETY AUDITS & INSPECTIONS, ENFORCEMENT & INSPECTIONS BY REGULATORY AUTHORITIES)
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5. Fire Procedures (1.44 MB / FIRE PROCEDURES )
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6. Mobility, Sensory and Cognitive Impairment and Buildings Emergencies (756.46 KB / MOBILITY, SENSORY AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND BUILDINGS EMERGENCIES)
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7. Roles & Responsibilities (362 KB / ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES)
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8. Risk Assessment and Supervision (232.97 KB / RISK ASSESSMENT AND SUPERVISION)
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9. Out-of-Hours Working (220.15 KB / OUT-OF-HOURS WORKING)
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10. Lone Working (205.41 KB / LONE WORKING)
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11.FIRST AID, ACCIDENTS & NEAR-MISS REPORTING (323.27 KB / FIRST AID, ACCIDENTS & NEAR-MISS REPORTING)
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12. General Safety Precautions (175.95 KB / GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS)
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13. General Laboratory Safety Precautions (162.81 KB / GENERAL LABORATORY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS)
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15. Cleaning of Laboratories (276.85 KB / CLEANING OF LABORATORIES)
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16. MANUAL HANDLING (289.46 KB / MANUAL HANDLING)
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17. DISPLAY SCREEN EQUIPMENT (205.96 KB / DISPLAY SCREEN EQUIPMENT)
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18. WASTE MANAGEMENT (255.76 KB / WASTE MANAGEMENT)
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19. Disposal of Radioactive Waste (537.23 KB / DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE)
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20 Security (508.18 KB / PDF)
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21. Security Cards & Keys (298.57 KB / SECURITY CARDS & KEYS)
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23. University Stores & Deliveries (403.6 KB / UNIVERSITY STORES & DELIVERIES )
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24. Buildings Systems (465.03 KB / BUILDINGS SYSTEMS)
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25. Building Fabric & Infrastructure (296.82 KB / BUILDING FABRIC & INFRASTRUCTURE)
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26. Building Facilities (485.12 KB / BUILDING FACILITIES)
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27. General Safety for Contractors, Sub-Contractors and Outside Workers (345.39 KB / GENERAL SAFETY FOR CONTRACTORS, SUB-CONTRACTORS AND OUTSIDE WORKERS)
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28. Auditoria Overview (171.01 KB / AUDITORIA OVERVIEW)
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29. Medical Library (136.2 KB / MEDICAL LIBRARY)
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30. Offices and Communal Areas (147.86 KB / OFFICES AND COMMUNAL AREAS)
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31. Conferences and Large-Scale Events (271.36 KB / CONFERENCES AND LARGE-SCALE EVENTS)
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32. Health & Safety Training (294.88 KB / HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING)
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33. Insurance (175.01 KB / INSURANCE)
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34. Business Continuity Planning (171.86 KB / BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING)
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35. Occupational Road Risk (165.72 KB / OCCUPATIONAL ROAD RISK)

 

Appendix 1: Fire Co-ordinators, Evacuation Assembly Point Controllers, Fire Stewards, Fire Stewards weekly checks, and Recovery Teams

Appendix 2: Members of Little France Buildings Health & Safety Committee and Floor-level Health & Safety Committees

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Appendix 5 - Incompatible chemicals. materials liable to form peroxides in storage & substances of very high concern (257.03 KB / MATERIALS LIABLE TO FORM PEROXIDES IN STORAGE & SUBSTANCES OF VERY HIGH CONCERN)

Appendix 6: First Aiders

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Appendix 10: Regulation of drug precursors

Appendix 11: Little France Building 's Health and Safety Committees

Appendix 12: Little France Building 's Health and Safety Management Structure

Appendix 13: Supplementary local Health & Safety policies and guidance notes

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CMVM H&S Manual Appendix 14 (417.82 KB / PDF)